THE DEMOCRATIC BOOK 1936
1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (11" x 14") in recent half brown morocco leather with matching corners and gilt lettering on the front cover, in the spirit of the original binding but not reproducing it, the original pictorial wraps bound in; 384 pages. SIGNED by the President beneath a color image of the White House on the limitation leaf, #1114 of an unstated limitation of 2500 copies, which is often found removed from the book as it makes a beautiful display piece. A voluminous book of information and advertising (many liquor ads) that was used as a fund raiser for the Democratic Party containing FDR's acceptance speech, the Democratic Platform of 1936, and biographies of all the Cabinet members as well as articles on Congress, the Supreme Court, the Cabinet departments, and reproductions of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The recipient's name in gilt at the bottom of the front cover in this case is Ralph L. Atlass. Contents bright and fresh. Light bump at the top of the rear joint. Near Fine. Item #018981
Price: $2,500.00