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Washington, DC: , 1942-45. FDR's official White House portfolio, containing official signed stationery and autograph notes A superbly evocative memento of the wartime FDR White House, a handsome commercial leather portfolio personalized for Roosevelt's use and containing some 20 leaves of various White House stationery and printed appointment documents all signed by Roosevelt in preparation for use. Such personal artefacts relating to FDR rarely appear on the open market. Roosevelt has made autograph notes on three of the folders: "Robert Ford to come Wed or Thurs" (on cover of "To Sign"); "John F(?) - How handle insurance on production?" (on front of "The President / For Reading"); and "support of me - / tie in inflation - / Cash surrender - 4% compound int. from date armistice / $1,200,000,000" (inside "Miscellaneous Correspondence"). Other documents and stationery are retained within one of the five manila folders, each of which is titled holographically in pencil by a number of unidentifiable… Read More

Washington, DC: The White House, Christmastide,, 1942. Presentation copy from FDR to his Secretary of War First edition, number 6 of 100 copies only, inscribed by Roosevelt to his secretary of war on the front free endpaper: "For Henry L. Stimson with the affectionate regards of his old friend Franklin D. Roosevelt Christmas 1942". A superb association copy of this volume collecting Roosevelt and Churchill's early war speeches. Stimson (1867-1950) served as US secretary of war from 1940 to 1945, the whole period of US involvement in the Second World War, under both Roosevelt and Truman. In a very long career, he had also served as secretary of war under President Taft from 1911 to 1913, and as secretary of state from 1929 to 1933 under President Hoover. A lifelong Republican, Stimson was appointed to the position to strengthen bipartisan support for Roosevelt's foreign policy and preparation for war. Despite their political differences, the pair had a strong working relationship. Stimson's overall… Read More

1933. Signed. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Hand-corrected manuscript for Looking Forward. No place,1933. 235 leaves measuring 8-1/2 by 11 inches, typing on recto, with corrections in Roosevelt's hand on 22 leaves, other corrections throughout in pencil. Housed in a large black ring binder with individual leaves placed back-to-back in mylar sleeves. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $48,500.Manuscript draft of Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 book Looking Forward, his clarion call for a “new deal” that was published in the month of his inauguration, with Roosevelt's handwritten corrections in ink on 22 pages.Published amidst the devastation of the Great Depression and in the same month as his inauguration, FDR's Looking Forward draws on major articles and speeches; it was an immediate best-seller. On publication the New York Times noted: ""As President Roosevelt takes up the task of translating into terms of action his conception of the 'new deal' there comes from the… Read More

1941. First Edition . Signed. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States from July 19, 1940 to January 20, 1941. Washington: The White House, Christmas 1941. Quarto, original half parchment, paper spine label, uncut, original slipcase. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $25,000.Signed/limited first edition of FDR's 1941 Christmas book, number 53 of only 75 copies hand-numbered by him, additionally inscribed to his son and daughter-in-law: ""For Franklin Jr. & Ethel with a Happy Christmas and Love from Franklin D. Roosevelt.""This is one of FDR's Christmas books, which FDR presented to family and friends. This particular book includes many of his speeches from the last six months of 1940 through January 20, 1941. The Christmas books are notoriously difficult for bibliographers due to FDR's decision to print them privately and the very small limitations used for each work (generally 50-100 copies). ""These… Read More

[Washington, D.C.]: United States Printing Office, 1937. First edition, one of 75 (but probably one of only 7 in this binding). 97, [3] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full light bown pigskin, with metallic plaque of the Seal of the United States inset into the upper cover, now with a fine patina, pigskin doublures and silk endpapers. Fine. In quarter leather and marbled boards pull off slipcase. First edition, one of 75 (but probably one of only 7 in this binding). 97, [3] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed to Morgenthau in the Deluxe Binding. A sumptously produced White House Christmas book, commemorating FDR's nearly month-long diplomatic mission to promote "hemispheric solidarity" with South America. The book was issued in an uncertain, though undoubtedly strictly limited, number, with two issues--in full pigskin, as seen here, and half pigskin and marbled boards. The colophon calls for 75 copies, with the more desirable full pigskin binding scheduled to run to 50 copies for distribution to South American… Read More

Washington DC: The White House, 1941. Limited Edition. Boards. Near fine. Signed limited edition of Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States from July 19, 1940 to January 20, 1941, one of 75 copies, inscribed to his youngest son, John Roosevelt.. Octavo, 114pp, [2]. Publisher's marbled boards, vellum spine, title on green label affixed to the spine. Top edge gilt. Lacking scarce cardboard slipcase. Faint toning to vellum spine, otherwise fine. Internally clean. (Halter 193, B) Housed in custom half leather chemise, title on spine with decorative bands. One of six copies to appear on the public market since publication. From a limited edition of 75 copies printed by the Government Printing Office for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, this being number 54, initialed on limitation page by "F.D.R." Additional inscription on front free endpaper: "For Johnny and Anne / with a Happy Christmas + love from Franklin D. Roosevelt." This limited edition is the fifth Christmas book… Read More

The John Day Co, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed special edition, one of 10 copies; this being #5. With gold on top edge and bevelled boards. Spine is sun-faded, page corners partially missing at right top. Housed in a custom-made fold-out case. Comes with a letter from the White House, thanking the publisher for temporarily suspending publication.

The John Day Co, 1934. Special Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed first edition, one of 10 copies. Special edition with gold on top edge and bevelled boards, same format as the 1/100 edition of Looking Forward. Inscribed by Roosevelt. Housed in a custom-made fold-out case. Comes with a copy of the first trade edition.

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939. First Edition. The fifth and rarest of FDR's Christmas books, bar none. Unlike all of the other books in the series, this one has neither a printed nor an autographed colophon. A June 26, 1939 letter from Pete Jarman, Vice-Chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Printing to Steve Early states that he directed the Public Printer "to deliver to your office twenty-five copies of a deluxe edition of House Document No.212...entitled, Proceedings at the Ceremony...". Seven of those copies are accounted for in the FDR Library. There is an inadvertent touch of comedy in the splendid photographs included in this volume. Three speakers preceded Roosevelt to the House rostrum, with FDR waiting in a seat just to the right of the lectern. The photo of Speaker Bankhead shows the President sitting alert and erect. When Majority Leader Barkley spoke, the President's head was resting in his hand, but his eyes were still fastened on the speaker. By the… Read More

Washington: The White House, Christmas, 1941. One of 75 numbered copies; signed “FDR” on the colophon and additionally inscribed on the front free endpaper, “For Rudolph Forster with a Happy Christmas from Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Vellum spine a bit foxed, else near fine in the original slipcase, which is cracked, but in very good condition. The recipient was Executive Clerk at the White House under several Presidents.

1930. First Edition . (ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.). Public Papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt Forty-Eighth Governor of the State of New York 1929. Albany: J.B. Lyon, 1930. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary full red morocco, marbled endpapers. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. $12,500.First editions of Roosevelt's collected public papers from his time as governor, inscribed in Volume I by Roosevelt to his law partner in New York City, who went on to become a polio advocate, an executive at the American Red Cross, and co-founder of both the Warm Springs Foundation and March of Dimes: ""For my partner D. Basil O'Connor with the affectionate regards of Franklin D. Roosevelt 1931,"" in a special full morocco presentation binding stamped with Basil O'Connor's name.These two volumes comprise Roosevelt's official papers from his time as governor, including speeches, appointments, proclamations, vetoes, and more. Following a successful and energetic campaign in which… Read More

1937. First Edition . Signed. (ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.) [WATSON, Edwin]. Log of the Cruise of President Franklin D Roosevelt in the Gulf of Mexico. (Washington): [The White House], 1937. Quarto, original half cloth, original buff paper wrappers. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box . $12,500.Limited first edition, one of an unnumbered limited, of this privately printed travel logbook about FDR's cruise in the Gulf of Mexico, inscribed on the title page: ""For Paul Hart from Franklin D. Roosevelt.""According to Roosevelt bibliographer Ernest J. Halter, at least 17 of these presidential cruise logs were issued between 1934 and 1945. Because they were all planographed or mimeographed to maintain their homemade appearance, their production didn't require a formal publisher and thus the exact number remains unknown. All, however, were issued in restricted editions for private distribution. The present log concerns FDR's Gulf of Mexico cruise on the U.S.S. Potomac. It also… Read More

1935. in black fountain pen ink on mint green engraved The White House, Washington letterhead, January 21, 1935. 7" x 9"; 1 page with integral leaf. Paper is watermarked "Whiting's Woven Linen.". Fine condition. To Roosevelt's son James Roosevelt: Franklin Roosevelt was a dedicated collector, most famously of stamps, but also of autographs, particularly Americana. He sent this letter to his son James, at the time the president of the brokerage film, Roosevelt & Sergeant, Inc. apparently answering his son's request about particular items in the collections' inventory. In full: "Dear Jimmy: The only records I can find of Nathaniel Greene documents are as follows: 1931 A.L.S. 1 p. to Rochambeau 1782 - $40 / 1931 L.S. 2 p. West Point 1779 - 20 / 1932 L.S. 4 p. Headquarters 1782 - 41 / The Thomas Jefferson should bring about $20 to $30. / Notice, however, that all except item NO. 75 are L.S. and not A.L.S. / I hope all goes well. Much love, / Affectionately, /… Read More

Published by the United States of America, 1942-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Good+; Ex-Library; Soft Cover; Published by the United States of America; 1942; 0

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928.. vi,40pp. Original publisher's cloth, printed paper label. Corners rubbed. Bookseller's label on lower inner corner of front pastedown. Author's presentation inscription on front fly leaf. Internally clean. Very good plus. In dust jacket with minor wear, price clipped on upper and lower corners. In a blue half morocco and cloth slipcase, gilt. Roosevelt's speech supporting Alfred E. Smith for the Democratic presidential nomination. Smith was the out-going governor of New York, an office in which Roosevelt succeeded him. This copy is signed boldly on the fly leaf by Roosevelt, with a presentation inscription to a collector: "For Mr. H.D. Trevillian / from Franklin D. Roosevelt / Albany March 4th 1932."

c.1930s. Presented to his long-term secretary Inscribed by Roosevelt to Grace Tully, "To Grace from FDR". The photograph shows Roosevelt talking cheerfully with Cardinal George Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago from 1915 until his death. Mundelein has additionally inscribed the photograph "To Miss Grace Tully with best Christmas wishes and my blessing for herself and those close to her. George Cardinal Mundelein". Grace Tully along with Marguerite LeHand was Roosevelt's principal secretary during his years as president. The use of female secretaries broke with tradition, with all prior presidential secretaries men. But LeHand's connection with FDR went back to 1920, before his polio attack, and she was a consistent and loyal companion through the gruelling early years of his recovery. Tully's tenure dated from his 1928 campaign for governor of New York. When he won the presidency in 1932, Roosevelt had no hesitation about bringing these two loyal, trusted and discreet assistants - both Irish Catholics… Read More

[Likely Hyde Park, , before 1940]. A relaxed Roosevelt, presented to his long-term secretary Inscribed to Grace Tully: "For Grace from Franklin D. Roosevelt [arrow in Roosevelt's hand to someone taking notes] not you!". Tully along with Marguerite LeHand was Roosevelt's principal secretary during his years as president. The photograph shows a relaxed and jovial FDR, taken sometime during his second term and likely at his Hyde Park residence in the Hudson Valley. The condition of his legs is clearly discernible beneath the trousers - an aspect of his condition he normally took pains to conceal. Just as visible is the mole over FDR's left eye, which he had removed in 1940, and which some biographers speculate might have been a melanoma. The use of female secretaries broke with tradition, with all prior presidential secretaries men. But LeHand's connection with FDR went back to 1920, before his polio attack, and she was a consistent and loyal companion through the gruelling early years of his recovery.… Read More

1941. Rare original black and white photograph of Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt sitting together at a table, signed by both, dated Christmas 1941. The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches by 18.5 inches. In mid-1902, Franklin began courting his future wife Eleanor Roosevelt, with whom he had been acquainted as a child. Eleanor and Franklin were fifth cousins, once removed, and Eleanor was a niece of Theodore Roosevelt. They began corresponding with each other in 1902, and in October 1903,Franklin proposed marriage to Eleanor. On March 17, 1905, Roosevelt married Eleanor, despite the fierce resistance of his mother. While she did not dislike Eleanor, Sara Roosevelt was very possessive of her son, believing he was too young for marriage. She attempted to break the engagement several times. Eleanor's uncle, President Theodore Roosevelt, stood in at the wedding for Eleanor's deceased father, Elliott.

1942. First Edition . Signed. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Typed letter initialed. Washington, 1942. Single sheet of light green White House letterhead, measuring 7 by 9 inches; p. 1. $7500.Fascinating typed and hand-initialed letter written during World War II from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to his uncle, the Honorable Frederic A. Delano, thanking his uncle for sending a clipping on Tom Paine and stating that Paine's principal mistake was opposing Washington in the election of 1796.The letter, typed on light green White House stationery, dated ""August 25, 1942,"" and addressed to FDR's uncle, the Honorable Frederic A. Delano, reads in full: ""Dear Uncle Fred:- Many thanks for sending me that clipping about Tom Paine. I , too, have always had a keen interest in him. His principle mistake lay in his rather violent opposition to Washington in the campaign of 1792 [i.e. 1796]. Affectionately, [hand-initialed] FDR."" This letter actually refers to the… Read More

New York: Payson and Clarke LTD, 1929. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near fine/good. Limited edition of Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776, inscribed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, to his son, John Aspinwall Roosevelt.. Quarto, [14], 467pp, [1]. Yellow cloth over blue cloth spine, title stamped in gilt on spine. Housed in the publisher's paper slipcase, title on label affixed to the spine. Includes the publisher's scarce dust jacket, notable loss at spine, chipping along edges, hinges starting, a fragile example. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise, raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Includes the publisher's map of the "Dutch Settlement of the Hudson River Valley" in sleeve on rear endpaper. (Halter T 408) From a limited edition of 250 copies, printed for members of the Holland Society of New York, this being number 8. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For John Aspinwall Roosevelt, from his affectionate father, Franklin D. Roosevelt." (Provenance: Christie's, Lot 2514, May 2011. /… Read More