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Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt on dark blue field, deckled text block edges. Presents nearly as issued. The corners of both fixed endpapers show surface loss from the removal of old mylar. x,387 pp. BOMC ed. Dust jacket VG+ with mild surface rubbing in a few areas including along joints, in new mylar. Boldly inscribed on front flyleaf by Harry S Truman, full signature, with generic "Best wishes" salutation, not personalized; flyleaf also shows former owner Jack McHugh's inked signature/date and a pastedown label inside the front cover indicating this copy to have been part of his Rooseveltiana collection. An accompanying note indicates that when he and his father met Truman in NYC on July 4, 1953, the former President (and FDR's VP) inscribed this copy. Authenticity guaranteed, excellent provenance, purchased directly from the family that obtained the signature. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: This first edition of Eleanor Roosevelts (1884-1962) memoir spanning her husbands governorship of New York to his death in 1945 at the beginning of his fourth presidential term is signed "James Roosevelt" by her son on the front free endpaper recto. The binding is medium blue cloth with a dark blue spine label printed in gilt and bracketed by triple gilt rules and with Eleanor Roosevelts facsimile signature in black on the lower front cover. The contents feature deckled fore edges. An illustrated dust jacket in red, gold, white, and black features a portrait of Eleanor by Yousuf Karsh on the front face. Condition is very good in a very good dust jacket. The blue cloth binding is square and tight with sharp corners. The chief defects are light overall mottling of the cloth and minor shelf wear to extremities. The contents remain respectably bright with no spotting and no previous ownership marks other than the authors sons signature. Lest there be any doubt, "FIRST EDITION" is helpfully printed on the copyright page. Differential toning of the endpapers and pastedowns corresponding to the dust jacket flaps confirms that this copy has spent life jacketed. The dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the original "$4.50" front flap price, and substantially complete, with only fractional chipping to the joint and flap fold extremities. The jacket shows light overall scuffing, mild spine toning, and modest edge wear, and is newly fitted with a clear, removable, archival cover.James Roosevelt (1907-1991) was the eldest son of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt. James made a substantial fortune in the insurance industry before serving as an aid to his father. During the Second World War, James served in secret diplomatic missions before requesting reassignment to combat duty, where he became a decorated U.S. Marine. James later served five terms as a U.S. Congressman from California (1955-1965), after which he became United States representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and subsequently an executive with the Investors Overseas Services before it collapsed after embezzlement. During his long life, four marriages, and sometimes scandal-plagued career, James tried his hand at a number of professions, including both Hollywood producer and author. This I Remember picks up where Eleanors earlier memoir This Is My Story left off. What differentiates Eleanors biographies from those of many other prominent figures is that each word was actually composed by her. A favorable New York Times review said," it is shockingly delightful to read a book which could have been written by absolutely no one else in the world than the great and important figure whose name is signed to it, which is flavorful, characteristic, and moving." Prior to its publication through McCalls, Eleanor offered the manuscript to Ladies Home Journal, which profitably serialized This Is My Story. However, the editors were dissatisfied with the writing in the manuscript and suggested that she take on a collaborator to write it. She declined, and McCalls published it instead to commercial success.When her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was elected in 1932, Eleanor had already made a name for herself in Democratic politics. Eleanor decided to transform the hitherto mostly social and apolitical role of First Lady. And after her husbands death, Eleanor did not withdraw into widowhood. It was her husbands successor, President Harry S. Truman, who called Eleanor "First Lady of the World" for her humanitarian work. Eleanor became the first US Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and remained a prolific writer (including dozens of books, hundreds of articles and editorials, and a daily newspaper column from 1936-1962). Transcending her role as mere first lady, Eleanor, " became a fearless international champion of progressive causes and perhaps the most influential American woman of the twentieth century." (ANB).
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Eleanor Roosevelt. This I Remember - Signed. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1949.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1949. 1st ed.,1st printing. Signed/inscribed - Eleanor Roosevelt. With 40 historical photos. "This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt's recollections of the years preceding FDR's first term as Governor Of NYS to the day of his death during his 4th term as President of the United States. Mrs. Roosevelt's clear, thoughtful writing about those years show why Franklin D. Roosevelt was four times elected President of the United States. Nice condition, book jacket chipped at edges but presents nicely.
Seller: Peter Austern & Co. / Brooklyn Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. This I Remember. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1949.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 387pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, very near fine, in the publisher's blue cloth. In a near fine dust jacket, well-preserved, if sittling a little off-center on the spine. Spine panel a trifle sunned. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the mold-breaking First Lady on the half-title page: "Inscribed for Mr. [Stark?] Chevalier with good wishes. Eleanor Roosevelt." Issued also in a signed limited edition, handsome inscribed copies of the first trade edition are rather more scarce in commerce. Eleanor Roosevelt was perhaps the most influential First Lady of the 20th century, spending all twelve of her years in that office deeply involved in political causes, including, most controversially at the time, the Civil Rights Movement.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember -- Signed Limited Edition. Harper & Brothers, 1949.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited edition signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the limitation page. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine example of the original slipcase with slight sunning to the top of the rear panel. A beautiful signed copy of Roosevelt's memoir which covers the 1920s up through her husband's death in 1945.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Eleanor Roosevelt. This I Remember. Harper & Bros., 1949.
Price: US$1150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: No. 56 of 1000 copies, signed by Roosevelt on the limitation page. A Fine copy, with the tiniest touch of rubbing at one corner. The original acetate dustjacket is complete and undamaged. The slipcase is very mildly sunned, has two 1 cm slits in the paper on the top panel, a 3 cm and a 1 cm separation on the bottom panel.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1949.
Price: US$1199.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited edition blue buckram signed by Roosevelt to the limitation page. #537/1000. Near fine or better with small bump to spine head and just a touch of fraying to corners. Spine paper label is like new, and the blue of the buckram is vibrant. Unmarked, appears unread. Original acetate jacket included in fine condition. Housed in a sunned and bumped publisher's slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember.. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1949.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Eleanor Rooseveltâs wonderful autobiography. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with 41 photographs of the Roosevelt family, including frontispiece of the First Lady. Boldly signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. "Convinced that when you cease to make a contribution, you die, Eleanor Roosevelt remained at the center of American and global politics for nearly two more decades She became a fearless international champion of progressive causes and perhaps the most influential American woman of the 20th century" (ANB).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1949.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 387pp. Publisher's original blue cloth with original paper spine label. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Faint discoloration to top edge of blue cloth at the spine. Includes the publisher's original acetate dust jacket, chip at top of spine. Publisher's slipcase with shelf wear, light soiling, solid seams. This set is limited to 1000 copies signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, this being number 264. Written shortly after leaving the White House, This I Remember was the second autobiography of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. Harper & Brothers (1949), New York, 1949.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to White House Librarian Mary Eben who is mentioned once in the book. Soiling to the endpapers with little effect on the inscription; covers soiled and faded, mostly at the rear, small indent to the bottom spine edge at front. Good in a Good, soiled dustwrapper with some chipping, again mostly at the rear
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1949.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed limited first edition. Number 111 of a limited 1,000 copies signed by Eleanor Roosevelt. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with title label to spine printed in black, in publisher's original unprinted acetate jacket, housed in original slipcase. Very slightly musty, else Fine, in a Near Fine acetate. Slipcase is Very Good+ with toning, light soiling and light wear.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. Harper & Brothers (1949), New York, 1949.
Price: US$1562.50 + shipping
Description: Illustrated with photographs. Copy #653 of 1000 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. This copy with both the original glassine, which has roughly an inch on one side lacking, and the slipcase which is lightly soiled. Bright, close to Fine copy in a Very Good glassine and slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1949.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 387pp. Publisher's original blue cloth with original paper spine label. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Includes the publisher's original acetate dust jacket, near fine condition, faint shelf wear. Publisher's slipcase with light sunning to side panel, binding solid, label on side panel. This set is limited to 1000 copies signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, this being number 56. Written shortly after leaving the White House, This I Remember was the second autobiography of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. Harper & Brothers (1949), New York, 1949.
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated with photographs. Copy #678 of 1000 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. This copy with both the original glassine and the slipcase. Bright, close to Fine copy in a Very Good glassine and slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. Harper & Brothers (1949), New York, 1949.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated with photographs. Copy #812 of 1000 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. This copy with both the original glassine and the slipcase. Receipt from Bauman Rare Books dated 1998 laid in. Fine in close to Fine glassine and slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.