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TRUMAN, HARRY S., President . Mr. President. The First Publication of the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman...by William Hillman. New York, 1952. Small folio, original two-tone cloth gilt, rubbed. Color and black-and-white photographic illustrations. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE PRESIDENT (in lower blank margin of color frontispiece portrait): "To my good friend Phil Regan, with kindest regards and best wishes. White House, Sept. 13, 1952. Harry Truman." ALSO INSCRIBED BY CABINET MINISTERS AND OTHERS IN THE TRUMAN WHITE HOUSE (in the text or at appropriate photographs) including William Hillman, the author, Rose Conway (Truman's personal secretary) Sec. of Treasury John W. Snyder, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Postmaster-General Jesse M. Donaldson, Admiral Robert L.Dennison, Sec. of Interior Oscar L. Chapman, Sec. of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, Sec. of Labor Maurice Tobin, Dr. John Steelman, Matthew Connelly, William D. Hassett and Miss Margaret Truman.