[Rarebooks] FS: Franklin Roosevelt's Address to Congress, 1935, INSCRIBED to FDR, Jr.

[Charles Agvent]

One of several fine FDR Association Copies available on our website:
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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. In addition, 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. (#013346)        $50,000.00

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