Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 499

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(WORLD WAR TWO.) Roosevelt, Franklin D. The War Message. 8vo, publisher's cloth gilt, minor staining; internally clean. #41 of 100. Philadelphia, 1942

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first edition. The text of Roosevelt's three speeches delivered in the days following Pearl Harbor, including the famous words: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy--the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of Japan." The first 20 copies of this limited edition were presented to cabinet members and close Roosevelt associates, with the remaining 80 available to the public.