[Rarebooks] FS: Eleanor Roosevelt's copy of Irving Caesar's SING A SONG OF SAFETY

[Charles Agvent]

[ROOSEVELT,  Eleanor] CAESAR, Irving. SING A SONG OF SAFETY.  New
York:  Irving Caesar (1937). First Edition. Pictorial stiff wraps with
a  spiral binding (9" x 12"). Music by Gerald Marks and  illustrations
by  Rose  O'Neill.  ELEANOR  ROOSEVELT'S COPY  with  both  Roosevelt's
bookplate  (nearly detached) and the small circular estate label, this
numbered  145,  on  the  front  pastedown.  SIGNED  by  Marks  on  the
half-title   page  and  INSCRIBED  and  SIGNED  by  Caesar "To/Eleanor
Roosevelt/with  warm appreciation/from/Irving Caesar." A member of the
Songwriters  Hall of Fame, Caesar died in 1996 at the age of 101.  One
of  his  earliest  hits, written with George Gershwin,  was  "Swanee,"
Gershwin's  first and biggest pop hit thanks to the singer Al Jolson's
interpretation.  Caesar wrote many other hits including "Tea For  Two"
and  "Crazy Rhythm." This book, SING A SONG OF SAFETY, the first  in a
series  of similar titles, was used by schools throughout the  country
to  teach  children the basic principles of safety at home and in  the
streets.  It  consists  of a series of 19 songs  designed  to  promote
world  unity and peace and was inspired by the creation of The  United
Nations,  an  organization  close to Eleanor Roosevelt's  heart.  Rose
O'Neill,  the  illustrator, invented the Kewpie Doll, easily  seen  in
the faces in this book.  Near Fine                            $1000.00

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