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No Author. The Democratic Book 1936. The National Democratic Party, Not listed, 1936.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 14" x 11" . Cover has been cut, wear to the extremities, tear along top of spine. Many full page colored ads.
Seller: CTM Books & Antiques, Canastota, NY, U.S.A.
Democratic Party. Tne Democratic National Convention 1936. Democratic National Committee, 1936.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Convention book for the 1936 Democratic National Convention where Franklin Roosevelt would be nominated to run for re-election as President at a high-water mark of the New Deal. Includes biographical portrait of numerous party office holders and dignitaries and background on the host city -- Philadelphia. 394 pages, large format, illustrated. Has heavy rubbing with some paper loss on covers.
Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. , Foreword. The Democratic Book 1936. Democratic National Party, 1936.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Creasing to the outer corners of many pages and the covers. Spine has light wear and small splits to the corners. Covers have slight edge wear. ; Issued after the 1936 Presidential election. Includes coverage of other National elections and the Democratic Convention. Approx. 11" wide by 13 7/8". ; 384 pages
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: an original 460 page book bound in leatherette blue covers with gold titles to front cover and spine, no handwriting or marks, comprehensive coverage of convention
Seller: Philosopher's Stone Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.28 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A promotional brochure for the De Luxe Edition of The Democratic Book of 1936, to be signed by President Roosevelt. The brochure was sent to Maurice W Randall, Vice President of Air Reduction Company, New York with a covering letter from W Forbes Morgan, Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. Fine in tan boards with gilt titles, the brochure appears to be in unread condition, the letter is also fine. This book comes from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt collection of Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr, 1910 - 2001, the son of Ellen Walters Delano who was a first cousin to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Adams became a passionate bibliophile who served as director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City for two decades and compiled a significant personal collection relating to F.D.R. In 1969 he married his third wife who was a Swedish princess and with whom he shared the final years of his life in France. Adams' move to France explains the presence of his books in the United Kingdom. Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item
Seller: Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
. The Democratic Book 1936 (Dorothy McAllister's Copy). Democratic National Committee, 1936.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Democratic Book 1936 (Dorothy McAllister's Copy) Leather has chipped off the bottom 1" of the spine. Front cover hinge has cracked at the bottom half and 2" at the top. "The Democratic Book" limited edition hand-signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with illustrated title and limitation pages, 19 full-page portraits, dozens of in-text halftones and illustrations, and a facsimile of the Constitution. Sold to Democratic donors at $250 each to pay off the 1936 re-election debt, "The Democratic Book 1936" contains information such as the party's platform, election results, and statements from the President, his cabinet members, the first lady, and other important members of his administration, with dozens of contemporary advertisements, many in color. This book is #754 and was owned by Dorothy McAllister, wife of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Tom McAllister, and served as director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee during FDR's second term.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Democratic Book 1936 (Dorothy McAllister's Copy) Leather has chipped off the bottom 1" of the spine. Front cover hinge has cracked at the bottom half and 2" at the top. "The Democratic Book" limited edition hand-signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with illustrated title and limitation pages, 19 full-page portraits, dozens of in-text halftones and illustrations, and a facsimile of the Constitution. Sold to Democratic donors at $250 each to pay off the 1936 re-election debt, "The Democratic Book 1936" contains information such as the party's platform, election results, and statements from the President, his cabinet members, the first lady, and other important members of his administration, with dozens of contemporary advertisements, many in color. This book is #754 and was owned by Dorothy McAllister, wife of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Tom McAllister, and served as director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee during FDR's second term.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Signature - The Democratic Book 1936. , 1936.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Democratic Book 1936 (Dorothy McAllister's Copy) hand-signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Leather has chipped off the bottom 1" of the spine. Front cover hinge has cracked at the bottom half and 2" at the top. "The Democratic Book" limited edition hand-signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with illustrated title and limitation pages, 19 full-page portraits, dozens of in-text halftones and illustrations, and a facsimile of the Constitution. Sold to Democratic donors at $250 each to pay off the 1936 re-election debt, "The Democratic Book 1936" contains information such as the party's platform, election results, and statements from the President, his cabinet members, the first lady, and other important members of his administration, with dozens of contemporary advertisements, many in color. This book is #754 and was owned by Dorothy McAllister, wife of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Tom McAllister, and served as director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee during FDR's second term.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Democratic National Convention Committee of 1936. THE DEMOCRATIC BOOK 1936. Unknown, Unknown, 1936.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Folio size item (9lbs.). Original paperback rebound in a cheap leather binding and offered to supporters for the low price of $250. Of course at today's inflated prices that would near $5300. The value of the item is found sandwiched between beer and cigarette advertisement near the front of the book. Therein lies a wonderful portrait of the White House on superb stock suitable for framing and SIGNED by FDR himself. The limitation of this production was 2500 and this is number 2327 . This personalized (donor name on cover) volume shows rubbing at all corners and edges with a loss of an inch of spine leather due to someone trying to remove a nine pound item from the shelf. Other than that the grading could be near fine. For more info and/or additional photos please inquire.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Typed Document Signed. Artwork by Franz Felix and Ideas and Copy by Richard Barron, "Set of Rough Sketches Containing Some Suggested Promotion Ideas to be Used in the 1936 Democratic Presidential Campaign," July 2, 1936. 1 p., 12 x 10 1/2 in. This sheet contains five rough sketches of graphics calling on the workers and voters of America to support Franklin D. Roosevelt's reelection in 1936. They did, in record numbers. Excerpts:"1. Sounding the call against 'economic royalists' in the spirit of 1776.""2. Appropriating the well-known symbol of violence [upraised fist], diverting it to peaceful democratic use. To include the farmer, phrase the appeal: TOILERS OF AMERICA - UNITE FOR ROOSEVELT.""3. The statue of 'The Thinker' as a symbol of the man today who thinks, the toiler with brawn and brain.everyman.""4. Direct appeal to radical labor and leftists in general.""5. Another way of appealing to the working class men and women.""This collaborative effort respectfully submitted for consideration to the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Mr. James A. Farley."Historical BackgroundAfter unseating incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover in 1932, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for reelection in 1936. His Republican opponent was Governor Alf Landon of Kansas. Although the Great Depression had entered its eighth year, Roosevelt's New Deal policies were broadly popular. He won the highest share of the popular and electoral vote since the uncontested 1820 election. Roosevelt attracted more than 60 percent of the popular vote and won the electoral votes of 46 states; Landon won the electoral votes of only Maine and Vermont.Democratic Party chairman James Farley had predicted that Roosevelt would lose only Maine and Vermont. After the results of the 1936 election, Farley quipped that the nation needed to revise the conventional political wisdom of "As Maine goes, so goes the nation" to "As Maine goes, so goes Vermont."These ideas for campaign imagery employed or modified common images to support Roosevelt's campaign. One drew on the imagery of artist Archibald Willard's 1875 painting The Spirit of '76 and employed three figures of workers to match the subjects of Willard's image. Another appropriated the upraised fist as a symbol of violence and repurposed it as a symbol of defiant unity against "economic royalists." A third used an image of The Thinker by French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) to appeal to thinking voters. Another image appeals to the fears of radicals that the alternative to Roosevelt is "Reaction."Richard Barron and artist Franz Felix submitted these ideas to Democratic National Committee chairman James A. Farley on July 2, 1936, three weeks before the Democratic Party held its convention in Philadelphia. There is no evidence that these images were used in the campaign, and it is possible that Farley rejected them. At the end of the campaign, the Democratic National Committee had a campaign deficit of approximately $850,000. To help offset those expenses, the treasurer convinced President Roosevelt to sign 2,500 brief Forewords, which were bound into The Democratic Book 1936 and sent to donors of $250. Purchases brought in more than $400,000 for the party and led Republicans to charge corrupt practices for allowing corporations to contribute to the campaign by buying copies.Franz Felix (1892-1967) was born in Vienna, Austria, and developed an ability as a child to draw portraits in charcoal. He studied portraiture in Vienna and immigrated to the United States shortly after World War I. He settled in San Francisco, where he established himself as a portrait artist and commercial illustrator. In the late 1920s, he moved to New York and established a studio in the suburb of Spring Valley, where he produced book and magazine illustrations. During World War II, he painted a series of murals of wartime activities of Spring Valley residents.James A. Farley (1888. (See website for full description)
Seller: Seth Kaller Inc., White Plains, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio. Rebound in full brown leather with original wrappers bound in. Gilt lettering to cover and spine, which includes the original owner's name. Moire endpapers. This is copy #1832 of a limited edition of 2500 copies signed by future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A Democratic party propaganda book complete with advertising which was published as a campaign fundraiser. Many illustrations as well as biographies of Roosevelt's cabinet members. Corners bumped. Wear at head and tail of spine.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. The Democratic Book 1936. Democratic National Committee, 1936.
Price: US$2395.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Signed Book, "The Democratic Book", 1936. Limited edition, numbered 1146 of an unspecified limitation, believed to be 2500. Gilt-stamped leatherbound hardcover, silk endpapers, gilt top edge. 11.5" x 14.5", 384 pages. Signed on the beautifully designed colophon in fountain pen by Roosevelt as "Franklin D. Roosevelt" below a watercolor vignette of the White House. The original owner s name, H.W. Rohl , is also stamped on the cover. Minor edgewear to leather, overall near fine condition and boldly signed. Accompanied by a matching custom-made clamshell box. Hans Wilhelm Rohl, was a German spy who collaborated with American officer Col. Theodore Wyman, Jr., to receive numerous contracts for US Army construction projects, including installations at Pearl Harbor. In 1944, a Congressional committee found that Rohl's possibly deliberate "mismanagement" had delayed the installation of an aircraft warning system that would have detected the approach of Japanese planes in the Pearl Harbor attack. An impressive and substantial book with a gorgeous signed page and an interesting WW II association. Book #vC2510. $2395. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.
Seller: PEN ULTIMATE RARE BOOKS, Pine Plains, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Deluxe full leather (or imitation leather); titled in gilt; one of an unspecified numbered edition signed by F.D.R. Aside from light binding wear and trivial page spotting, a fine copy; seldom found in such good condition. This copy is embossed with the name of a member of the Miller Brewing family of Milwaukee, apparently a political supporter. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.