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ROOSEVELT'S COPY ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Anthony Trollope. The Warden. Signed and Inscribed, "Franklin DRoosevelt / Hyde Park / 1st Am. Edition?," on a front blank. 12mo, half calf over marbled boards, covers abraded and detached, spine ends chipped, edges markedly worn; small holes in title- and table of contents pages. Later edition. (SFC) New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, [1863?]; inscription: Np, nd
Dick and Fitzgerald published the first American edition of this book in 1861 or 1862, but this is likely a later printing. While FDR was a student at Harvard, he joined a social and literary club--founded in 1836 and still operating today as the Fly Club. Roosevelt served as the organization's librarian for a time, exercising his literary interests by purchasing books for use by club members. This work developed into a lifelong passion for collecting books. FDR's book, manuscript, and print collection formed the basis of his Presidential Library at Hyde Park.
