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Odyssey of an American Family: An Account of the Roosevelts and Their Kin as Travelers, From 1613 to 1938
by Roosevelt, Hall, with Samuel Duff McCoy [gift Bookplate from Franklin D. And Eleanor Roosevelt]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good + DJ
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1939. First Edition (stated) . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good + DJ. Photographs. 339 Pp. A Very Clean, Tight, Solid Copy, Spine Gilt Weak But Present, Not Dulled. Presidential Gift Bookplate On Front Endpaper, With Color Scene At Top, And Elaborate Printing "Christmas / 1939 / A Merry Christmas / From / The President / And Mrs. Roosevelt", But Not Signed Or Otherwise Marked. The Book Was A Gift To Either Rudolph Forster, White House Staff Member And Assistant To The President Since The 1890'S, Or To His Son, Warren Rudolph Forster, A Banker; With Warren Forster's Bookplate. "Rudolph Forster Was Executive Clerk And Administrative Officer In Charge Of Executive Papers At The White House Until His Death In 1943. He Had Piled Up Nearly Fifty Years Of Service To Eight Presidents. His Job Was To Remind The President That A Bill, For Example, Must Be Acted Upon In A Certain Amount Of Time, Or That By Law He Must Fill A Vacancy Within A Definite Period. He Was Also Responsible For The 'Orderly Handling Of Documents' And Supervision Of The Large Clerical Staff. He Was The Most Important Permanent Official At The White House. " -Off The Record With F.D.R., Rutgers University Press, 1958. "Rudolph Is A Man Without Faults." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (As Cited In That Book, P. 140).
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- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018504
- Title
- Odyssey of an American Family: An Account of the Roosevelts and Their Kin as Travelers, From 1613 to 1938
- Author
- Roosevelt, Hall, with Samuel Duff McCoy [gift Bookplate from Franklin D. And Eleanor Roosevelt]
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good + DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (stated)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare And Unusual Books; "Government; "Genealogy;
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Arroyo Seco Books
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About Arroyo Seco Books
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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