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Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Book - This Man Roosevelt, Presented to the Author with "My name written in full—It is Today worth 50 cents in the auction rooms which is about right"

"Franklin Delano Roosevelt" guarantees his full autograph: "It is Today worth 50 cents in the auction rooms which is about right"

Estimate: $800+

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"Franklin Delano Roosevelt" guarantees his full autograph: "It is Today worth 50 cents in the auction rooms which is about right"

Signed book: This Man Roosevelt by Earle Looker. First edition. NY: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 23 pages. Signed on the first free end page in fountain pen to the author, "On the guaranty under seal that 'this' will be re-edited, re-vised & apologized for, & that in so having your will continue to come & go 'at will'—very often, I hereby present to Earle Looker, his wife & daughter my name written in full—It is Today worth 50 cents in the auction rooms which is about right. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Albany, Aug. 9, 1932." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG-/None, with heavy sunning to spine and the top of the front board.

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