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ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.. WHITHER BOUND. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1926.
Price: US$148.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 34. Preface by W. L. W. Field. Cover little scuffed at corners and ends of spine, o/w a nice copy. Touches on the revolution of science and the need to accept change and the importance of equal opportunity-Burns. The President's first book. An address concerning the Milton Alumni War Memorial Foundation, given at Milton Academy by the then Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The Foundation memoriaized the 22 Milton alumni who died in WWI.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Whither bound?. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926.
Price: US$158.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. Whither Bound?. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1926.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Gilt-stamped blue cloth over boards, (vii), 34 pages, A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation, May 18, 1926. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first book, published before he was President. Corners and spine ends bumped and lightly worn, foxing on text block and end papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 8 oz. Category: Politics & Government; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 013308.
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Thin 8vo. 1st edition. Gentle bumping to spine ends and fore-corners; covers slightly bowed. Ghosting to ends; text-block toned. Moderate soiling, toning and chipping to d.j., with lower portion of real panel missing and small holes at center. VG/G.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. Whither Bound. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1926.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small octavo, vii, [blank], 34pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, embossed illustration on cover. Bookplate of Frederick Baldwin Adams affixed to front endpaper. Lacking dust jacket, but contains a cutout of the front panel from dust jacket, laid in opposite title page. This printing was limited to 1000 copies. This book captures a speech that Franklin Roosevelt gave at Milton Academy in 1926. It was the first publication for the future President of the United States. This book belonged to Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr, the director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City and respected bibliophile.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. Whither bound?. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1926.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue cloth (hardcover), gilt title in original mylar protected dust-jacket, (6" x 9"). 34 pages. President's Roosevelt's first book from a lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926. Mr. Roosevelt's thesis was that youth quite rightly experiment with life and with moral standards, for it is through unrest and experimentation that civilization is advanced. The first publication for the future President of the United States. A clean, tight and bright copy in the scarce original dust-jacket showing some minor chipping at edges. Size: Tall Octavo
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Whither Bound?. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1926.
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 34 p. Author's first book
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Whither Bound. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1926.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Blue cloth in dust jacket. Some light chipping and light soiling to cream colored jacket. Toning to endpapers. Jacket in a brodart protective wrapper. "A lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. Whither Bound?. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1926.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good plus, first edition book, in very good plus dust jacket. Dark blue cloth covered boards; blind-stamped seal with motto "The Cause Shall Not Fail" on front panel. Gilt lettering on spine. Back panel has light irregular scuff of approx. 2 1/4" by 1 1/2". Shadow transfers from dust jacket on end-papers. Original dust jacket, professionally repaired and reinforced at spine and back panel. Front and back jacket panels are soiled, spine is sunned. The book captures a speech given at Milton Academy on May 18, 1926. The first publication for the future President of the United States. Previous owners affixed first day cover stamp to the title page. Printing limited to 1000 copies. Text pages are age-toned, else book is internally clean. Text block is sound. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.. WHITHER BOUND. Houghton Mifflin Co: NY, 1926.
Price: US$2300.00 + shipping
Description: 8.75 x 6, embossed blue cloth, 34 pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities lightly bumped and fraying, hinges loose, pp (esp endpapers) toned, but still a nice, little book; Roosevelt's lecture for the Alumni Military Foundation at the Milton Academy. FIRST ED, INSCRIBED "For Elizabeth. . . Spring 1927" AND SIGNED "F.D.R." BY THE AUTHOR, FUTURE PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Whither Bound?. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1926.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed by Roosevelt. ""For Will Davis / in appreciation of / his grand job! / Franklin D Roosevelt / Christmas 1941" in black fountain pen. William Davis was the Chairman of the War Labor Board (WLB) in the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt's first book from a lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926. Dark Blue Hardcover in No DJ. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and free of writing or marks.
Seller: Earl The Pearls, Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first book, being the text of a lecture delivered by him at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation on May 18, 1926. Octavo, original cloth. One of one thousand copies printed. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page on the occasion of publication (and within a month of the delivery of the lecture) to his son, "For my son Elliott Roosevelt This copy of his Dad's first book Franklin D. Roosevelt June 1926." Additionally signed by Roosevelt on the title page, "Franklin Roosevelt." Elliott was the fourth of Roosevelt's six children, and Eleanor's acknowledged favorite. His future career included military service, involvement in aircraft procurement, and roles as author, rancher, radio station owner, and Mayor of Miami Beach. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. Small bookplate to the pastedown. An exceptional association. American statesman and political leader Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and dominated his party after 1932 as a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and war.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.