Description
The limited edition printing of The Inaugural Address of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with only 30 copies being printed by The Harbor Press for private distribution.
Octavo, [1], 14pp, [2]. In publishers original boards, green and white 5-point star illustration on both covers, spine in black cloth. Title on white paper label affixed to front panel. Title page with black text and brown decorative illustration. Uncut edges, printed on ivory paper stock. Issued without dust jacket. A fine copy, designed by John S. Fass for Roland Wood. (Halter T-547). From a limited edition of 30 copies, not individually numbered. (Horowitz, 46).
This printing of the 1933 Inaugural Address followed a limited edition presentation edition of 10 copies, bound in full calfskin (Halter T-546) and third publication of 150 copies (Halter T-548). No copies of the full calfskin edition have appeared on the market since publication. A small number of the limited edition of 150 copies have appeared for sale. Upon receipt of the books, President Roosevelt wrote to The Harbor Press noting: “This volume reflects high credit upon the producers. The quality of this publication, both from the standpoint of binding and typography, is outstanding. I shall treasure it.”
