[Rarebooks] FS: Franklin Roosevelt's privately printed log of a cruise, Inscribed to Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.

[Charles Agvent]

 From one of the finest collections of Franklin Roosevelt material offered in 
many years, part of our upcoming catalogue of SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL material to be 
posted on our website tomorrow: http://www.erols.com/agvent.  Also included will 
be important signed and association copies of LBJ, Harry Truman and Theodore 
Roosevelt.


ROOSEVELT,  Franklin  Delano.  LOG  OF  THE  CRUISE  OF  PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN  D.  ROOSEVELT  ABOARD THE SCHOONER YACHT SEWANNA  TO  MAINE,
NOVA  SCOTIA,  &  NEW BRUNSWICK.  [Washington]:  [Government  Printing
Office]  [1937]. First Edition. A record of a two-week cruise in July,
1936.  Original blue cloth an anchor in gilt on the front cover;  [8],
19,  [1] pages. Illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece of the yacht
and  a  large folding chart bound at the end. INSCRIBED and SIGNED  by
the  President  on  the  front endpaper: "For  Franklin  D.  Roosevelt
Jr./from  his  affectionate Father/Franklin D.  Roosevelt."  Franklin,
Jr.,  along  with his brothers John and James, were piloted  by  their
father  aboard  this  charted schooner in a trip  James  called  "Pa's
prize  cruise."  While  never  achieving the  renown  of  his  father,
Franklin  D.  Roosevelt, Jr. was a successful congressman  (1949-1954)
who  twice ran for governor of New York and who was a close friend and
early  backer  of  John  F.  Kennedy.  He later  became  a  successful
businessman.  A scarce book on the market, this is an Association Copy
of the highest order.  Near Fine                            $40,000.00


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