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Lot 409
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 -
800
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$1,188
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Lot Description
ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. (1882-1945). The Democratic Book 1936. N.p: N.p., 1936.
Folio. Gilt and illustrated title page with extensive illustrations throughout. (Small dampstain at top edge of later pages.) Original morocco gilt (small separation at upper spine cap, front hinge loose).
LIMITED EDITION, number 2130, SIGNED BY ROOSEVELT under a watercolor vignette of the White House. The first issue "yearbook" was an extravagant publication that drew connections between FDR and Thomas Jefferson. The work was printed with lavish advertisements, the inclusion of which was deemed controversial at the time.

