A Introduction to The Log of the Larooco. Being Chiefly the Correspondence of Franklin D Roosevelt and John S Lawrence

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Donald Scott Carmichael

Verlag: Gates Mills, Ohio Donald Scott Carmichael 1949, 1949

Beschreibung

pp37 FDR's record of "the salt-water wanderings of a houseboat jointly owned and operated in 1923 to 1926 with his old friend John Lawrence" with an introduction by Donald Scott Carmichael. One of fifteen copies reprinted from The Franklin D Roosevelt Collector, VolI, No 1, November 1948, bound for the author to distribute to certain FDR enthusiasts. A very attractive limited edition printed on high quality paper, fine in blue paper wrappers. Inscribed by Carmichael with laid in letter [1 TLS] from Carmichael to Frederick Adams. This book comes from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt collection of Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr, 1910 - 2001, the son of Ellen Walters Delano who was a first cousin to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Adams became a passionate bibliophile who served as director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City for two decades and compiled a significant personal collection relating to F.D.R. In 1969 he married his third wife who was a Swedish princess and with whom he shared the final years of his life in France. Adams' move to France explains the presence of his books in the United Kingdom. Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5619

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Introduction to The Log of the Larooco. ...

Verlag: Gates Mills, Ohio Donald Scott Carmichael 1949

Erscheinungsdatum: 1949

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Fine

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers