Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park, New York, ca. 1918
Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Copy of "The Rainbow, 1848", Signed in 1918
Signed book

Franklin D. Roosevelt signed edition of "The Rainbow, 1848", edited by A. J. McDonald. Albany: A. L. Harrison, 1848. Signed on the front free endpaper, "Franklin D. Roosevelt/Hyde Park/1918." With ornate white, blue, and gold endpapers. Red leather-bound boards with detailed gilt decorations on the covers and at the spine, with gilt titling at the spine as well, and gilt page edges. The binding is slightly cocked, with wear and bumping to the edges and corners. Moderate foxing and soiling throughout. Boldly signed, good.

Small octavo, 272pp, with 10 unnumbered engravings of art by the likes of Turner, Rembrandt, Darley, etc. The book is the 1848 edition, which has the same sheets as the 1847 edition, with a few alterations. The title page imprint has been altered by hand to read MDCCCXLVIII; the preface date has been altered by hand to read 1847; the vignette on the title page is dated 1848. The spine still bears the date 1847 - with some copies this date has been concealed by a circular leather label, gold-stamped 1848.

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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