Signed book: On Our Way. First edition. NY: John Day Company, 1934. Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75, 300 pages. Signed and inscribed, as president, on the fully-detached first free end page, “For Bernier S. Pouton, Merry Christmas from Franklin D. Roosevelt 1934.” Autographic condition: very good, with scattered light toning to page as well as several small tears and chips to edges, and two handwritten corrections to text in an unknown hand. Book condition: G+/None. Blue cloth-covered boards; edges worn, with several tears in cloth at corners and spine-ends; spine sunned; pen mark down front joint and below gilt name on front cover; moderate soiling; front and rear hinges cracked; signed ffep detached completely; textblock yellowed and lightly foxed; few pages have tiny tears at edges; previous owner has marked the title on half-title page in red pen and added her name below; name also written in same pen on rfep, with ink rubbed onto pastedown and impression visible on two previous pages. The two mistakes corrected in later printings (on pages x and 162) have been hand-corrected. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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