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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1983 BO0K: Fine/ (illustrator). 1st Edition. BO0K: Fine/ $18O.O3 O333284542 STAGS and SERPENTS: the ST0RY of the H0USE of CAVENDISH and the DUKES of DEV0NSHIRE; Signed Book Plate Containing The Following Names, As Follows: Dwaehe, Deborah DEVONSHIRE, Harington, Amanda Harington Burlington. MacMillan London Ltd PEARS0N, John MacMILLAN L0ND0N 1983 1sT Edition D/j + H/c. Light Sun Bleaching On A Pale Yellow Spine, Title In Brown Letters, Dust Jacket: Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Front Flap On D/j, L12.95 net In English Money. Hard Cover B00K: Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 233 Numbered Pages Printed On Off-White Paper, In Fine+/ Condition. Inside Front Cover: Signed Book Plate Containing The Following Names, As Follows: Dwaehe, Deborah DEVONSHIRE, Harington, Amanda Harington Burlington. MacMillan London Ltd. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Copyright date 1992. First edition. Signed by Walter on title-page. Publisher's green cloth, spine titled in gilt, unclipped dust jacket. 8vo. Fine. The Ice House, [signed]. London: Macmillan. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The House of Macmillan (1843-1943) by Charles Morgan Bright gilt, moderate edge wear. A hairline crack to front hinge, rear hinge cracked shows webbing but holding. Tears to the jacket: a two-inch open tear to spine bottom corner, an inch open tear to spine top corner, corners half-inch chipped. Rear flap half split at fold. This copy has an inscription to a Macmillan editor by her husband on the front free endpaper (see pic). A portrait photograph of Frederick Macmillan has been carefully taped in at page 143, penciled underlining to that page only (see pic). Original green cloth, spine lettered gilt, gilt publisher's medallion to cover, top edge gilt. Printed dust wrapper. BOOK.

13 cm x 19 cm. XII, 247 pages. Original Hardcover. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers and pastedowns. Signed and inscribed by David and Harold Macmillan to David Roy. Includes for example the following essays: The Maurice Controversy / Young Thomas Hardy / Lewis Carroll Again / Hugh Walpole etc. Sprache: english.

First editions, first printings, signed by Roosevelt on the front free endpaper of the first volume of the Presidential series, a very rare complete set of the official publication of Roosevelt's papers in the deluxe leather bindings (save for the Governor volumes, which were solely issued in this leather-grain cloth binding), and including an original prospectus. A mammoth undertaking, published by four different publishers over 20 years, the set includes every document of major interest and every significant address issued and given by Roosevelt since 1928, from his years as Governor of New York throughout his four Presidencies. "When the history of the second quarter of the twentieth century in American life comes to be written, it is probable that the story will revolve around the personality, activities and pronouncements of one man; and it is absolutely certain that historians will turn for the primary sources of their study to the volumes containing that man's official and some of his unofficial utterances during that period" (prospectus). Together the volumes document, more comprehensively than any other publication, the Roosevelt years from his Governorship to his death in the midst of war. Roosevelt was closely engaged with the project and contributed introductions and notes. As a result, it has been called "one of the most interesting, authoritative, and historically valuable works of its kind ever published. [Roosevelt's] copious notes explain in many instances the purpose behind his words and the eventual objectives to be obtained, followed by a very human analysis of what actually happened. These illuminating comments bind the material into an integrated whole that becomes, in effect, a running history of the Roosevelt administration by FDR himself" (Halter, p. 133). The Governorship volumes were only published in the present leather-grain cloth binding. The Presidential volumes were published in both cloth, and these deluxe issues in leather. Roosevelt took a keen interest in the presentation and design of the books the book designer Joseph Blumenthal, who collaborated on the project, recalled "Mr. Roosevelt was a book collector, a press book buyer and a member of the Grolier Club (from 1934 until his death). He was, therefore, more than ordinarily concerned with the physical appearance of this, his monument in print" (Blumenthal, p. 33). The number of possible sets with the deluxe issue throughout is very low: 500 copies of the first five Presidential volumes were issued in leather, but this was reduced to 100 for the subsequent four; for the final four the number in leather is not recorded but is likely to be much smaller than this. As they were issued over so long a period, not all purchasers of the final volumes would have owned the earlier. We could not trace any full set in leather in commerce, nor know of any other. For the set to additionally be signed by Roosevelt is superb. The J. B. Lyon volumes, covering his years as Governor, 1929-32 The publisher J. B. Lyon Company published the first four volumes of the set, with the papers and addresses of Roosevelt's years as Governor, issuing them in 1930, 1932, 1937, and 1939 (the last after Random House had issued their edition of Presidential papers and addresses). They only issued them in the present red leather-grain cloth, unlike the subsequent Presidential papers and addresses volumes, which all had both standard cloth issues and the present deluxe issue in leather. Halter comments on the significance of these volumes, and of the Governor years for Roosevelt: "Much of what appears in these volumes indicates a social philosophy and course of action similar to that carried on by the Federal Government after FDR became President. The careful reader of these gubernatorial papers will realize that the 'New Deal' in Washington was not completely new" (Halter, pp. 96-97). The Random House volumes, covering his pre-Presidential years 1928-32, and first term as President, 1933-36 Random House published the subsequent five volumes in 1938, the first volume comprising pre-Presidential papers (duplicating some material from the Governor volumes), and the latter four the years 1933 to 1936. The set in leather was limited to 500 sets, compared to 8,000 sets in cloth. The prospectus which accompanies this set advertises their edition: "Random House consider The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt the most important publication it has ever undertaken". The prospectus is titled "History. by the man who made it", and is a desirable item in its own right: "a beautifully designed brochure printed on hand made paper. The first formal announcement of the monumental Public Papers" (Halter, p. 43). It is still in its original envelope, addressed to Frederick B. Adams (1910-2001), later director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City from 1948 to 1969. The Macmillan volumes, covering his second term as President, 1937-40 The Random House volumes were not a great success, most likely as the total print run of 8,500 sets was far more than the market could bear Hoover's papers, in contrast, only sold 2,000 sets. Blumenthal speculated sales may have been limited by their publication after the Supreme Court "packing" case when Roosevelt's popularity was at a low ebb (Blumenthal, p. 34). Random House, who were reported as investing $10,000 in advertising alone, were much disappointed and had to remainder some of the cloth copies in a cheaper binding. Roosevelt objected to this, and switched to Macmillan for these subsequent four volumes, covering the years 1936 to 1940, which were published on 2 December 1941, days before the attack on Pearl Harbour. Macmillan wisely reduced the print run to 3,600 copies, of which 100 copies were bound in leather, matching in style the Random House deluxe issue. The Harper volumes, covering third and fourth terms as President, 1941-45 For the final series of volumes, covering the wa.