The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

"...let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..."

Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1933. First edition, advance issue. 4to. 9 pp. Original printed wrappers, boldly signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt at the end of text. Wrappers slightly creased, rear wrapper heavily soiled from mounting residue, not affecting signature on last page of text; scattered light foxing. Lot also includes a typed letter signed, dated February 13, 1934, transmitting the pamphlet to William E. Brooks. Halter T544.

Very rare, advance issue of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1933, boldly signed by him at the conclusion.

According to Halter, "only a very few copies of the address were published in this format. They were intended as reading copies for FDR, but at the last minute he decide to read his address from the typescript which he corrected in his own hand."