Autumn 2020 Catalogue

35 American Heroes & Leaders Autumn 2020 SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT’S THIS I REMEMBER 33. ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. This I Remember. New York, 1949. Large octavo, original blue cloth, acetate, slipcase. $2800. Click for more info Signed limited first edition, one of only 1000 copies printed on special paper and signed by Eleanor Roosevelt. This fascinating personal account of the Roosevelts’ extraordinary life and times contains 41 photographic illustrations of the Roosevelt family, including a frontispiece of the First Lady, after a portrait taken circa 1944 by renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh. A fine copy in a slipcase with mild toning and staining. INSCRIBED BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT TO FREDERICK BALDWIN ADAMS, JR., FAMOUS AMERICAN BIBLIOPHILE, MORGAN LIBRARY DIRECTOR, AND FDR’S COUSIN 32. ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. This Is My Story. New York and London, 1937. Quarto, original blue cloth, dust jacket. $2800. Click for more info First edition, presentation copy, of Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiography, inscribed to FDR’s cousin, Morgan Library Director Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr.: “For Fred & Ruth with the author’s affection. Eleanor Roosevelt.” Mrs. Roosevelt’s story from the time of her childhood to the beginnings of her own and her husband’s life in politics, ending with the Democratic National Convention of 1924. This copy is inscribed to Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr. Adams, a prominent AmericanbibliophilewhoservedasdirectorofthePierpontMorgan Library between 1948 and 1969. Adams was also FDR’s first cousin once removed. Adams’ bookplate laid in with bookplate residue to front pastedown. Admission card to Eleanor Roosevelt’s funeral and invitation telegram laid in. Book near-fine, with mild toning to extremities. Dust jacket extremely good, with light wear mainly to extremities and splits along flap joints. A most attractive inscribed copy with fascinating provenance.