hall roosevelt (5 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. First edition (stated). Thick small 4to, cloth. Very good copy of a solidly made book, printed on good paper, with no marks of previous ownership. Lacks dust jacket. Facsimile signatures of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on dedication page. Illustrated with photographs.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good + DJ. Photographs (illustrator). First Edition (stated). 339 Pp. Black Cloth. First Edition Stated. A Very Clean, Tight, Solid Copy, Spine Gilt Weak But Present, Not Dulled. Presidential Gift Bookplate On Front Endpaper, With Color Scene At Top, And Elaborate Printing "Christmas / 1939 / A Merry Christmas / From / The President / And Mrs. Roosevelt", But Not Signed Or Otherwise Marked. The Book Was A Gift To Either Rudolph Forster, White House Staff Member And Assistant To The President Since The 1890'S, Or To His Son, Warren Rudolph Forster, A Banker; With Warren Forster's Bookplate. "Rudolph Forster Was Executive Clerk And Administrative Officer In Charge Of Executive Papers At The White House Until His Death In 1943. He Had Piled Up Nearly Fifty Years Of Service To Eight Presidents. His Job Was To Remind The President That A Bill, For Example, Must Be Acted Upon In A Certain Amount Of Time, Or That By Law He Must Fill A Vacancy Within A Definite Period. He Was Also Responsible For The 'Orderly Handling Of Documents' And Supervision Of The Large Clerical Staff. He Was The Most Important Permanent Official At The White House. " -Off The Record With F.D.R., Rutgers University Press, 1958. "Rudolph Is A Man Without Faults." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (As Cited In That Book, P. 140).

ROOSEVELT, Hall. [With Samuel Duff McCoy]. ODYSSEY OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY: AN ACCOUNT OF THE ROOSEVELTS AND THEIR KIN AS TRAVELERS, FROM 1613 TO 1938. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Small 4to., black cloth stamped in gilt & red. First Edition. Signed presentation by Hall Roosevelt on dedication page: "To my best aggressor in an adventurous world of endeavors, Hall Roosevelt. April 4th, 1939." Also with the facsimile signatures of Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt on the same page. Very Good. $75.00.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Stated First Edition. 339 pages; B&W illustrations. Few very faint smudges on spine inside the DJ. Mylar cover around DJ. Light wear and few small tears on DJ edges. Light fading and rubbing on DJ. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Zustand: Very good. - Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black cloth titled in black on an orange label on the spine. The covers are slightly rubbed with some of the gilt faded from the spine. xv, [5] & 340 deckle-edged pages, with 2 frontispieces, 12 full page illustrations and a photograph. Very good. First edition, inscribed by Hall Roosevelt to the wife of Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh, "To the darling lady Peggy" with his signature beneath facsimile signatures of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt.Hall Roosevelt (1891-1941) was an American engineer, banker and soldier, and the youngest brother Eleanor Roosevelt.From the library of Lincoln MacVeagh and his wife Margaret (better known by the nickname "Peggy") with their "Arcades Ambo" bookplate on the front paste down. Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972), a Renaissance man, graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1913. He went on to study languages at the Sorbonne and became fluent in German, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Classical Greek. After World War I he became a director of the Henry Holt and Company publishing firm where he became friendly with the poet Robert Frost. In 1923 he left the firm and founded the Dial Press. His name appears on the imprint of many of their publications. In 1933 President Roosevelt appointed him Minister to Greece. He followed presentation of his credentials with a speech in Classical Greek. While in Greece he conducted excavations beneath the Acropolis and made archeological contributions to the National Museum in Athens. He left Greece in 1941 when the German army over ran the country. From there he was appointed the first US Minister to Iceland where he negotiated agreements for the construction of the Keflavik airfield. In late 1942 he became Minister to the Union of South Africa and coordinated American wartime agencies there. In 1943 he was sent to Cairo as Ambassador so that he could assist the governments in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia. He returned to Athens as Ambassador in 1944. MacVeagh gave secret testimony before Congress concerning the Balkans in 1947, testimony that was an important factor in the formation of the Truman Doctrine. In 1948 as Ambassador to Portugal MacVeagh was influential in admitting her into NATO. In 1952 President Truman named him Ambassador to Spain. President Truman wrote to him on March 9, 1948: "On the occasion of your appointment as Ambassador to Portugal, I would like to make some personal expression of appreciation for the high services you have already rendered your country. During the past fifteen critical years you have served with distinction as Chief of the United states Missions to Iceland, the Union of South Africa, Yugoslavia and Greece. In this last post especially - as Minister from 1933 to 1941 and as Ambassador since 1943 - your scholarly statesmanship and diplomatic judgment have been of the utmost value.".