Wartime Correspondence between President Roosevelt and Pope Pius XII [inscribed gift edition in slip case]
by Frederick Delano Roosevelt, Pope Pius XII, Myron C Taylor
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- Fine
- Hardcover
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- first
- Condition
- Fine
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1947. Hardcover. Fine. [xiii] pp127 A collection of 29 letters with an introduction and explanatory notes by M C Taylor, Personal Representative of the United States to His Holiness Pope Pius XII. Fine in red cloth, buff spine with gilt lettering, protected by a cellophane wrapper within a green card slip case. This high quality publication was a gift edition inscribed by the author "To Miss Laura Delano with compliments Myron C Taylor April 12th 1947." This book comes from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt collection of Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr, 1910 - 2001, the son of Ellen Walters Delano who was a first cousin to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Adams became a passionate bibliophile who served as director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City for two decades and compiled a significant personal collection relating to F.D.R.. In 1969 he married his third wife who was a Swedish princess and with whom he shared the final years of his life in France. Adams' move to France explains the presence of his books in the United Kingdom. Fine 1947
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- Bookseller
- Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5617
- Title
- Wartime Correspondence between President Roosevelt and Pope Pius XII [inscribed gift edition in slip case]
- Author
- Frederick Delano Roosevelt, Pope Pius XII, Myron C Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
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About the Seller
Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
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- Spine
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