Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Lot #65
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Scarce first edition of FDR's first book

This lot has closed

Estimate: $1000+
Sell a Similar Item?
Refer Collections and Get Paid
Share:  

Description

Scarce first edition of FDR's first book

Signed book: Whither Bound? First edition, unstated limited issue of 1000. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 34 pages. Signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Autographic condition: very good to fine, with a strip of toning passing through the start of the signature, and two edge tears repaired with old tape. Book condition: VG/VG-, with several tears to the jacket crudely repaired with tape. This was Roosevelt's first and only book published prior to his presidency, containing the text of an inspiring speech given at Milton Academy.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #585 - Ended June 10, 2020





This item is Pre-Certified by PSA/DNA
Buy a third-party letter of authenticity for $100.00

*This item has been pre-certified by a trusted third-party authentication service, and by placing a bid on this item, you agree to accept the opinion of this authentication service. If you wish to have an opinion rendered by a different authenticator of your choosing, you must do so prior to your placing of any bid. RR Auction is not responsible for differing opinions submitted 30 days after the date of the sale.