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. 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.
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.