[Rarebooks] FS: FDR's SIGNED copy of THE PUBLIC MEN OF THE REVOLUTION

[Charles Agvent]

One of many signed Franklin Roosevelt letters and books in stock at 
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[ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano] SULLIVAN, Hon. William. THE PUBLIC MEN OF 
THE REVOLUTION: INCLUDING EVENTS FROM THE PEACE OF 1783 TO THE PEACE OF 
1815. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1847. First 
Edition. Original blindstamped brown cloth. Illustrated with a 
frontispiece portrait of the author. First published in 1834, this is an 
enlarged edition with a biographical sketch of the author by his son. 
Howes S-1130; Sabin 93559: "An attack on Thomas Jefferson and a defense 
of the Federalist party." Franklin Delano Roosevelt's copy with his bold 
SIGNATURE "Franklin D. Roosevelt/Hyde Park" on the front endpaper along 
with the notation "Very fine copy." Roosevelt was sympathetic toward 
Jefferson, identifying with him as a leader who brought the government 
back into the hands of the people and who fashioned a government that 
served the best interests of the people rather than the interests of the 
privileged. On the pastedown opposite Roosevelt's signature is a pencil 
inscription by the former owner, A. Boyd Hamilton, State Printer of 
Pennsylvania in the mid-nineteenth century, dated 1887 presenting the 
book to his son. Hamilton's signature dated 1847 is also on the title 
page in ink. A fine example of a book from FDR's library with distinctly 
American content including much on George Washington and Thomas 
Jefferson. Some chipping to the head of the spine. Near Fine.         
$3,000.00

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