Folio. Illustrated limitation page with vignette after a watercolor of the White House on heavy paper, 19 full-page portraits, numerous illustrations & advertisements, and facsimiles of the Founding Documents at end. (Some pale spotting to endpapers, a few repairs to fore-margins on front free endpaper and flyleaf.) Original gilt-lettered padded leather, with original color pictorial wrappers bound in as issued (spine ends and extremities repaired, some rubbing to joints and edges); custom calf-backed folding case. Provenance: John Paul Brunt (subscriber designee name gilt-lettered on upper cover).

 

LIMITED EDITION, number 1945 of 2500 copies SIGNED BY ROOSEVELT under vignette of the White House on limitation page. This lavishly produced “yearbook” contains information such as the party's platform, election results, and statements from the President, his cabinet members, the first lady, and other important members of his administration. With dozens of contemporary advertisements, many in color, the inclusion of which was deemed controversial at the time.