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"Sail on O Ship of State! Sail on, o union, strong and great!" One of the two broadsides specially printed and carried by Churchill to the Atlantic Conference signed by both him and Franklin Delano Roosevelt

ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano; Winston S. Churchill. [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow].

Sail On, O Ship of State! The Longfellow Verse in Mr. Roosevelt’s Message to Mr. Churchill.

Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., [1941].

Rare lithographic broadside signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the thirty-second President of the United States and Winston S. Churchill as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the Atlantic Conference; one of only two known examples of this broadside specially printed at Churchill's direction and signed by both world leaders at their first wartime conference. One page, the lithograph features the famed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow verse first used by FDR in a letter of support to Churchill before the United States entered the war and a galleon at sea. The letter, sent the day before Roosevelt's third inauguration on January 20, 1941 read in full, "Dear Churchill, Wendell Wilkie will give you this. He is truly helping to keep politics out over here. I think this verse applies to you people as it does to us: "Sail on, Oh Ship of State! Sail on, Oh Union strong and great. Humanity with all its fears, With all the hope of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate." As ever yours, Franklin D. Roosevelt." "Roosevelt never made a more graceful or effective gesture than that" (R. Sherwood, Roosevelt and Hopkins, 234). The letter and the verse were hand-carried by Wendell Wilkie to London and given by Hopkins to the Prime Minister. Churchill, desperate for American support, f...

Price: $125,000.00 Item Number: 125419

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First edition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first book Whither Bound?; signed and inscribed by him to his son

ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano.

Whither Bound? A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation May 18, 1926.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926.

First edition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first book, being the text of a lecture delivered by him at Milton Academy on the Alumni War Memorial Foundation on May 18, 1926. Octavo, original cloth. One of one thousand copies printed. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page on the occasion of publication (and within a month of the delivery of the lecture) to his son, "For my son Elliott Roosevelt This copy of his Dad's first book Franklin D. Roosevelt June 1926." Additionally signed by Roosevelt on the title page, "Franklin Roosevelt." Elliott was the fourth of Roosevelt's six children, and Eleanor's acknowledged favorite. His future career included military service, involvement in aircraft procurement, and roles as author, rancher, radio station owner, and Mayor of Miami Beach. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in good condition. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. Small bookplate to the pastedown. An exceptional association.

Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 125163

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Rare Scientific Pamphlet Collection compiled during President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1938 Smithsonian-sponsored scientific expedition to the Galapagos islands; six signed and inscribed by him

[FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT],.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Cruise Pamphlet Collection.

City of Washington: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1939-1942.

First editions of ten botanical and zoological pamphlets published as a result of collections and investigations made during Franklin D. Roosevelt's Presidential Cruise of 1938 to the Galapo, six being presentation copies inscribed and signed "FDR" on the front wrapper. Octavo, ten pamphlets, original brown printed paper wrappers, illustrated. Presentation copies, 6 pamphlets are signed and inscribed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 5 to his friend and long-time colleague in combating polio, Basil "Doc" O'Connor. The pamphlets include: Flowering Plants Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 (Ellsworth P. Killip, May 27, 1939), inscribed. "R.T. McI From F.D.R."; Two New Gobioid Fishes Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 (Isaac Ginsburg, May 31, 1939), inscribed "Doc O'Connor from F.D.R."; Echinoderms (Other than Holothurians) Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 (Austin H. Clark, June 2, 1939), inscribed "Doc O'Connor from F.D.R."; A New Dicrocoeliid Trematode Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 (Allen McIntosh, June 8, 1939), inscribed "Doc O'Connor from F.D.R."; The Polychaetous Annelids Collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938 (Olga Hartman, June 9, 1939), inscribed "Doc O'Connor from F.D.R."; Amphipod Crustaceans Collected on the Presidential...

Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 123500

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"For Anna - with love from her affectionate Pa - Pa": First Edition of Mackenzie Compton's Mr. Roosevelt; Inscribed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to His Daughter Anna

MACKENZIE, Compton [Franklin Delano Roosevelt].

Mr. Roosevelt.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1944.

First edition of Compton Mackenzie's classic biography of the 32nd President of the United States. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the front free endpaper to his daughter, "For Anna - with love from her affectionate Pa - Pa Franklin D. Roosevelt." Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1906–1975) was the eldest daughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and played a notable role both within her family and in public life. She served as a close confidante to her father, particularly during his presidency, and at times assisted with political and administrative matters, especially as his health declined. Anna also worked as a journalist and editor, contributing to newspapers and engaging with public discourse. Her position within one of America’s most prominent political families afforded her a unique influence, though her contributions were often informal and operated behind the scenes. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase. An exceptional association.

Price: $7,800.00 Item Number: 151521

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