![[ROOSEVELT, Eleanor, her copies.] Four presentation volumes inscribed to Eleanor Roosevelt, comprising: STIDGER, William L. These Amazing Roosevelts. New York: MacFadden, [1938]. 8vo. Original blue hard-grained simulated leather, front cover gilt-lettered and with gilt portrait of FDR, pictorial endpapers. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page: "I want this to be fair, honest, and helpful to a cause in which I have entitled 'for the duration of the war' William L. Stidger." -- WEINGAST, David E. Franklin D. Roosevelt Man of Destiny. New York: Julian Messner, [1952]. 8vo. Photographic plates. Original cloth; original pictorial dust jacket (edgewear). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title: "For Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt -- my debt to the Roosevelts. David E. Weingast April 12, 1952." Weingast was a Professor of History at Rutgers University. -- STILES, Lela. The Man Behind Roosevelt. The Story o](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2001/NYR/2001_NYR_09690_0065_000(022903).jpg?w=1)
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[ROOSEVELT, Eleanor, her copies.] Four presentation volumes inscribed to Eleanor Roosevelt, comprising: STIDGER, William L. These Amazing Roosevelts. New York: MacFadden, [1938]. 8vo. Original blue hard-grained simulated leather, front cover gilt-lettered and with gilt portrait of FDR, pictorial endpapers. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page: "I want this to be fair, honest, and helpful to a cause in which I have entitled 'for the duration of the war' William L. Stidger." -- WEINGAST, David E. Franklin D. Roosevelt Man of Destiny. New York: Julian Messner, [1952]. 8vo. Photographic plates. Original cloth; original pictorial dust jacket (edgewear). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title: "For Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt -- my debt to the Roosevelts. David E. Weingast April 12, 1952." Weingast was a Professor of History at Rutgers University. -- STILES, Lela. The Man Behind Roosevelt. The Story of Louis McHenry Howe. Cleveland: World Publishing Company, [1954]. 8vo. Photographic plates. Original cloth; original pictorial dust jacket (light soiling). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper: "All good wishes! Lela Stiles April 27 1954." Stiles was an aide to Howe and on the White House staff during the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. -- BURNS, James MacGregor. Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox. New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1956]. 8vo. Photographic plates and illustrations in text. Original cloth; original printed dust jacket (some slight edgewear). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper: "For Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt - with many thanks again! James M. Burns August 1957." Burns served in the Roosevelt Administration as assistant to a Congressman and on the National War Labor Board. (4)