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New York and London: Harper & brothers, 1939. First edition. . Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. moderate shelfwear to the dustjacket, price clipped, no ownership marks, first printing. xv p., 2 l., 339, [1] p. front., illus., plates, map, ports., facsims. 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Plates, Portraits.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1939., 1939.. Very good. - Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black cloth titled in black on an orange label on the spine. The covers are slightly rubbed with some of the gilt faded from the spine. xv, [5] & 340 deckle-edged pages, with 2 frontispieces, 12 full page illustrations and a photograph. Very good.
First edition, inscribed by Hall Roosevelt to the wife of Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh, "To the darling lady Peggy" with his signature beneath facsimile signatures of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt.
Hall Roosevelt (1891-1941) was an American engineer, banker and soldier, and the youngest brother Eleanor Roosevelt.
From the library of Lincoln MacVeagh and his wife Margaret (better known by the nickname "Peggy") with their "Arcades Ambo" bookplate on the front paste down. 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… Read More

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1939. First Edition (stated) . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good + DJ. Photographs. 339 Pp. A Very Clean, Tight, Solid Copy, Spine Gilt Weak But Present, Not Dulled. Presidential Gift Bookplate On Front Endpaper, With Color Scene At Top, And Elaborate Printing "Christmas / 1939 / A Merry Christmas / From / The President / And Mrs. Roosevelt", But Not Signed Or Otherwise Marked. The Book Was A Gift To Either Rudolph Forster, White House Staff Member And Assistant To The President Since The 1890'S, Or To His Son, Warren Rudolph Forster, A Banker; With Warren Forster's Bookplate. "Rudolph Forster Was Executive Clerk And Administrative Officer In Charge Of Executive Papers At The White House Until His Death In 1943. He Had Piled Up Nearly Fifty Years Of Service To Eight Presidents. His Job Was To Remind The President That A Bill, For Example, Must Be Acted Upon In A Certain Amount Of Time, Or That By Law He Must Fill A Vacancy Within A Definite Period. He Was Also… Read More