Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: items by/about items by/about William Harlan Hale (Kaiser Wilhelm II sequel), Margaret Carey Madeira (Our Burden of Choice, Individualism), Max Ascoli (Franklin Roosevelt's America), Pringle Barret (Emancipation of Men), Philip Curtiss (Lost Gentle Reader), Charles Adam Jones (On the Last Frontier, I), Gladys L. Schmitt (short story), John A. Holmes (poem), James Norman Hall (Castaway IV), Paul Shorey (Lay Sermon), Ernst Toller (Montilla of Senor Cobos), Margaret Marks (poem), Sir Frederick Whyte (Mind of Asia), Bill Adams (Romance at Dutch Flat), Natalie B. Notkin (short story), Claude M. Fuess (New Spiritin Education), Joshua Jewett (Witchcraft, New Style), Etc. pp.641-768+contributor's club; some chipping on wraps; owner's name Size: 8 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On Our Way. John Day Co., 1934.
Price: US$17.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1934. 300 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Franklin D. Roosevelt. On Our Way. John Day Co., 1934.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No additional printings indicated. 8vo in blue cloth, author's name in gilt on the cover. Spine sunned and printing illegible.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way. John Day, New York, 1934.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fading to spine and some soiling to covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.. On Our Way. John Day, New York, 1934.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good minus hardcover. Text clean. Corners on cover rubbed and bent. Spine browned on blue cover. Spine ends nicked.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. ON OUR WAY. John Day Company, 1934.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. 300pp. Good Plus, backstrip faded. (loc x58/1+2)
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. ON OUR WAY. John Day Co, New York, (1934), 1934.
Price: US$24.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st issue with party instead of property on p.x, and willing instead of unwilling on p. 162, l.10. Dark blue cloth with gilt cover and spine. top edge red-stained as issued, 300pp, page edges untrimmed, John Day colophon on verso of page after last page of text. VG with very good pages of which two have large corner-creases, and several toward back have small corner-creases. Spine faded, gilt still shines on front cover. Corners are nice. NO NAMES OR BOOKPLATES. Solid binding. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Seller: ART OF THOUGHT BOOKS, glendale, AZ, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. ON OUR WAY.. The John Day Company (1934), New York, 1934.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, blue cloth covers, xiv + 300 pages. Errata slip tipped in on front free endpaper. First edition, first issue with all points. Spine sunned, else very good. No dust jacket. 092715C U.S. Presidents, The New Deal
Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On our way. The John Day Company, 1934.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. Good / no dj. Some shelf/age wear. previous owner book plate inside. Inside is Very Good. Free of any markings and no writings inside. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
Seller: SatelliteBooks, Burlington, VT, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin. On Our Way. John Day, 1934, 1934.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition (with the number 1 on the copyright page, and "party" for "property" on page x) Near fine/no dj
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.. ON OUR WAY. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$49.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, with dust wrapper. Light blue boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. Boards bear great swathes of white discolouration. Board edges are rubbed and therefore discoloured. Head and tail of spine bumped. Heavy discolouration, foxing and staining of page edges, more so at the head edge. Fore edge deckled. Head edge stained red. Binding is neat and tidy. Signs of use and foxing on free endpapers, pastedowns and half-title page, along side some discolouration. Previous bookseller's stamp on tail of front free endpaper. Pages are lightly browned, else book is in good condition. Dustwrapper is well rubbed and discoloured, particularly at the edges. Back cover bears scratches and some scuff marks. Large chip at tail edge, towards spine. Some creasing, small tears and chips along the edges. Spine sunned. Price clipped, and corners clipped too, else in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound.
Seller: Uncle Peter's Books, Clunes, NSW, Australia
Franklin Roosevelt. On Our Way. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First state with numeral "1" on copyright page; "party," not "property" on page x line 13 of the foreword; and "willing," not "unwilling" on page 162, line 10. Blue cloth, red topstain, spine significantly sunned, no DJ. Slightly skewed. Text block is clean and tight. Residual pencil markings (now erased) on ffep. No other markings
Seller: River of Books, Clive, IA, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way. John Day, 1934.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo. Blue cl., gilt signature to cover, lettering, lines to backstr. Backstr. faded, bottom of front cover sunned, lightly spotted with small spots. Xiv, 300pp. incl . appendix. First printing with number 1 on copyright page, 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." Binding solid, contents clean and sound.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way. The John Day Company - New York, 1934.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cloth on board with fasc signature of author in gilt on front, and gilt lettering on spine. Spine quite faded but titling still clear and totally readable. Book is tight, square and fairly sharp-cornered. Free of markings and flaws other than prior owners signature on inside front cover. Top edge dyed red, other edges slightly foxed. First Edition, with the number "1" on the copyright page, the word "party" instead of the word "property" as was intended and corrected in later printings on Page X of the foreword, and the word "willing" instead of "unwilling" as was intended, on page 162. Some underlining, on 3 pages inside. In this work, Franklin D. Roosevelt outlines his New Deal policies and accomplishments. Nice copy of a scarce book. No DJ.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Vintage press photograph of the film's premiere at the Chicago World Fair, at the "Century of Progress" exhibition, on July 30, 1934. The premiere was reported as being attended by 15,000 people, including international celebrities, civic and industrial leaders, newspapermen, and five governors. In early October, 1934 the film had a special White House screening, attended by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In the midst of the Depression, a young couple flee the city to a farm, where they and others establish a collective. Produced independently by director King Vidor after he failed to secure studio backing, and one of the most significant films of the era. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Godard, Histoire(s) du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: "This tribute to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was done by John Henry Nash of San Francisco to let our great leader know that the major art of printing has recovered. 1934" History proves this as a bit of wishful thinking on Nash's part.
Seller: Recycled, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A.
Roosevelt , Franklin D.. On Our Way. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. First State with the "party' for "property" on page x and the important negative "not" missing on page 162.The number " 1 " on copyright page . Fading to color on spine and wear at top of spine. Rear hinge is beginning to loosen. some top page corners have been turned down leaving a crease. Book is protected with a mylar cover.
Seller: The History Place, Palestine, TX, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: New York: The John Day Company. VG/VG. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 300 pp, cloth, dust jacket price of $2.50 .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. On Our Way. John Day Co, New York, 1934.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition with a '1' on the copyright page, the correct textual points on pages x and 162. Page edges a little foxed, else a clean example in a somewhat edgeworn Very Good jacket. ; 7.60 X 5.50 X 1.50 inches; 300 pages
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. On our way. John Day Co, 1934.
Price: US$245.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition and first issue state with numeral "1" on copyright page. Errors on page X, line 13 ["party" instead of property"] and on page 162, where "willing" should read "unwilling." $2.50 on DJ. Hardcover and dust jacket in mylar. Good binding and cover. Wear and tear with some loss to DJ. Tanning to soiling to DJ. Owners last name of Hewlett on fep. A few pen marks to several pages. Ships daily.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. ON OUR WAY. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 300p. A hardcover book in very good condition with an acceptable dustjacket. Mild wear at top and bottom of spine, and faint, patchy tanning on the endpapers (mirroring the dustjacket flaps). Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is worn and chipped along the edges, and it is splitting along the folds. However, the entire jacket is protected in a new mylar cover. The true first edition of FDR's treatise on the New Deal, with typos on pages X and 162.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way.. NY. John Day Co. 1934., 1934.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. First issue with "Party" for "Property" on p. x. VG/VG- in woven blue cloth stamped in faded gold on spine and front boards. With puckering to spine and wear to the top and bottom edges. Internally very clean and tight. In a VG- dustjacket with heavy chipping at the top of the spine, a 2 1/2" closed tear along the bottom edge near the spine of the front panel, and a very handsome artistic rendering of FDR on the rear panel. D/J worn through at corners. Original price of "$2.50" intact. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. On Our Way. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, first issue. (All points present, jacket first issue as well.) xiv, 300 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and red top stain. Very Good with dulled spine and hinge starting to split at paste down, in Very Good dust jacket, spine-sunned, rubbed, and worn along edges. Laid in errata slip. FDR's New Deal manifesto.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.. On Our Way. John Day, New York, 1934.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 300pp. A fine, fresh copy in the publisher's blue cloth. Slight, even fading to the gilt-stamped title, but a very nice example indeed. In a much nicer than usual example of the dust jacket, which is price-clipped and has some scrunching at the bottom of the rear panel and a few closed tears, but none of the ubiquitous fading to the spine. First state, with the misprints on p. x and p. 162. Not perfect, but the sharpest copy of this book we've seen. Halter T585.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, xiv, 300pp, [6]. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, facsimile signature of author in gilt on front cover. Copyright page dated 1934, with "1" next to publisher's device. Red top stain. Contains first edition points including "party" instead of "property" on page x, line 13. Errata slip laid in with noted corrections. Sunning to spine, a few scuff marks on both covers. In publisher's first state dust jacket, likely paired with this book, $2.50 on front flap, portrait of Roosevelt on back panel with no reviews, light toning to spine, bright illustrations on covers. (Halter T-585) This copy was a gift for Charles Lambert Heyniger, Secretary of the Industrial Advisory Board of the NRA and future Headmaster of The Darrow School in New Lebanon, NY. Additional signatures include John J. Raskob, builder of the Empire State Building; Solomon Barkin, a labor economist and professor at the University of Massachusetts; Carroll H. Sudler, First Director of the Federal Housing Administration for Northern Illinois; Henry P. Kendall, Chairman of The Business Council, then known as Business Advisory Council for the United States Department of Commerce; George H. Mead, president of Mead Corporation; S. Clay Williams, Chairman of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano. ON OUR WAY. The John Day Company (1934), New York, 1934.
Price: US$937.50 + shipping
Description: A dummy copy with half-title, title page with copyright on verso, a printed explanatory page, an excerpt from Chapter 7, a printed statement of upcoming publication, and several pages of order forms. The bulk of the full-sized book is composed of blank pages. The front endpaper contains a written statement initialed "JB" and dated 1 April 1934 stating the book is an "Autographed Copy." Perhaps an April Fool's joke? Without the number "1" on the copyright page and the front dustwrapper flap, both previously believed to be points for the first printing but which should now be questioned as this copy came out before the book was officially published. Near Fine in a Very Good or better dustwrapper with foxing to the front panel
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 11pp, [unpaginated blanks]. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, signature of author in gilt on front panel. Copyright page dated 1934, lacking publishers device found in first trade edition. Red top stain. Contains "Chapter VII" of the forthcoming book, with multiple pages of subscription blanks. In publishers "dummy copy" dust jacket, with $2.50 on front flap, light chipping at edges and toning to spine. Dust jacket differs from trade edition with blurb on front flap noting: "The most significant book of the year," which was later changed to "This book by the President of the United States is required reading for every citizen." This edition is not listed in Halter. The only known copy with the scarce dust jacket. Provenance: Originally sold by Swann Auctions in 1952 to Mr. Frederick B. Adams Jr, the director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City and respected bibliophile. Includes sales receipt from The Rosenbach Company in 1952 and letter from Jacob Blanck to Mr. Fred Adams with commentary about first edition points.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, xiv, 300pp. Tan wrappers, title printed on spine and front panel, illustration of Roosevelt on back panel, spine slightly creased. All edges cut, top edge not stained like the first trade edition. At the time of publication, only 12 advance review copies were produced by The John Day Company, with 7 going to reviewers and the remaining going to salesman for the company. Early errors were corrected in pencil by the publishers, which this copy contains. (Halter T-584) (Colophon, Number 4, Volume 1, PP 497) An exceptionally scarce copy of On Our Way, with only this copy being sold publicly since its publication. According to President Roosevelt, On Our Way contains the first correct version of his historic inaugural address from 1933. This copy belonged to Frederick B. Adams, who used it to develop his bibliographic descriptions and future articles. Provenance: The Library of Frederick B. Adams Jr, November 2001.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, xiv, 300pp, [6]. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, facsimile signature of author in gilt on front cover. Copyright page dated 1934, with "1" next to publisher's device. Red top stain. Contains first edition points including "party" instead of "property" on page x, line 13. Faint rubbing to spine, dulling of red top stain. Transference from dust jacket on endpaper. In publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, portrait of Roosevelt on back panel with no reviews, chip at head of spine with archival tissue repair, bright illustrations on covers. (Halter T-585) Includes note of provenance from the recipient, Rachel Schrider, a Civil Service employee working in the White House File Room. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "For Rachel Lake Van Gasken / Merry Christmas from Franklin Roosevelt / 1934." The recipient of this book, Rachel V. Schrider (née Van Gasken), served in the White House from 1932-1962, working in various positions within the Civil Service Department. She died at the age of 98 in 2004.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.. On Our Way.. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: xiv, 300 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth (lacking dust jacket). First edition. Owner's signature on the front free endpaper just above the inscription; front hinge neatly reinforced with tissue; spine sunned, with some light fraying to cloth at extremities. Inscribed, with Christmas greetings, and signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way. The John Day Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the front free endpaper, with first issue errors on page X, 13 and 162 hand-corrected in ink by Roosevelt. First edition. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt stamping, now oxidized. Very Good with light wear to binding, small stain to fore edge of first several pages. In a Very Good unclipped first issue dust jacket spine-sunned, rubbed, and worn along edges with two tape repairs made to the blind side. A nice signed copy of FDR's New Deal manifesto.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. LOOKING FORWARD. [with:] ON OUR WAY. John Day, New York, 1934.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: 279,[1]; xiv,300,[1]pp. Original blue publisher's cloth, gilt. Light soiling to cloth of first title. Both jackets clipped at corners, some minor chipping and a few small tears. Both internally fresh and clean, with presentation inscription by the author on front flyleaf and bookplate on each front pastedown. Very good in a very good dust jacket, and near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed together in a custom blue cloth slipcase, cloth chemise with leather label for each volume. First edition of each title, both inscribed to Frederick Holbein at Christmas by Roosevelt the year each was published. In LOOKING FORWARD the newly inaugurated president reflects on the events leading to the Great Depression and the way forward out of the crisis. ON OUR WAY is the sequel volume, presenting Roosevelt's personal account of the first year of his administration and the ideals of the New Deal. LOOKING FORWARD is a fifth printing, while ON OUR WAY appears to be a first printing.
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. On Our Way. The John Day Co, 1934.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed first edition, one of 10 copies. Special edition with gold on top edge and bevelled boards, same format as the 1/100 edition of Looking Forward. Inscribed by Roosevelt. Housed in a custom-made fold-out case. Comes with a copy of the first trade edition.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.