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CollectibleGood. 1953 Harper 1st edition, no further printings stated, with jacket, tight and unmarked, jacket has edge wear and tear, good 1st edition copy. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. This is a presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt to Emerson J. Griffith, Director of Oregon's Works Projects Administration (WPA) during the presidency of the authors husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Eleanors inscription, inked in three lines in black on the half title, reads To Mr. & Mrs. E. J. Griffith | with warm regards & thanks | Eleanor Roosevelt. Affixed to the facing front free endpaper recto is the illustrated bookplate of EMERSON J. GRIFFITH prominently displaying Timberline Lodge with Mt. Hood in the background. Condition is very good in a good plus dust jacket. The binding of quarter black cloth over brick red cloth-covered boards is square, tight, and clean with only trivial shelf wear to the corners and spine ends. The contents are clean with no spotting. FIRST EDITION is helpfully printed on the title page verso. Mild age-toning appears substantially confined to the otherwise clean page edges.… Read More