Nov 20, 2014 - Sale 2367

Sale 2367 - Lot 209

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
TRUMAN'S COPY OF MILITARY HANDBOOK SIGNED AS MAJOR TRUMAN, HARRY S. Signature and rank ("Harry S. Truman / Major 379 F.A.O.R.C."), on the front cover of his copy of Combat Orders. The pamphlet, a textbook for the General Service Schools of Forth Leavenworth, Kansas. 172 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, long closed vertical tear at upper edge through first "a" of signature (without loss) repaired verso with tissue, faint scattered foxing, minor scattered soiling, few short closed tears at front and rear fore edges; paper clip stain on title-page. (TFC) Fort Leavenworth, 1922; inscription: [Fort Leavenworth, circa 1922]
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In 1920, Truman was appointed major in the United States Army Field Artillery, Officers Reserve Corps.