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On My Own
by Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1958. First Edition / Presentation Edition. Cloth. Fine. Signed limited edition of On My Own by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.. Octavo, xii, 241pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt over blue ink on spine, black signature on front panel. Faint dust remnant along top edge of text block, otherwise fine. Lacking acetate dust jacket. From a limited edition advance presentation set, signed by former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Limitation reads: "This copy of On My Own is one of those signed by Mrs. Roosevelt for advance presentation to friends of the author and the publisher. Eleanor Roosevelt." An exceptional copy. On My Own by former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt follows her life after the death of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945. It details her time as a delegate to the United Nations, chairperson of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and a political activist for democratic causes throughout the United States. It was one of the last publications from Mrs. Roosevelt before her death in 1962.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14808
- Title
- On My Own
- Author
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Illustrator
- Signed limited edition of On My Own by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / Presentation Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- signed book Eleanor Roosevelt, first edition Eleanor Roosevelt, Limited edition Eleanor Roosevelt, This Is My Story, Its Up To The Women, This I Remember, If you ask me advice Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt Dust Jacket, On My Own Eleanor Roosevelt, Equ
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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