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Democratic National Party. Good. 1936. Softcover. Creasing to the outer corners of many pages and the covers. Spine has light wear and small splits to the corners. Covers have slight edge wear. ; Issued after the 1936 Presidential election. Includes coverage of other National elections and the Democratic Convention. Approx. 11" wide by 13 7/8". ; 384 pages .

ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Signed Book, "The Democratic Book", 1936. Limited edition, numbered 1146 of an unspecified limitation, believed to be 2500. Gilt-stamped leatherbound hardcover, silk endpapers, gilt top edge. 11.5" x 14.5", 384 pages. Signed on the beautifully designed colophon in fountain pen by Roosevelt as "Franklin D. Roosevelt" below a watercolor vignette of the White House. The original owner's name, "H.W. Rohl", is also stamped on the cover. Minor edgewear to leather, overall near fine condition and boldly signed. Accompanied by a matching custom-made clamshell box. Hans Wilhelm Rohl, was a German spy who collaborated with American officer Col. Theodore Wyman, Jr., to receive numerous contracts for US Army construction projects, including installations at Pearl Harbor. In 1944, a Congressional committee found that Rohl's possibly deliberate "mismanagement" had delayed the installation of an aircraft warning system that would have detected the approach of Japanese planes in the Pearl… Read More

1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents bright and fresh. Light bump at the top of the rear joint. Near Fine. Folio (11" x 14") in recent half brown morocco leather with matching corners and gilt lettering on the front cover, in the spirit of the original binding but not reproducing it, the original pictorial wraps bound in; 384 pages. SIGNED by the President beneath a color image of the White House on the limitation leaf, #1114 of an unstated limitation of 2500 copies, which is often found removed from the book as it makes a beautiful display piece. A voluminous book of information and advertising (many liquor ads) that was used as a fund raiser for the Democratic Party containing FDR's acceptance speech, the Democratic Platform of 1936, and biographies of all the Cabinet members as well as articles on Congress, the Supreme Court, the Cabinet departments, and reproductions of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The recipient's name in gilt at the bottom of the front cover in this… Read More

1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents bright and fresh. Light bump at the top of the rear joint. Near Fine. Folio (11" x 14") in original gilt-lettered brown leather with the original pictorial wraps bound in; 384 pages. SIGNED by the President beneath a color image of the White House on the limitation leaf, #2212 of an unstated limitation of 2500 copies, which is often found removed from the book as it makes a beautiful display piece. A voluminous book of information and advertising (many liquor ads) that was used as a fund raiser for the Democratic Party. It contains FDR's acceptance speech, the Democratic Platform of 1936, and biographies of all the Cabinet members as well as articles on Congress, the Supreme Court, the Cabinet departments, and reproductions of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The recipient's name in gilt at the bottom of the front cover in this case is Lloyd Stark who served as the governor of Missouri from 1937 to 1941.