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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

1943. First Edition . Signed. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Inaugural Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Washington, D.C.: (U.S. Government Printing Office),1943. Slim quarto, original half ivory vellum, black morocco spine label, marbled boards, top edge gilt, uncut; pp. 24, original slipcase. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $25,000.Limited edition, number 69 of only 100 copies, an exceedingly rare presentation/association copy, warmly inscribed by FDR to his trusted White House Press Secretary, ""For Jonathan Daniels with the affectionate regards of President Roosevelt, Christmas 1943."" This is one of FDR's famed Christmas Books, privately printed at his own expense, a flawless copy in the original slipcase.This rare presentation/association copy of Roosevelt's Inaugural Addresses features FDR's first three Inaugural Addresses. The volume begins with that of March 4, 1933, when Roosevelt spoke to a desperate nation in those now-immortal words—""the only… 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. $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 books contain previously published… 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

President Franklin D. Roosevelt exceptional first edition signed presentation copy of his wartime White House Christmas book distributed only to members of FDR's closest inner circle. This particular copy is inscribed by FDR to Charles Edison who had served as his Secretary of the Navy two years earlier. This copy is #23 of 100 produced as denoted on the limitation page. FDR inscribes the copy "For Charles Edison from his old friend Franklin D Roosevelt Christmas 1942". This edition is the first and most prized of all the FDR White House Christmas books which he distributed yearly. This version contains the speeches of Churchill and FDR including the "Date that Will Live in Infamy" speech and Roosevelts State of the Union later that year. Put simply this presents the chance to purchase one of the best FDR books money can buy. Rare Book Hub lists four copies sold since 2000, the last of which sold for $21,420 in October of 2022. CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA/DNA Authentication Services EXPERT EXAMINATION.… Read More

Warm Springs, GA, & New York: Georgia Warm Springs Foundation & The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,, 1940 & 1941. First editions, first printings of two separate titles, each present in two copies. The copy of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation (GWSF) annual report in blue boards has Roosevelt's presentation inscription to the front blank: "To Basil O'Connor - the motor-power that turned the wheels from Franklin D. Roosevelt 6/30/41 Hyde Park". Below, O'Connor has written: "This is #2 of 6 copies only in this binding. FDR has #1 - Keith Morgan has #3. BoC". The copy in green boards bears the ownership inscription to the front blank: "Basil O'Connor's Copy. #12 of 15 copies in this binding". In August 1921, while the Roosevelts were vacationing in Canada, Roosevelt contracted a paralytic illness diagnosed as polio. (Roosevelt was then aged 39, and it is now thought he fell victim to Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disorder virtually unknown at the time.) The illness left him… Read More

1944. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Lithographic broadside, ""D-Day Prayer."" Washington: No publisher, Christmas 1944. Broadside (14 by 21 inches), printed in black gothic type, capital letters and portions of the heading in red and blue ink, one large capital ""A"" in blue and gold, a single sentence in red ink. Mounted on stiff card. Matted and framed, entire piece measures 19 by 25 inches. $18,000.Limited edition of this rare broadside of the “D-Day Prayer,” one of very few—believed to be only 50—exquisitely printed copies issued by President Roosevelt for his close friends, handsomely printed in gothic type with red- blue- and gold ink textual embellishments.The text of the broadside, now known as the ""D-Day Prayer,"" was originally titled ""Let Our Hearts Be Stout."" On June 6th, 1944, while American and Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, Roosevelt released the text of a prayer in the… Read More

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

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.

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.

Hudson, New York: privately printed, The Hudson Press,, 1928. Inscribed by FDR to Eleanor First edition, presentation copy from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, inscribed on the front free endpaper "To my wife Anna Eleanor Roosevelt descendant of the Chancellor and reared on these acres, from Franklin D. Roosevelt". This is a superb association copy linking the future president and first lady, with FDR proudly referring to Eleanor's distinguished ancestor Robert R. Livingston, Chancellor of New York State from 1777 to 1801; Eleanor was the great-great granddaughter of his brother, Philip Livingston (1741-1787). Hunt's book is the sort of antiquarian history that FDR relished, mixing genealogy with the major political and military events around the town of Clermont, in Columbia County in the Catskills. Both FDR and Eleanor were born and raised nearby. Octavo. Original linen-backed grey boards, top edge gilt. Housed in a custom brown morocco-backed slipcase and cloth chemise. Frontispiece map of Columbia… 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

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

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

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.

New York: Random House / The Grabhorn Press, 1939. Limited Edition. Quarter Leather. Fine. Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt for future Arizona Senator and Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, limited edition of Naval Sketches of the War in California by the Grabhorn Press.. Folio, [10], [43pp]. Marbled paper-covered boards, white morocco spine, decorative raised bands, title in gilt on red morocco label affixed to spine. Top edge trimmed, untrimmed fore edge. Publisher's prospectus laid-in. A complete example, with 28 full-page color reproductions of the artist's drawings, while serving as gunner on board the US. Sloop-of-War Dale. (Horowitz, 95) (Halter 253) This copy is signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the front free endpaper, with a note from his private secretary Missy LeHand on White House stationery, to Barry Goldwater, Esq., noting that "The President was very glad indeed to sign your copy of Naval Sketches." Includes the bookplate of Margaret and Barry… Read More

Warm Springs, Ga, 1927/1928.. [8]pp. in Roosevelt's hand, 10pp. typed (including [7]pp. on Warm Springs letterhead). Letters have been hole-punched and bear marks from previous stapling. Half- inch tear to one of the typed pages and some chipping to three pages of memos. In a half red morocco slipcase. A small but exceptional collection of memos and drafts, providing rare insight into how FDR ran the Georgia Warm Springs, a Georgia resort that he took over and developed into a retreat for polio sufferers after founding the Warm Springs Foundation in 1927. The collection comprises five parts: 1) Autograph manuscript (not signed) in FDR's hand, on Warm Springs letterhead. [5]pp. "To all patients....The Foundation is conducting the treatment, and the patients come here for a definite purpose. The greater part of each day is taken up with the treatment, and while there is no wish to curtail personal liberty or recreation, it is essential to prevent fatigue and to work for the highest degree of health… Read More

New York: Random House,, 1939. Presentation copy to the son of Roosevelt's Secretary of the Treasury First edition, first printing, one of 1,000 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Roosevelt on title page, "Franklin D. Roosevelt, for Robert M. Morgenthau". Morgenthau (1919-2019) was the son of Roosevelt's friend and Secretary of the Treasury during Roosevelt's presidency, Henry Morgenthau, Jr (1891-1967). At the time of presentation Robert Morgenthau, who grew up living nearby the Roosevelts, was serving as a lieutenant-commander in the Navy. He later served seven years as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, followed by 34 years as District Attorney for New York County; winning nine elections to retain his post, and serving until he was 90 years old. "In many years of collecting sketches, paintings, and engravings relating to the navy of the United States," FDR writes in his Introduction, "I had found virtually none which had connections with naval operations in the Pacific in… Read More