Chicago: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1947. Ed. by Donald Scott Carmichael. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, torn d.w. Chicago: Pellegrini & Cudahy, (1947). First edition of this collection. Signed by Donald Scott Carmichael, the editor. Collection of newspaper articles by Franklin D. Roosevelt from the Macon, Georgia Telegraph in 1925 and the Beacon, New York Standard in 1928. The dust wrapper lacks the upper third of the front panel and is protected in mylar. The title on the front panel of the..... More

New York: John Day, 1934. xiv, 300pp. 12mo, blue cloth, spine sunned. New York: John Day, (1934). First Edition. Very good First printing with the word "Party" on page X of the foreword instead of word "Property," and the word "Willing" on page 162 instead of the word "Unwilling." In this work, Franklin D. Roosevelt outlines his New Deal policies and accomplishments. More

New York: Random House, 1938. 622 pages. Tall 8vo, blue cloth with black spine label. New York: Random House, 1938. Very good(+). Volume 2 ONLY. More

Washington, D.C. 1944. 1 page with a beige paper seal, 11.75 x 15.5 inches, Washington, D.C., August 12, 1944. In this document, Roosevelt appoints Paul W. Meyer of Colorado as a foreign service officer of class 4. Countersigned by Edward P. Stettinius Jr. as acting secretary of state. Mounted on a matte-board measuring 13.5 x 16 inches. Very good condition. More

1944. Inscribed in a calligrapher's hand: "To E.L. Alperson, for his help in the fight against infantile paralysis," no date, circa 1944. Alperson (1895 - 1969) was an American film producer at Warner Brothers who later formed Grand National Distributors as an outlet for independent films in the 1940s. In 1942 he became the general manager of RKO Pictures' theater circuit, and it is likely that his work with the March of Dimes earned him this personally signed engraving from..... More