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It's Up To The Women
by Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1933. First Edition / Limited Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. The scarce signed limited edition of It's Up To The Women, inscribed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.. Octavo, x, [2], 263pp. Publisher's blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait with tissue cover. In publisher's scarce limited edition dust jacket, expertly repaired, first class mail sticker on front cover, lacking retail price and "Edition de luxe" statement, whicn can be found on the first trade edition front flap. Lacking the publisher's slipcase. Housed in custom clamshell case. From a limited edition of 250 limited edition copies signed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, this being number 132. (Edens B6) Additional inscription by Mrs. Roosevelt in green pen: "From Eleanor Roosevelt to Albertine Brewer Fitzsimmons on her 1935 Wedding Anniversary, January 30th, which also is Delano's 54th birthday." A scarce limited edition copy by itself, but the additional inscription by Eleanor Roosevelt noting her husband's birthday on January 30th makes this a truly unique copy.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1843
- Title
- It's Up To The Women
- Author
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Illustrator
- The scarce signed limited edition of It's Up To The Women, inscribed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- signed book Eleanor Roosevelt, first edition Eleanor Roosevelt, Limited edition Eleanor Roosevelt, This Is My Story, Its Up To The Women, This I Remember, If you ask me advice Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt Dust Jacket, On My Own Eleanor Roosevelt, Equ
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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