Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

(Actual Size) “STUDYTHIS BOOK AND . . . HAVE A HAPPY LIFE” 132 c   TRUMAN, HARRY S. New Testament , Signed and Inscribed, “To Scharon Schredfer / with a hope that / she’ll study this / book and therefore / have a happy life,” on the front free endpaper. 12mo, publisher’s cloth with zipper closure, minor wear; owner’s inscription on rear pastedown; original box. Cleveland and NewYork:World Pub. Co., [1940s]; inscription: Np, 26 September 1957 [1,500/2,500] U.S. presidents who claimed the Baptist faith in addition to Truman include Warren G. Harding, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton.