A Tour of the United States of America.

ATTLEE, Clement; [Harry S. Truman].

$6,500.00

Item Number: 145339

The only copy of this beautiful record of the friendship between The Right Honourable Clement ‘Earl’ Attlee and President Harry S. Truman. Folio, original presentation faux leather boards with gilt fascimile lettering and ruling to the front panel, bound with green velvet rope, silver patterned engdpapers, original photographs and news clippings throughout. Inscribed by Harry S. Truman to Clement Attlee, “To my good friend Lord Attlee, with kindest regards and highest admiration for his public service and his contribution to the peace of the world. Harry Truman. Independence, Missouri October 28, 1959.” Clement Attlee served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and created the first Labour majority government, focused on the country’s recovery from World War II. He is often ranked among the greatest British Prime Ministers. In very good condition with some toning to the edges. A unique example.

In early 1959 Earl Attlee undertook a lecture tour of American campuses, speaking on the future of Europe, emphasising diversity as the great strength of democracy, and advising pragmatism in dealings with the USSR and Communist China. A highlight of his tour was a meeting with President Truman in Kansas City on 5 March, and the warmth of Truman's inscription reveals the depth of feeling between these two unassuming men who had led their countries through the opening years of the Cold War.