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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
THIS I REMEMBER
NY: Harper 1949. 8vo Pp. 387. Appendices index. Illustrated with photographs. Blue cloth. Cover somewhat faded and lilttle worn at edges but a VG tight copy. The first volume of her autobiography. Harper unknown books
Bookseller reference : 48774
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
This I Remember
New York Harper & Brothers 1949. 1949. First edition so stated; "I-Y". 8vo. Frontispiece portrait photograph by Karsh; illustrations from b/w photographs. Appendixes index. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. 387 pages. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York, Harper & Brothers [1949]. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 227050
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Roosevelt Eleanor
This I Remember.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1949. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's wonderful autobiography. Octavo original blue cloth illustrated with 41 photographs of the Roosevelt family including frontispiece of the First Lady. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Mr. George London from Eleanor Roosevelt." The recipient George London was a concert and operatic bass-baritone. After performing widely with tenor Mario Lanza and soprano Frances Yeend as part of the Bel Canto Trio in 1947-48 London was engaged by the Vienna State Opera where he scored his first major success in 1949. In 1950 he sang the role of Pater Profundis in Mahler's Eighth Symphony conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. "Convinced that when you cease to make a contribution you die Eleanor Roosevelt remained at the center of American and global politics for nearly two more decades She became a fearless international champion of progressive causes and perhaps the most influential American woman of the 20th century" ANB. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 119172
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Roosevelt Eleanor
This I Remember.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1949. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's wonderful autobiography. Octavo original blue cloth. Illustrated with 41 photographs of the Roosevelt family including frontispiece of the First Lady. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Margaret with love & good wishes Eleanor Roosevelt." Near fine in a very good that is lightly chipped along the top edge. "Convinced that when you cease to make a contribution you die Eleanor Roosevelt remained at the center of American and global politics for nearly two more decades She became a fearless international champion of progressive causes and perhaps the most influential American woman of the 20th century" ANB. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 5552
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Roosevelt Eleanor
This Is My Story
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1937. First Edition Third Printing. Cloth. Good/very good. Signed copy of This Is My Story by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Octavo x 365pp. Blue cloth boards title printed on spine. Cloth is worn and fraying along bottom edge soiled from handling. Stated "third edition" on copyright page. Even toning throughout free of any marks or notations. In publisher's scarce dust jacket $4.00 on front flap some shelf wear and wear to panels exceptionally bright colors. Edens B8 Inscribed on the half title by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt: "To Joan Clifford - With the good wishes of the author. Eleanor Roosevelt." Part of a series of three books written by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt about her life with This Is My Story detailing her experiences through the 1924 presidential election. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 10346
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Roosevelt Eleanor
This Is My Story.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1937. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's first autobiography. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Signed by the author on the half-title page "with affection Eleanor Roosevelt." From the library of Carl Van Vechten with his bookplate to the inner front panel near fine in a bright near fine with a few small closed tears. Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He photographed Eleanor Roosevelt quite a number of times. A nice association. This Is My Story begins with Eleanor Roosevelts childhood and covers the beginnings of her own and her husbands life in politics culminating with the Democratic National Convention of 1924. Contains over 40 photographic images of the Roosevelt family. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 47018
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Roosevelt Eleanor
This Is My Story.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1937. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's first autobiography. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Small bookplate to the front pastedown near fine in a bright near fine with a few small closed tears. Uncommon in this condition and signed. This Is My Story begins with Eleanor Roosevelts childhood and covers the beginnings of her own and her husbands life in politics culminating with the Democratic National Convention of 1924. Contains over 40 photographic images of the Roosevelt family. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 21057
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
THIS TROUBLED WORLD
NY: Kinsey 1938. First Edition. 8vo pp. 47. A very good copy. Dedicated to Carrie C. Catt. A book on permanent peace written on the eve of a war. Kinsey unknown books
Bookseller reference : 55479
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
THIS TROUBLED WORLD
NY: Kinsey 1938. First Edition. 8vo Pp. 47. A nice copy in sl rubbed dj dedicated to Carrie C. Catt. A book on permanent peace written on the eve of a war. Kinsey unknown books
Bookseller reference : 41389
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Roosevelt Eleanor
This Troubled World.
New York: H.C. Kinsey & Company 1938. First edition of this work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Small octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. With a letter on White House stationary from 1941 stating "Mrs. Roosevelt was glad to sign the copy of her book for you and it is returned to you under separate cover." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning to the spine. A nice signed example with desirable provenance. Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political leader who used her influence as an active First Lady from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal policies of her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt as well as taking a prominent role as an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945 she continued to be an internationally prominent author and speaker for the New Deal coalition. She was a suffragist who worked to enhance the status of working women although she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because she believed it would adversely affect women. In the 1940s she was one of the co-founders of Freedom House and supported the formation of the United Nations. Eleanor Roosevelt founded the UN Association of the United States in 1943 to advance support for the formation of the UN. She was a delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945 and 1952 a job for which she was appointed by President Harry S. Truman and confirmed by the United States Congress. During her time at the United Nations chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements. H.C. Kinsey & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 35098
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Roosevelt Eleanor
Typed Letter Signed
<p>"Eleanor Roosevelt." 1 page 9 ½" x 6" The White House letterhead to Mrs. William Randolph Hearst at 137 Riverside Drive New York N.Y. Roosevelt asks Mrs. Hearst to help seek a position for her friend Genevieve Forbes Herrick 1894-1962 who had resigned from her position at the Chicago Tribune in May 1934. Very good. Together with The White House envelope postmarked June 13 1934.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Herrick was a reporter favored by Mrs. Roosevelt becoming one of "the favored four" and was often invited by Mrs. Roosevelt to lunch at The White House.</b></p><p><br /></p> books
Bookseller reference : 2222345
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ROOSEVELT ELEANOR
TYPED LETTER SIGNED
Washington D.C. 1943. n/a. Very Good. MAGNIFICENT WARTIME LETTER BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ON ACHIEVING LONG-LASTING PEACE. This letter signed and typed by world-renowned social reformer Eleanor Roosevelt on White House letterhead and dated June 28 1943 World War II is addressed to Mr. Jerome Darrow soldier and army newspaper editor and reads in full: The White House Washington June 28 1943. Dear Mr. Darrow: I am very glad to send you a message for Talkie-Talkie your weekly Army newspaper. I understand only too well how hard it must be for our soldiers who stand guard in the jungle and outposts which we are now occupying. I want to say to them that on every hand I hear how wonderfully the men are accepting the strange new conditions under which they live and how cheerfully they live through discomfort and boredom. I only hope that beneath it all they realize they are part of the great fighting force which can only win because each unit has done its part. I lived through the last war and its aftermath and therefore I am very much concerned about the future which we build as a result of this war. I hope that we have learned that peace is not something which comes because we sign a piece of paper. It is something which has to be built year by year and the piece of paper is only the foundation. It is the justice and the change for a better future for the whole world which will make our peace foundation stronger and our change to bring a continuance of peace in the future better. To do this for the world we must do it at home also and I hope that the boys in the jungle are thinking and talking of the things they wish to see done to bring about future employment a high national income and a healthier and happier people in the future. Good luck to all of you and may you all come back and work for peace and feel that you are building something constructive when this victory is won. Very sincerely yours signed Eleanor Roosevelt The date is June 28 1943. Finally the tide of the war was starting to turn and Americans could see an end to this very bloody and very prolonged conflict. "The Battle of Midway June 3-6 1942 which was fought almost entirely with aircraft was a World War II naval battle in which the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. Together with the Battle of Guadalcanal August 1942-November 1943 the Battle of Midway ended the threat of further Japanese invasion in the Pacific" Encylopedia Britannica . Yet as so meaningfully articulated by Eleanor Roosevelt in this letter the work--to better the post-war lives of Americans and to achieve a long-lasting and effective peace--would continue long after the fighting was over. On boosting soldier's morale and the return to normalcy "I only hope that beneath it all they realize they are part of the great fighting force which can only win because each unit has done its part . I hope that the boys in the jungle are thinking and talking of the things they wish to see done to bring about future employment a high national income and a healthier and happier people in the future." Perhaps one of Roosevelt's most enduring legacies of her wartime work was her commitment to improving the lives of soldiers both during and after World War II. General Halsey a high-ranking officer at Guadalcanal was awed by Roosevelt's character and compassion upon her visit to his base and hospitals: "When I say that she inspected those hospitals I don't mean that she shook hands with the chief medical officer glanced into a sun room and left. I mean that she went into every ward stopped at every bed and spoke to every patient: What was his name How did he feel Was there anything he needed Could she take a message home for him I marveled at her hardihood both physical and mental she walked for miles and she saw patients who were grievously and gruesomely wounded. But I marveled most at their expressions as she leaned over them. It was a sight I will never forget." True to her words the First Lady's efforts were not merely excluded to wartime work. Postwar Roosevelt continued to press for worker's rights helping to ban racial discrimination in many industries a crusade which culminated in the establishment of the Fair Employment Practices Commision. She was also instrumental in helping FDR to draft the G.I. Bill of Rights a piece of legislation which helped to secure many educational and vocational opportunities for WWII veterans. On postwar peace "I hope that we have learned that peace is not something which comes because we sign a piece of paper. It is something which has to be built year by year and the piece of paper is only the foundation. It is the justice and the change for a better future for the whole world which will make our peace foundation stronger and our change to bring a continuance of peace in the future better." Just as Roosevelt's work with soldiers extended well-beyond the end of World War II so did her humanitarian work. Even after her position as First Lady ended and official peace negotiation had long concluded Roosevelt continued to push for peace with the help of the United Nations. The sense of unfulfillment or more specifically of an unfulfilled peace is as clearly discernable in her writing after WWII as it is in the 1943 letter to Mr. Darrow. In the November 13 1946 edition of her daily syndicated newspaper column My Day she explains that "in the United Nations we have set up the machinery for creating a climate in the world in which peace can grow. However just as I have sensed for many years that Armistice Day did not have the meaning for the mass of our people that it should have if we were going to preserve peace so I feel now that this is not yet a day on which we dedicate ourselves to living and working along the lines which will make peace possible throughout the world." After FDR's death she remained at the nucleus of American and global politics for two more decades. "In 1946 President Harry S. Truman appointed her as a delegate to the United Nations the institution that she believed to be her late husband's most significant legacy to the world. She served as chair of the United Nations Human Rights Commission and with her unique blend of grandmotherly tact and political realism helped hammer out the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights enacted by the General Assembly in 1948. She was now routinely hailed as "the First Lady of the World" American National Biography. In fact Roosevelt did write a piece for Jerome Darrow's one-man newspaper "Talkie-Talkie". An excerpt from Darrow's hometown newspaper reports that "the editor Jerome Darrow has perked things up by getting famous people to write their innermost thoughts straight to his G. I.'s. Groucho Marx Eleanor Roosevelt Charlie McCarthy Wendell Willkie Grantland Bice and Betty Grable have already taken advantage of this splendid opportunity" Ironwood Daily Globe. This document is noteworthy for its wartime date as well as its provocative content. A truly rare letter that so stirringly sums up Roosevelt's seemingly simple but actually complicated wish: peace. Washington D.C.: June 28 1943. Quarto one page on White House stationery. Signed in ink at the end of the letter. Usual folds light toning and a paperclip impression to the top edge otherwise in fine condition. An important piece of correspondence by the "First Lady of the World.". unknown books
Bookseller reference : 1964
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
Typed Letter Signed
on imprinted "Apartment 15-A 29 Washington Square West" letterhead New York April 14 1949. Square 8vo. 1 page. To Laurence Spivak member of "Meet The Press": "Thank you very much for your letter and for offering to send me a cross section of the letters on my interview. Please do not send them. My mail is already heavy enough.". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 500837
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
TYPED LETTER SIGNED
NEW YORK JANUARY 10 1950 1950. TYPED LETTER SIGNED ON APARTMENT 15-A 29 WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST LETTERHEAD NEW YORK JANUARY 10 1950. SMALL 4TO 1 PAGE 32 LINES; TO COLUMNIST WALTER WINCHELL AT THE NEW YORK DAILY MIRROR REGARDING HER PROPOSED NBC RADIO AND TELEVISION PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM: ".ONE OF THE ISSUES.IS THE QUESTION OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO FRANCO SPAIN.I SHOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THIS INVITATION TO YOU.TO TAKE PART IN AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION.ON THE PROGRAM WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 19TH.THE PROGRAM LASTS HALF AN HOUR AND MY FUNCTION WILL BE TO SERVE AS MODERATOR RATHER THAN AS ADVOCATE.THE PROGRAM WILL BE UNREHEARSED.I KNOW HOW DEEPLY YOU HAVE BEEN CONCERNED WITH THIS MATTER AND I HOPE THAT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE WITH US." SIGNED-AUTOGRAPHS FINE. Signed by Authors. NEW YORK, JANUARY 10, 1950 unknown books
Bookseller reference : 195075
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
Typed Letter Signed
"Eleanor Roosevelt" in dark blue fountain pen ink on her Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt 202 Fifty-Sixth Street West New York 19 N.Y. letterhead December 23 1958. 6" x 6 7/8"; 1 page recto only; very good small paperclip rust stain upper left margin; old mailing fold; minor signs of handling. To Mrs. Ruth Hammer: "I was interested to get your letter and I commented on it as you will see from the enclosed copy of my column. With my good wishes for the New Year. Very sincerely yours Eleanor Roosevelt." Enclosed is a one page copy of the original letter sent to Mrs. Roosevelt from Mrs. Hammer. In part: ".It has always been our pride that we in America have a two-party system but what happens to our Democrats once they are elected Why is there no one to raise a voice in opposition in healthy disagreement or even in more discussion or debate when issues arise." Also enclosed is a two page copy of Mrs. Roosevelt's column which ran on December 26 1958. In part: ".I can only say that there are others who felt the same way but for the most part if you are going to criticize the administration in power you must have new suggestions to make. And it is very difficult for members of Congress to get the information from the State Department so that they feel they as much as the Executive branch of the government. We really have to depend in great part on what the administration is willing to give out in the way of information in order to get any real ideas of international affairs." Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962 born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt October 11 1884 New York City; died November 7 1962 New York City; American statesman and humanitarian; wife of 32nd U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1905-1945; niece of 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt; delegate to the United Nations 1945 1949-52 1961 chairman of the UN Human Rights Commission 1946-51. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 602250
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
Typed Letter Signed
1951. "Eleanor Roosevelt" in dark blue fountain pen ink on her Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt The Park Sheraton Hotel 202 Fifty Six Street West New York 19 N.Y. letterhead March 1 1951. 6 1/8" x 8 1/4"; 1 page recto only. Very good. Together with the original typed mailing envelope free franked return address on the back flap. To Mrs. Anna McGowan Welshpool Campobello Island New Brunswick Canada Interesting letter regarding proposed repairs at the Roosevelt home on Campobello Island New Brunswick Canada. Mrs. Roosevelt comments on the needed repairs to the family house $51000. Stating they cannot make them. She is sending Elliott Roosevelt to make an inspection of the property. The Roosevelt family acquired four acres on the island in 1883. From 1885 when he was a year old until he was stricken with polio in 1921 FDR spent most summers on the island. FDR's last visit to the island was in 1936. He died in 1945. Soft cover. Very Good. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 603083
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
Typed Letter Signed
1960. "Eleanor Roosevelt" in blue fountain pen ink on her Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt 55 East 74th Street New York City 21 N.Y. letterhead July 31 1960. 6" x 7"; 1 page recto only. Fine. Together with the original typed mailing envelope with her "free franked" stamp and postmarked New York N.Y. August 3 1960 with a Camp Fire Girl Golden Jubilee 1910-1960 cancellation. To Mr. Richard W. Gimbel Culver Military Academy; Culver Indiana. Interesting letter of thanks but not agreeing with his distaste of a film shown at the Democratic convention. In part: ". . .To me it was an interesting way of explaining a platform. . .". No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 604352
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
Typed Letter Signed
on printed personal letterhead New York February 24 1958. Small square 8vo. 1 page. To columnist Walter Winchell: "I do not understand either the letters which you forwarded to me or your note. I imagine Mr. Kavanaugh is doing some promotion work on my articles but I can't remember having said anything about you. If I ever did say anything I can assure you that by now I have forgotten any emotion I may have had!". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 500834
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
Typed Letter Signed "Eleanor Roosevelt"
in blue fountain pen ink on Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt 211 East 62nd Street New York 21 N.Y. printed letterhead June 2 1958. 8vo. 1 page recto only. Fine fresh example. To Mrs. Marx: "Dear Mrs. Marx It is very kind of you to tell me about Hilwin House. I shall certainly keep it in mind and if the occasion arises I shall be very glad to make use of your kind invitation. With many thanks and all good wishes yours very sincerely." Hilwin House was a hotel in Saratoga Springs New York. Roosevelt 1884-1962 American statesman and humanitarian; wife of 32nd U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1905-45; niece of 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt; delegate to the United Nations 1945 1949-52 1961 chairman of the U.N. Human Rights Commission 1946-51. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 600711
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Roosevelt Eleanor
Typed letter signed "Eleanor" to Harry concerning her appointment as a delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations
New York 1948. One page on stationery of Val-Kill Cottage Hyde Park Duchess Co. New York. 8vo. Fine in red morocco-backed custom folding box. One page on stationery of Val-Kill Cottage Hyde Park Duchess Co. New York. 8vo. This note is possibly addressed to Harry Hooker who was Roosevelt's longtime friend and attorney. Written only a few years after FDR's death 1945 the former first lady was still politically active as this letter illustrates: <br/><br/>"I have just been officially notified that I am to be again appointed as a delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations which meets in Paris. I shall have to sail on September 13th. In view of this could you and Nancy come up here in September 4th to stay over Labor Day I would like to have a birthday party for you and Elliott before I leave! stroke of exclamation point drawn in with pen. Affectionately signed Eleanor." Blanche Wiesen Cook Eleanor Roosevelt v. 1 1992 unknown books
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor
Vintage Original Photograph Signed and Inscribed
half-length pose attired in a fur coat and wearing a "pigeon" hat seated with her husband who is waving his top hat Franklin in an open car in Hyde Park note President Roosevelt is wearing is pince nez glasses ca. 1940. 8" x 10"; very good light soft crease down center. Signed and inscribed by Roosevelt to James Fitzsimmons: "To James Fitzsimmons Best wishes Eleanor Roosevelt October 14 1945." Also signed and inscribed by Fitzsimmons to columnist Walter Winchell: "To Walter Winchell our invaluable friend - James F. Fitzsimmons August 28 1946." Together with a related Typed Letter Signed from Fitzsimmons to Winchell also dated August 28 1946. 4to 1 page. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 500833
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Roosevelt Eleanor
You Learn By Living.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1960. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's classic work on how to discover life's lessons. Octavo original half cloth. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a previous inscription to the half-title page in a near fine dust jacket. One of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six Roosevelt penned this guide to living a fuller life. You Learn by Living is a powerful volume of enduring common sense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living Eleanor takes readers on a path to compassion confidence maturity and civic stewardship. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 50001
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Roosevelt Eleanor
You Learn By Living.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1960. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's classic work on how to discover life's lessons. Octavo original half cloth. Boldly signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the front free endpaper. Name on the half-title page near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Dr. David Gurewitsch. Rare signed as Roosevelt passed away in 1962. One of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six Roosevelt penned this guide to living a fuller life. You Learn by Living is a powerful volume of enduring common sense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living Eleanor takes readers on a path to compassion confidence maturity and civic stewardship. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 52032
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Roosevelt Eleanor Sale: Hammer Galleries
BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT wrapper title
New York: Hammer Galleries 1964. 108pp. Printed wrapper. Portrait. Very good or better. Introductory note by John A. Roosevelt. The exhibition and sale spanned 18 September though 3 October. Lots 1-939 are partitioned as "Books of Special Association Interest" and lots 940 - 3280 are less special. A section of 162 items chiefly miniatures from FDR's library follows and finally a section of 67 very special books included in the exhibit but not-for-sale concludes the event. Hammer Galleries unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT83979
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Roosevelt Eleanor & Helen Ferris
Partners: The United Nations and Youth.
Garden City NY: Doubleday 1950. First edition of this work which tells the dramatic story of the United Nations. Small quarto original cloth pictorial endpapers illustrated. Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page "For Marjorie friedgood with good wishes Eleanor Roosevelt." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket by Rafael Palacios. Following her husband's death Eleanor Roosevelt remained active in politics for the rest of her life. She pressed the United States to join and support the United Nations and became one of its first delegates. She served as the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights and oversaw the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Later she chaired the John F. Kennedy administration's Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. By the time of her death she was regarded as "one of the most esteemed women in the world"; she was called "the object of almost universal respect" in her New York Times obituary. In 1999 she was ranked ninth in the top ten of Gallup's List of Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century. Doubleday hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 62052
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Roosevelt Eleanor & Helen Ferris
Partners: The United Nations and Youth.
Garden City NY: Doubleday 1950. First edition of this work which tells the dramatic story of the United Nations. Small quarto original cloth illustrated pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and inscribed by Helen Ferris to famed photographer Fred Stein "For Fred Stein with our appreciation and all our good wishes for the days ahead Helen Ferris June 1951." Stein was an early pioneer of the hand held camera and noted street photographer in New York and Paris. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket by Rafael Palacios. We have never encountered another signed copy by both authors. Following her husband's death Eleanor Roosevelt remained active in politics for the rest of her life. She pressed the United States to join and support the United Nations and became one of its first delegates. She served as the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights and oversaw the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Later she chaired the John F. Kennedy administration's Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. By the time of her death she was regarded as "one of the most esteemed women in the world"; she was called "the object of almost universal respect" in her New York Times obituary. In 1999 she was ranked ninth in the top ten of Gallup's List of Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century. Doubleday hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 4553
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Roosevelt Eleanor & Regina Tor
Growing Toward Peace.
New York: Random House 1960. First edition. Octavo original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Regina Tor opposite the title page. Light fading to the cloth near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine. Laid in is a publicity photograph of both authors. This is the first example we have seen signed by Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Tor celebrate the role of the UN as both an instrument for preserving peace and as an agency for improving the health education and productivity of people around the world. "Although the UN officially came into being at San Francisco in 1945" they write it "is actually a highly complex international organization which has been built upon a foundation that has been long in the making a foundation constructed of the long-ancient hopes and dreams the slowly accumulated human group knowledge and the ever-developing conscious reasoning of thousands of ages of man." Written at the height of the Cold War and decolonization movement the book expresses the vaunting-almost utopian-hopes of activists like Mrs. Roosevelt who passionately believed in the power of the UN to achieve some form of world government and thereby avert the outbreak of a third world war. Random House hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 5476
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor 1884 1962
American reformer who served as First Lady of the United States as the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York City 1960. unbound. T.L.S. 8vo. 1 page personal letterhead 7 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches January 22 1960 to acclaimed CBS Newsman Charles Collingwood thanking him for a gift in full: "May I thank you cordially for the Saturday Review Desk Diary. It is most kind of you to send it to me and I am most appreciative of your thoughtfulness." Fine signature in pale blue ink and in excellent condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
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Roosevelt Eleanor and Lorena A. Hickok
Ladies of Courage.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1954. First edition of Roosevelt and Hickok's tribute to women in America. Octavo original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the extremities. Uncommon signed. "Eleanor Roosevelt was a figure of considerable historical consequence on two grounds. She embodied the aggressive spirit of feminism that began challenging male domination of American business and politics in the 1920s and she became. the champion of the New Deal's liberal impulse" New York Review of Books. Ladies of Courage coauthored by Roosevelt with her close friend journalist Lorena Hickok honors the struggle and political achievements of women. Hickok who "ranks among the most important woman journalists of the 20th century. entered Eleanor Roosevelt's life at a pivotal moment and became her greatest source of emotional sustenance as she began to redefine the role of First Lady" Beasley et al. Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia 236. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 116277
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ROOSEVELT ELEANOR LAHS Joseph P
LOVE ELEANOR.ROOSEVELT & HER FRIENDS
GC DOUBLEDAY 1982. LETTERS TO CLOSE FRIENDS FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. GC, DOUBLEDAY, 1982 unknown books
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Roosevelt Eleanor Mrs. Franklin
A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty.
New York: Dodge Publishing 1935. First edition of this early work by the First Lady. Octavo original cloth. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Bill from his loving grandmere who is also the author Eleanor Roosevelt Xmas 1935." The recipient was Roosevelt's grandson William Donner Roosevelt son of Elliot Roosevelt and grandson of the author Eleanor Roosevelt. A Trip to Washington with Bobby and Betty is one of the more uncommon books by Roosevelt and one that is not often found signed or inscribed especially with such a nice association. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political leader who used her influence as an active First Lady from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal policies of her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt as well as taking a prominent role as an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945 she continued to be an internationally prominent author and speaker for the New Deal coalition. She was a suffragist who worked to enhance the status of working women although she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because she believed it would adversely affect women. In the 1940s she was one of the co-founders of Freedom House and supported the formation of the United Nations. Eleanor Roosevelt founded the UN Association of the United States in 1943 to advance support for the formation of the UN. She was a delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945 and 1952 a job for which she was appointed by President Harry S. Truman and confirmed by the United States Congress. During her time at the United Nations chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements. Dodge Publishing hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 7296
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor signed as First Lady
Typed Letter Signed on White House letterhead May 9 1941. 8vo. 1 page. 7 lines with envelope postmarked NYC May 8 at 11 p.m. To James Hilton: "Many thanks for your note of April twenty-eighth and for your thoughtfulness in sending me the copy of
GOODBYE MR. CHIPS whicH was published in England some years ago. I loved Mr. Chips and am so happy to have this volume. Meeting you made Sunday memorable to me. Very sinerely yours." Together with an engraved invitation inviting Hilton to lunch on Sunday May 30 1944 with envelope and another engraved card. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 194000
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor.
Christmas: A Story.
NY:: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. B000LDTRSC . Measures 4.25" x 5.5". Stated first edition. Very good in a very good short closed edge tear and attendant crease along the top of the rear panel a bit faded along the spine age toning dust jacket. ; 42 pages . Knopf, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 92869
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Roosevelt Eleanor.
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette.
Macmillan 1962. First edition first printing. Slight sunning to boards else fine in very good dust jacket with a few small chips in mylar cover. Macmillan, 1962. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : Embry 189445
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Roosevelt Eleanor.
Indian and the Awakening of the East.
Harper & Brothers 1953. Mild sunning to edges else fine in fine faintly worn dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine. Harper & Brothers, 1953. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 102484
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Roosevelt Eleanor.
On My Own.
Harper & Brothers 1958. Early printing. Edges lightly sunned near fine in very good lightly rubbed dus jacket with a short closed tear and minor edgewear in mylar cover. Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt to her niece Amy Roosevelt. Harper & Brothers, 1958. Early printing. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 187450
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ROOSEVELT ELEANOR.
This I Remember.
New York: Harper & Brothers 1949. FIRST EDITION. A near fine book in a very good to near fine dust jacket with some minor edge wear. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29918
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Roosevelt Eleanor.
This Troubled World.
H. C. Kinsey & Company 1938. First edition first printing. Gutters and joints darkened from binder's glue still near fine in fine faintly worn dust jacket with some darkening and price cut from bottom of front jacket flap. H. C. Kinsey & Company, 1938. First edition, first printing. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 119977
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Roosevelt Eleanor.
Tomorrow is Now.
Harper & Row 1963. First U.S. edition. Some minor discoloration to lower front panel near fine in very good but rubbed dust jacket in mylar cover. Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt's sister-in-law Dorothy Roosevelt to her daughter Amy Eleanor's niece. Harper & Row, 1963. First U.S. edition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 188544
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Roosevelt Eleanor.
Tomorrow is Now.
Hutchinson 1964. First U.K. edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some abrasion from label removal to lower spine in mylar cover. Hutchinson, 1964. First U.K. edition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 188543
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Roosevelt Eleanor.
You Learn by Living.
Harper & Brothers 1960. First edition first printing. Fine in very good lightly rubbed dust jacket with a short closed tear in mylar cover. Inscribed upside down and on the rear free endpaper by Eleanor Roosevelt to her niece Amy Roosevelt. Harper & Brothers, 1960. First edition, first printing. unknown books
Bookseller reference : Embry 187449
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor. 1884 1962 First Lady and Activist Supporter Of Liberal Reforms
ORIGINAL B & W PHOTO; signed in the lower margin as first lady. The photograph is by Bachrach with his blindstamp in the lower margin
Bachrach. Ca 1940. 10 x 7-1/4 inches showing a pensive first lady in long black gown seated at a desk in the White House below a painting of President James Monroe. There is a photograph of her husband President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the desk. Little wrinkle in the lower margin of the matte. A very nice image. Born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962 she was Chairman of the UN Human Rights Commission 1946-51 and wife of the 32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bachrach unknown books
Bookseller reference : 38494
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor. 1884 1962 First Lady And Activist Supporter Of Liberal Reforms
ORIGINAL PHOTO; 18 Sep 1943. 5 x 6-1/2.
The image shows Roosevelt in a red cross uniform talked to a soldier on crutches. A very good image. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 46629
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor. 1884 1962 First Lady And Activist Supporter Of Liberal Reforms
ORIGINAL PHOTO; ca. 1940 10 x 8 in by Oscar White signed by the photographer
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Bookseller reference : 28764
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor. 1884 1962 First Lady And Activist Supporter Of Liberal Reforms
TLS 1 page on personal stationary 211 East 62nd Street. NYC; to Mary September 23 1955
13 lines Signed "with warm good wishes affectionately" Eleanor Roosevelt. One old fold in excellent condition. ER writes to comfort a friend: "I am distressed to hear the news of your mother's death . what a dreadful blow for your sister! . Work is the only help and I am glad you are plunging into it but don't overdo. I wish I could attend the dinner so that I would have a chnace to see you but I am sorry to say I will be in Michigan that day. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 59411
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor. 1884 1962 First Lady And Activist Supporter Of Liberal Reforms
TLS 1 page on personal stationary; to Mr. Mr. Cawley April 16 1962
8 lines Signed Eleanor Roosevelt. ER notes that she doesn't feel that there will be widespread unemployement as a result of lower tarrifs . but rather that "work must be suited for people unknown books
Bookseller reference : 56743
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor. 1884 1962 First Lady And Activist Supporter Of Liberal Reforms
TLS 1 page on stationary of the Committee of Nine Democratic National Convention July 7 1924; to Mrs. George H. Childs Chairman Bureau of Information
4 lines inquiring for Mrs. Childs' expenses as ER who was treasurer of the Committee is settling the accounts. Little soiled very good. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 56741
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor. 1884 1962 First Lady And Activist Supporter Of Liberal Reforms
TLS 1 page on stationary of Val-Kill Cottage; to Mr. Lincoln February 5 1954
12 lines signed. ER thanks Lincoln for his comments about her and FDR. She compliments him on his going back to college "at this late date." Noting that he will find it most rewarding "and perhaps even more than do our young people for you have had the experience both of years and of working and living among people." Signed Eleanor Roosevelt. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 56742
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor. COOK Blanche Wiesen
Eleanor Roosevelt. Volume Two - 1933-1938
New York Viking 1999. 1999. First edition so stated. Thick 8vo. Illustrations from b/w photographs. 7 page introduction. Pictorial dust jacket designed by Jennifer Heisey unclipped. Fine. 686 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. [New York] Viking [1999]. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 229358
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ROOSEVELT Eleanor. ROOSEVELT Elliott
Hunting Big Game in the Eighties: The Letters of Elliott Roosevelt Sportsman
New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1932. 1932. First edition deluxe issue only a small number were so bound for her personal use; regular trade copies were issued in blue cloth. 8vo. Edited by his daughter Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Original 1/2 vellum over blue boards t.e.g. Acetate dust jacket. Publisher's slipcase cracked; lightly soiled. Fine fresh copy. Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt to her eldest son in black fountain pen ink on the verso of the frontispiece: "To my son James / Dec. 23rd 1932." Eleanor Roosevelt was orphaned early in life her mother having died first followed by her father when she was nine. During her lifetime various relatives and friends returned her father's letters to her and so in 1932 as her husband was campaigning for and elected to the Presidency Mrs. Roosevelt published this collection of her father's letters which deal mostly with hunting big game in Africa. Provenance: from the estate of James Roosevelt. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 225937
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