First Edition of Truman; Signed by David McCullough
Truman.
McCullough, David.
$400.00Item Number: 3923
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
First edition of the historian’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by David McCullough on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket and illustration design by Wendell Minor.
Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of of the thirty-third President of the United States. Truman provides a deeply moving look at an extraordinary, singular American. "A warm, affectionate and thoroughly captivating biography....the most thorough account of Truman's life yet to appear" (Alan Brinkley, The New York Times Book Review).
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“The drowning and devastation of the city took just about ten minutes": First Edition of David McCullough’s First Book The Johnstown Flood; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
McCullough, David.
The Johnstown Flood.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s first book. Octavo, original brown cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page prior to the publication date, “For Donna and Gordon in friendship. David March 1, 1968.” The recipients were close friends of the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Publication date of The Johnstown Flood was March 18, 1968. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,250.00
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“Lord, grant that I may always be right, for Thou knowest I am hard to turn": First Edition of Truman; Inscribed by David McCullough in the Year of Publication
McCullough, David.
Truman.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
First edition of the historian’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by David McCullough in the year of publication on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket and illustration design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $400.00
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First Edition of Mornings on Horseback; Signed by David McCullough
McCullough, David.
Mornings On Horseback.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981.
First edition of the historian’s National Book-Award winning biography on Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by David McCullough in a contemporary hand on half-title page. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Mantel. A very bright example.
Price: $400.00
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"Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives": First Edition of John Adam; Signed by David McCullough
McCullough, David.
John Adams.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of the author’s second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by David McCullough on the title page.
Price: $250.00
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First Edition of Mornings on Horseback; Signed by David McCullough
McCullough, David.
Mornings On Horseback.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981.
First edition of the historian’s National Book-Award winning biography on Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by David McCullough on the title page. Near fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Mantel.
Price: $375.00
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First Easton Press Edition of The Johnstown Flood; Signed by David McCullough
McCullough, David.
The Johnstown Flood.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1993.
First Easton Press edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s first book. Octavo, bound in full gray leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands. Although not called for this copy is signed by David McCullough on the title page. In fine condition.
Price: $375.00
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“Lord, grant that I may always be right, for Thou knowest I am hard to turn": First Edition of Truman; Inscribed by David McCullough
McCullough, David.
Truman.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
First edition of the historian’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed and dated by David McCullough on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket and illustration design by Wendell Minor.
Price: $375.00
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First Edition of David McCullough's Acclaimed Second Book; Signed by Him
McCullough, David.
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972.
First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by David McCullough on the title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few small closed tears. A very bright example.
Price: $550.00
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“The drowning and devastation of the city took just about ten minutes": First Edition of David McCullough’s First Book The Johnstown Flood; Signed by Him
McCullough, David.
The Johnstown Flood.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.
First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s first book. Octavo, original brown cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Signed by David McCullough on the title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some light rubbing to the extremities. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $750.00
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