January 2023 Catalogue

60 Great Books - 39 - Bauman Rare Books “The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear Itself”: Very Rare Presentation/Association Copy Of FDR’s Inaugural Addresses, One Of Only 100 Copies, Inscribed At Christmas 1943 By President Roosevelt To His White House Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels 37. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Inaugural Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Washington, 1943. Slim quarto, original half ivory vellum, slipcase, custom clamshell box. $25,000. Limited edition, one of only 100 copies, a rare presentation/association copy, warmly inscribed by FDR to his trusted White House Press Secretary: “For Jonathan Daniels with the affectionate regards of President Roosevelt, Christmas 1943.” This is one of FDR’s famed Christmas Books, privately printed at his own expense, a flawless copy in the original slipcase. This rare presentation/association copy of Roosevelt’s Inaugural Addresses features FDR’s first three Inaugural Addresses. The volume begins with that of March 4, 1933, when Roosevelt spoke those nowimmortal words—“the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Inaugural Addresses further contains Roosevelt’s Second Inaugural Address of 1937, when he became the first president to be inaugurated into office in January, and his Third Inaugural Address of 1941, when he spoke of even greater “perils never before encountered,” and told the nation: “For this, we muster the spirit of America… We do not retreat.” Limited edition of only 100 copies, one in a tradition of privately printed Christmas Books that Roosevelt published “at his own expense… the FDR Christmas Books are prime collector’s items… nearly all of them were distributed exclusively to close friends of the family… difficult to obtain today” (Halter 193-4). Without original acetate. Roosevelt inscribed this rare copy to Jonathan Daniels, who was FDR’s White House Press Secretary during his last term and continued as Truman’s Press Secretary in the early months of his presidency. Daniels then served as Consultant to Truman in the 1948 presidential campaign and authored a biography of Truman titled, The Man of Independence (1950). Fine condition.

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