Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 564 pages. Light wear; pages yellowed; a sound binding; very good shape. Volume 3 only. The jacket is discolored, chipped and torn. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; Inventory No: 196751.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 675 pages. Light wear; pages yellowed; a sound binding; very good shape. Volume 4 only. The jacket is discolored, chipped and torn. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; Inventory No: 196752.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 622 pages. Light wear; pages yellowed; a sound binding; very good shape. Volume 2 only. The jacket is discolored, chipped and torn. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; Inventory No: 197252.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 721 pages. Light wear; pages yellowed; a sound binding; very good shape. Volume 2 only. The jacket is discolored, chipped and torn; in pieces. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; Inventory No: 197253.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Random House, 1938. 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches: pp. xxii, 622. Blue cloth boards with gold gilt type and rectangular black boxes on spine. Volume two only. Toning, sun fading on spine and exterior edges. Some soiling on head of book. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.
Seller: Smith Family Bookstore Downtown, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: ".with a Special Introduction and Explanatory Notes by President Roosevelt." Volume four only of the five-volume set. 675 pages. covers show light smudges and handling. ; 6 3/4 x 9 5/8 "
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grey boards with embossed facsimile of Roosevelt's signature on front; Volume Two available only; A clean sound unmarked copy; 622 pages with index; May require extra postage.
Seller: Paraphernalia Books 'N' Stuff, Belleville, ON, Canada
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 564pp. Blue boards, golden lettering on spine. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, foxing on inner boards and textblock edges, pageblush throughout.
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 721pp. Blue boards, golden lettering on spine. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, first quarter of textblock has shallow wrinkle at foot, foxing on inner boards and textblock edges, pageblush throughout.
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Random House. 1938. xxiv+721pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Spine Strip missing from dust jacket with tears at edges and foxing. Internally, page edges soiled. Otherwise, save for some age-toning to end-pages, a very good copy. No previous owners marks or signatures.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No wear to the binding. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. no name of previous owner. Price-clipped dust jacket shows minor edge wear. Some darkening of the spine.
Seller: Book Stall of Rockford, Inc., Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Ex-library. Blue calico-grain cloth over boards with black spine panel, gilt titles. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; small library stamp on front free end paper; small library stamp and pocket on rear paste down - no other library markings in or out; bright, clean interior. Large 8vo, 622 pp; index.
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xxii, 622 p. Frontis. A collection of FDR's papers and speeches during the critical and hectic first year of his presidency. Dust jacket has a closed hole on the spine and some small chips. Jacket spine also is browned from aging. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Presidential Book Shop or James Carroll, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume Four only; Former owner's return address label on ffep, else textblock is clean and tight. Grey top page edges. Minor bump to head and foot of spine and to the corners; 675p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Former owner's return address label on ffep, else textblock is clean and tight. Grey top edge; Minimally shelf worn. 564p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Former owner's return address label on ffep, lightly age-toned end papers, else textblock is clean and tight. Grey top edge; Lightly bumped at the head and foot of spine and to the corners. 721p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume Two only; End papers are lightly age toned, former owner's return address label on ffep, else textblock is clean and tight. Grey top edge; Faint sunning to spine, minimally shelf worn. 622p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: good tight binding, general wear, small book plate on inside of front board, slightly age toned pages DATE PUBLISHED: 1938 EDITION: 622
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NOT an ex library book. Bookplate on inside front cover. Dust jacket has 1/4" chip bottom of spine and corners. Spine darkening. Price is not clipped.
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.97 + shipping
Description: Blue buckram. Paper dust jackets. xxiv + 721 pp. 1 bw plate. Great resource. VG/good (Book is in VG condition with minor wear and toning.dj is worn. Significant sunning to dj spine. Additionally, dj has some wrinkles, chips and small tears)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.97 + shipping
Description: Blue buckram. Paper dust jackets. xix + 675 pp. 1 bw plate. Great resource. VG/good (Book is in VG condition with minor wear and toning.dj is worn. Significant sunning to dj spine. Additionally, dj has some wrinkles, chips and small tears)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.97 + shipping
Description: Blue buckram. Paper dust jacket. xxi + 622 pp. 1 bw plate. Great resource. VG/good (Book is in VG condition with minor wear and toning.dj is worn. Significant sunning to dj spine. Additionally, dj has some wrinkles, chips and small tears)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume 2 only. Yellowing to pages. Foxing to exterior edge of pages. Spill stain to edge of pages. - Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing. ; Vol. 2
Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: 911 pages, compiled and collated by Samuel I. Rosenman, with a special introduction and explanatory notes by President Roosevelt. FINE- HARDCOVER. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume One only; Former owner's return address label on ffep; Minimal age toning to end papers, else textblock is clean and tight. Grey top page edges. Minimally shelf worn binding. 911p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$31.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Ex-library. Blue calico-grain cloth over boards with black spine panel, gilt titles. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; small library stamp on front free end paper; small library stamp and pocket on rear paste down - no other library markings in or out; light, clean interior. Large 8vo, 564 pp; index.
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$31.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Ex-library. Blue calico-grain cloth over boards with black spine panel, gilt titles. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; small library stamp on front free end paper; small library stamp and pocket on rear paste down - no other library markings in or out; light, clean interior. Large 8vo, 721 pp; index.
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Ex-library. Blue calico-grain cloth over boards with black spine panel, gilt titles. Bright, clean, square covers; spine slightly age darkened; tightly bound; small library stamp on front free end paper; small library stamp and pocket on rear paste down - no other library markings in or out; bright, clean interior. Large 8vo, 911 pp; index.
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.75 + shipping
Description: 622 pages. Tall 8vo, blue cloth (rubbed) with black spine label. New York: Random House, 1938. Very good(+). Volume 2 ONLY.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: good tight binding, general wear, small book plate on inside of front board, slightly age toned pages, tear to spine DATE PUBLISHED: 1938 EDITION: 721
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: good tight binding, general wear, small book plate on inside of front board, slightly age toned pages, tear to spine DATE PUBLISHED: 1938 EDITION: 675
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. xliii, 911. Index. Frontis portrait. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. A VG tight copy in worn dj.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 1938 Roosevelt, Franklin D THE PUBLIC PAPERS AND ADDRESSES OF FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT: VOLUME ONE; THE GENESIS OF THE NEW DEAL 1928-1932 NY: Random House, 1938 911pp index 8vo small bookplate on upper corner of front pastedown, spine slightly faded, else fine copy.
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: All volumes show very light general shelf wear (slight soiling to top edges, rubbing to spines). ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ; 4 volume set includes 1, 2, 4, & 5. Navy cloth covers has wear to corners and spine caps, loss to spine gilding, and modest soiling but in good+ condition. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Pages are clean and very good.
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$123.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volumes 1-5 only 911+622+564+675+721p Volume One: The Genesis of the New Deal, 1928-1932 through to Volume Five: The People Approve, 1936. These are very good hardbacks, blue calico-grain cloth with gilt titles against black spine panel. (Please inquire if you only want certain volumes, and if you need to confirm they are ex-lib or not).
Seller: G. & J. CHESTERS, TAMWORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This five volume set is an essential part of the library of anyone seriously interested in the New deal. This set includes the following titles: The Genesis of the New Deal 1928-1932 [volume 1]; The Year of Crisis 1933 [volume 2]; The Advance of Recovery and Reform 1934 [volume 3]; The Court Disapproves 1935 [volume 4]; The People Approve 1936 [volume 5]. All the books appears to have been little, if at all, used, have some foxing to the page edges and some pages too. Because this set weighs so much an extra shipping charge will be required. box 9 or 10
Seller: J. C. Burris, Bookseller, Plantation, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: New York, NY: Random House. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1938. Cloth(Hrdcvr). 8vo., v. p., spines darkened .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: very good condtion, good tight binding, slightly age toned pages, gold gilt lettering on spine and gold gilt signature on cover, small book plate on inside of front board, ex libirs book plate on inside of front board, vol 1 pages 1-911, vol 2 pages 1-622, vol 3 pages 1-564, vol 4 pages 1-675, vol 5 pages 1-721, EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED (17 pounds from 08401) DATE PUBLISHED: 1938 EDITION:
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. 910pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY, stamped on the flyleaf: "Random House Editorial Copy Permanent Library" In the publisher's deluxe binding of full gray morocco, gilt-lettered spine, and upper cover with gilt-stamped facsimile signature of FDR. Slight wear at corners and spine tips, else fine
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. 910pp. 1 vols. 8vo. DELUXE ISSUE. The PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY, stamped on the flyleaf: "Random House Editorial Copy Permanent Library" In the publisher's deluxe binding of full gray morocco, gilt-lettered spine, and upper cover with gilt-stamped facsimile signature of FDR. Slight wear at corners and spine tips, inner hinges cracked but sound, else fine
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Random House, 1938.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [A superior set in near new condition] 5 volume set. Near fine. Hardcover and dust jackets in mylar. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Some minor wear to djs (two of the dust jackets have a chip missing). Includes:v. 1. The genesis of the New Deal, 1928-1932. --v. 2. The year of crisis, 1933. --v. 3. The advance of recovery and reform, 1934. --v. 4. The Court disapproves, 1935. --v. 5. The people approve, 1936. -- This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Description: Uniform matching first edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title and publisher lettering to the spines. 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Contains printed pages of text with different photographic monochrome frontispiece to each. Near Fine condition books, in Very Good condition dust wrappers with a little uniform age darkening of the cream paper to the spines, volume V with a creased closed tear to the fore edge of the front cover, minor wear to the corners, not price clipped $3.00, scarce to find the five volumes in original dust wrappers. Dust wrappers supplied in archive acetate film protection. Heavy volume quinque weighing 8 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [History]
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 25 cm, 3491 total pages, 5-vol. set, illus., facsimiles., index, usual library markings, boards somewhat worn and soiled, some edge wear. Frontis cut out of v.1 and v.2, part of table of contents missing v.2. This five-volume set contains the following volumes: Volume one, The genesis of the New Deal, 1928-1932 [xliii,[1], 911, [5] pages, Index [by K. C. Blackburn]; Volume two, The year of crisis, 1933 [xxi, [1], 622 pages, Index [by K. C. Blackburn]; Volume three, The advance of recovery and reform, 1934 [xx, 564, Index [by K. C. Blackburn] [Two pages have folds/creases]: Volume four, The court disapproves, 1935, [xix, [1], 675 pages, Index [by K. C. Blackburn]; Volume five, The people approve, 1936, xxiv, 721, [1] pages Index [by K. C. Blackburn]. Samuel Irving Rosenman (February 13, 1896 - June 24, 1973) was an American lawyer, judge, Democratic Party activist and presidential speechwriter. He coined the term "New Deal", and helped articulate liberal policies during the heyday of the New Deal coalition. He was the first person to hold the position of White House Counsel. Rosenman was a senior advisor to presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Under their administrations, he was a leading figure in the war crimes issue. He was a speechwriter under both presidents, helping Roosevelt with his speeches from his days as governor. Rosenman was responsible for the term "New Deal", a phrase in the conclusion of FDR's acceptance speech at the 1932 Democratic National Convention. Rosenman edited The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, published in 13 volumes from 1938 to 1950. They have been immensely influential in the study of the New Deal and Roosevelt's policies; given the enormous mass of data at the Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, the papers have been used by historians as a guide, a conceptual framework, and a source. While his selections have given rise to some accusations of partisan selectivity and of deviations from the content of delivered speeches, the work still holds up remarkably well as an important piece of scholarship, and Rosenman will long be remembered as the Thucydides of the Roosevelt era. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, which defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. Roosevelt supervised the mobilization of the U.S. economy to support the war effort, and implemented a Europe first strategy, making the defeat of Germany a priority over that of Japan. He initiated the development of the world's first atomic bomb and worked with other Allied leaders to lay the groundwork for the United Nations and other post-war institutions. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died in office.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Thick octavo, [five volumes], xliii, 911pp; xxi, 622pp; xx, 564pp; xix, 675pp; xxiv, 721pp. Gray leather, title in gilt on spine, library sticker on spine, library stamps on first free endpapers. Wear at edges, some separation at seams. Top edge gilt. From a limited edition of 500 copies, many of which were signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This copy was not inscribed. Published without dust jackets or slipcase. (Halter T-656). This limited edition was published simultaneously with the first trade edition in 1938. It was compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman. Later editions would cover the years 1937-1940, then 1941-1945.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Random House, 1938., 1938. Very good. - Octavo, 9-1/2 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Hardcovers, 5 volumes uniformly bound in blue cloth titled in gilt on the spines and with Roosevelt's name stamped in gilt on the front covers. The covers are slightly soiled and the spines are lightly faded. xliii & 911 pages; xxi & 622 pages; xx & 564 pages; xix & 675 pages; and xxiv & 721 pages respectively. Illustrated with a portrait of Roosevelt in each volume and a facsimile in the second volume. The bottom edges of the books are slightly soiled. Lacking the dust wrappers, else very good. First edition. Wonderful association copies, from the library of Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh with the bookplate of MacVeagh and his wife Margaret in each volume. The Ambassador has signed Volume 1 "Lincoln MacVeagh / The American Legation / Athens". In Volume 5 he signs: "Lincoln MacVeagh / American Embassy / Athens" and adds a quotation from FDR: "Where there is vision there is tolerance, and where there is tolerance there is peace". Laid into Volume 1 is a retained carbon of MacVeagh's congratulatory note to Roosevelt dated November 9, 1932. Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972), a Renaissance man, graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1913. He went on to study languages at the Sorbonne and became fluent in German, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Classical Greek. He served in the Atois, St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne campaigns of World War I as an aide to the commanding general of the 80th Division and of the Ninth and Sixth Army Corps. He rose to the rank of Major. After the war he became a director of the Henry Holt and Company publishing firm where he became friendly with the poet Robert Frost. In 1923 he left the firm and founded the Dial Press. His name appears on the imprint of many of their publications. In 1933 President Roosevelt appointed him Minister to Greece. He followed presentation of his credentials with a speech in Classical Greek. While in Greece he conducted excavations beneath the Acropolis and made archeological contributions to the National Museum in Athens. He left Greece in 1941 when the German army over ran the country. From there he was appointed the first US Minister to Iceland where he negotiated agreements for the construction of the Keflavik airfield. In late 1942 he became Minister to the Union of South Africa and coordinated American wartime agencies there. In 1943 he was sent to Cairo as Ambassador so that he could assist the governments in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia. He returned to Athens as Ambassador in 1944. MacVeagh gave secret testimony before Congress concerning the Balkans in 1947, testimony that was an important factor in the formation of the Truman Doctrine. In 1948 as Ambassador to Portugal MacVeagh was influential in admitting her into NATO. In 1952 President Truman named him Ambassador to Spain. President Truman wrote to him on March 9, 1948: "On the occasion of your appointment as Ambassador to Portugal, I would like to make some personal expression of appreciation for the high services you have already rendered your country. During the past fifteen critical years you have served with distinction as Chief of the United states Missions to Iceland, the Union of South Africa, Yugoslavia and Greece. In this last post especially - as Minister from 1933 to 1941 and as Ambassador since 1943 - your scholarly statesmanship and diplomatic judgment have been of the utmost value."
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a five volume boxed set, covering the period from 1928 through 1936. DJs are worn, torn, soiled and chipped. DJ of Volume V is only partially present. Slipcase [seldom present] has wear, tears, soiling, and chips. Subsequently, individual volumes were published as later dates during his presidency. Volume one, The genesis of the New Deal, 1928-1932 [xliii, [1], 911, [5] pages, Index [by K. C. Blackburn]; Volume two, The year of crisis, 1933 [xxi, [1], 622 pages, Index [by K. C. Blackburn]; Volume three, The advance of recovery and reform, 1934 [xx, 564, Index [by K. C. Blackburn] [Two pages have folds/creases]: Volume four, The court disapproves, 1935, [xix, [1], 675 pages, Index [by K. C. Blackburn]; Volume five, The people approve, 1936, xxiv, 721, [1] pages Index [by K. C. Blackburn]. Samuel Irving Rosenman (February 13, 1896 - June 24, 1973) was an American lawyer, judge, Democratic Party activist and presidential speechwriter. He coined the term "New Deal", and helped articulate liberal policies during the heyday of the New Deal coalition. He was the first person to hold the position of White House Counsel. Rosenman was a senior advisor to presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Under their administrations, he was a leading figure in the war crimes issue. He was a speechwriter under both presidents, helping Roosevelt with his speeches from his days as governor. Rosenman was responsible for the term "New Deal", a phrase in the conclusion of FDR's acceptance speech at the 1932 Democratic National Convention. Rosenman edited The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, published in 13 volumes from 1938 to 1950. They have been immensely influential in the study of the New Deal and Roosevelt's policies; given the enormous mass of data at the Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, the papers have been used by historians as a guide, a conceptual framework, and a source. While his selections have given rise to some accusations of partisan selectivity and of deviations from the content of delivered speeches, the work still holds up remarkably well as an important piece of scholarship, and Rosenman will long be remembered as the Thucydides of the Roosevelt era. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, which defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. Roosevelt supervised the mobilization of the U.S. economy to support the war effort, and implemented a Europe first strategy, making the defeat of Germany a priority over that of Japan. He initiated the development of the world's first atomic bomb and worked with other Allied leaders to lay the groundwork for the United Nations and other post-war institutions. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died in office.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: All volumes near fine, internally pristine. Slipcase is very good with light bumping and rubbing to edges. Document has a faint moisture stain on bottom Very good with light bumping and occasional slight chipping to spine ends. Faint fading to joints. In plastic protectors Blue cloth, black and gilt backstrip titles
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first five volumes have dust jackets with the spines slighty darkened and in the original slipcase. The other eight volumes do not have jackets, as issued
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$925.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Thick octavo, [five volumes], xliii, 911pp; xxi, 622pp; xx, 564pp; xix, 675pp; xxiv, 721pp. Gray leather, title in gilt on spine. A few points of wear to tips of spine, solid text blocks. Top edge gilt. From a limited edition of 500 copies, many of which were signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This copy was not inscribed. Published without dust jackets or slipcase. (Halter T-656) A beautiful set, scarce in this condition. This limited edition was published simultaneously with the first trade edition in 1938. It was compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman. Later editions, also issued in gray leather, would cover the years 1937-1940, then 1941-1945.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Five volumes; covering the years 1928-1936. Publisher's cloth; very good to fine copies; three in poor dust jackets and in a substantially damaged publisher's box. The first volume has been inscribed by F.D.R., 'For Robert G. Grey from Franklin D. Roosevelt.' All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Thick octavo, [five volumes], xliii, 911pp; xxi, 622pp; xx, 564pp; xix, 675pp; xxiv, 721pp. Blue cloth, title printed on spine, light wear tips of spine. Top edge dyed blue. Publisher's first state dust jackets, with $3.00 price on each volume, light wear at edges, a few short closed tears, bright examples. Housed in the publisher's slipcase, title on spine affixed to label, soiling to panels. (Halter T-657) Inscribed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Volume I: "for Katherine C. Blackburn, from her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt." Beginning in 1921, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was appointed Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, where he first met Miss Katherine C. Blackburn. Shortly after Roosevelt assumed the presidency, he called upon Ms. Blackburn to run the Office of Press Intelligence, a central clearing house for press information in the legislative branch. This would eventually become the Office of Government Reports, with Ms. Blackburn serving as director through World War II. By 1948, she joined the staff of the Democratic National Committee, as Director of Women's Activities. She passed away in 1972 in Washington, D.C.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman. First five volumes (as published, eight additional volumes were added later). Original full gray calf. One of 500 unnumbered sets. Bookplate in each volume, corners and edges of the spines a little rubbed, a very good set, lacking the original cardboard slipcase. This copy Inscribed by Franklin D. Roosevelt to Samuel Falk, and below that it has also been Inscribed to Falk by Rosenman.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.