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61 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Book - This Man Roosevelt, Presented to the Author with "My name written in full—It is Today worth 50 cents in the auction rooms which is about right"
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Book - This Man Roosevelt, Presented to the Author with "My name written in full—It is Today worth 50 cents in the auction rooms which is about right" Signed book: This Man Roosevelt by Earle Looker. First edition. NY: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 23 pages. Signed on the first free end page in fountain pen to the author, "On the guaranty under seal that 'this' will be re-edited, re-vised & apologized for, & that in so having your will continue to come & go 'at will'—very often, I hereby present to Earle Looker, his wife & daughter my name written in full—It is Today worth 50 cents in the auction rooms which is about right. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Albany, Aug. 9, 1932." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/None, with heavy sunning to spine and the top of the front board.
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