Description
The first edition of Government – Not Politics, a scarce collection of political maxims from democratic presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Octavo, 107pp. Red cloth, title printed in black on spine and front panel. Ownership stamp on front free endpaper, occasional notes in pen throughout. In publishers scarce first state dust jacket, price clipped, large chip missing from front panel, numerous tape repairs to verso, in delicate condition. (Halter T-532) A scarce work from Roosevelt.
This book was published by Democratic presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt on the day that Douglas MacArthur removed the Bonus Marchers from Washington DC. Reprints of the articles from this scarce book were printed in Liberty Magazine, The American Magazine, and The Country Home. Other copies from the estates of Roosevelt family members have appeared at auction over the years, but overall a scarce publication.
