[Rarebooks] FS: FDR's First Christmas Book, one of only 50 SIGNED copies, additionally INSCRIBED by the President to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.

[Charles Agvent]

ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano. ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DELIVERED MAY 22, 1935. Inscribed 
to FDR, Jr. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1935. First Edition. 
VETO MESSAGE ON THE ADJUSTED COMPENSATION ACT, 1935. Original blue cloth 
with gilt lettering and the Presidential Seal in gilt on the front 
cover; [2], 11 pages. Franklin Roosevelt's first Christmas book (there 
would be seven more), issued in an edition of only 50 copies. SIGNED by 
the author at the conclusion of the text. On the front endpaper is the 
following INSCRIPTION in Roosevelt's hand: "For Franklin D. Roosevelt 
Jr./with love from Father" and below that also in FDR's hand: "One of 50 
copies." From the text: "A government, like an individual, must 
ultimately meet legitimate obligations out of the production of wealth 
by the labor of human beings applied to the resources of nature.... The 
herculean task of the United States Government today is to take care 
that its citizens have the necessities of life. We are seeking honestly 
and honorably to do this irrespective of class or group." 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. Obviously a very scarce book on 
the market, this is an Association Copy of the highest order. Some mild 
foxing to the endpapers and the title page, not affecting the 
inscription. Very Good.         $50,000.00

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