August 2020 Catalogue

A u g u s t 2 0 2 0 47 Inscribed By Franklin D. Roosevelt To His New York City Law Partner And Warm Springs Co-Founder Basil O’Connor 45. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Public Papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt Forty-Eighth Governor of the State of NewYork 1929. Albany, 1930. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary full red morocco, custom cloth clamshell box. $12,500. Click for more info First editions of Roosevelt’s collected public papers from his time as governor, inscribed by Roosevelt to his law partner in New York City, who went on to become a polio advocate, an executive at the American Red Cross, and co-founder of both the Warm Springs Foundation and March of Dimes: “For my partner D. Basil O’Connor with the affectionate regards of Franklin D. Roosevelt 1931,” in a special full morocco presentation binding stamped with Basil O’Connor’s name. These two volumes comprise Roosevelt’s official papers from his time as governor. This is one of an unknown (but very limited) number of copies Roosevelt had specially bound for presentation to his family and closest friends. The inscribee, Basil “Doc” O’Connor, was a lawyer by training and worked as his partner at a New York City law firm during the early years of their acquaintance. In co-operation with FDR he started two foundations (the Warm Springs Foundation and the March of Dimes) for the rehabilitation of polio patients and the research on polio prevention and treatment. Interior generally fine, expert repairs to joints and spine ends, mild toning to spines. An extremely good inscribed copy.