The Public Papers And Addresses Of Franklin D. Roosevelt , Thirteen Volumes , Complete Set

Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Thirteen Volumes , complete set . Vol. I : THE GENESIS OF THE NEW DEAL , 1928 - 1932 . New York : Random House , 1938 . Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus . Vol. II : THE YEAR OF CRISIS 1933 . New York : Random House , 1938 . Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus . Vol. III : THE ADVANCE OF RECOVERY AND REFORM 1934 . New York : Random House , 1938 . Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus . Vol. IV : THE COURT DISAPPROVES 1935 . New York :Random House , 1938 . Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus . Vol. V : THE PEOPLE APPROVE 1936 . New York : Random House , 1938 . Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus . These first five volumes have the bookplate of the previous owner on the front pastedown . Otherwise , the interiors are clean , no other marks of any kind in these volumes . The hinges and all signatures are tight on these large books . The gold graphics on the spines are bright . Each dust jacket is clean and bright and now protected with mylar covers . These volumes appear to be very lightly used . Vol. VI : THE CONSTITUTION PREVAILS 1937 . New York : The Macmillan Company , 1941 . Very Good / Good Plus . Vol. VII : THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE FOR LIBERALISM 1938 . New York : The Macmillan Company , 1941 . Very Good / Good Plus . Vol. VIII : WAR - NEUTRALITY 1939 . New York : The Macmillan Company , 1941 . Very Good / Good Plus . Vol. IX : WAR - AND AID TO DEMOCRACIES 1940 . New York : The Macmillan Company , 1941 . Very Good / Good Plus . On volumes VI through IX all the hinges and all signatures are tight . There are no interior marks of any kind or bookplates in these volumes . The gold graphics on the spines are bright . The color on the top page edges is somewhat dulled . The dust jackets show darkening on the spines and chips at the top and bottom edges of the spines . The front and back panels of the dust jackets remain clean and bright . The dust jackets are now protected with mylar covers . Vol. X : THE CALL TO BATTLE STATIONS 1941 . New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1950 . Very Good / Good Plus . Vol. XI : HUMANITY ON THE DEFENSIVE 1942 . New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1950 . Very Good / Good Plus . Vol. XII : THE TIDE TURNS 1943 . New York : Harper & Brothers , Publishers , 1950 . Very Good / Good Plus . Vol. XIII : VICTORY AND THE THRESHOLD OF PEACE 1944 - 45 . New York : Harper & Brothers , Publishers , 1950 . Very Good / Very Good Plus . Vols. X through XIII are all stated First Editions . The interiors are clean , no marks of any kind or bookplates in these volumes . The hinges and all signatures are tight on these books . The dust jackets show small chips at the top and bottom of the spines . The dust jacket for Vol. IX shows darkening on the spine and is price clipped . All volumes have dust jackets . All dust jackets are protected with mylar covers . Both Macmillan and Harper did a good job in making both their bindings and dust jackets compatible with the Random House volumes . The result is a nicely matched set from the three publishers . Overall , this is a superb set . A footnote : Compiler is too weak a word for the work that Samuel I. Rosenman did on these papers . Of course , he had written his share of them and he understood the context of most ll of them, His work has resulted in a set of papers with extraordinary accuracy and integrity . Given the challenges of the Great Depression and World War II and the unique length of the Roosevelt presidency , these are arguably the most important of all the presidential papers .