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ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano. Looking Forward. New York: John Day, 1933.
8o. Original cloth; dust jacket (a bit worn); quarter morocco folding case.
FIRST EDITION OF FDR'S FIRST BOOK. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ROOSEVELT on the front free endpaper: "For C. Edgar Brown from Franklin D. Roosevelt." WITH AN TLS TO HIS SECRETARY LAID IN:The White House, 9 January 1945, to Malvina Thompson. 1 page, 4to. He thanks her for "those beautifully bound books containing the Missus' articles. You know my weakness for collecting complete sets of things and you are wonderful to keep it up to date for me. As you know, these are with the family books in the Library and are a real addition to my collection."
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FIRST EDITION OF FDR'S FIRST BOOK. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ROOSEVELT on the front free endpaper: "For C. Edgar Brown from Franklin D. Roosevelt." WITH AN TLS TO HIS SECRETARY LAID IN:The White House, 9 January 1945, to Malvina Thompson. 1 page, 4to. He thanks her for "those beautifully bound books containing the Missus' articles. You know my weakness for collecting complete sets of things and you are wonderful to keep it up to date for me. As you know, these are with the family books in the Library and are a real addition to my collection."