Title
The Jewel, or Token of Friendship: A Christmas or New Year’s Present.
Coverage
Hartford
Publisher
Silas Andrus & Son
Date
[n.d.]
Description
Provenance: Signed and dated “Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Mansion, Albany 1930.”
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a great book collector, in his early years collected nineteenth-century holiday annuals. He also published limited edition Christmas books for many years. Over the years I built a considerable, primarily secular, collection of Christmas-related books and art. Of the several thousand items, this is one of only two I retained. The rest of the collection is now part of the collections of the Pennsylvania State University Rare Book Library. I found this book too precious to part with. It is in grand condition and beautifully boxed.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a great book collector, in his early years collected nineteenth-century holiday annuals. He also published limited edition Christmas books for many years. Over the years I built a considerable, primarily secular, collection of Christmas-related books and art. Of the several thousand items, this is one of only two I retained. The rest of the collection is now part of the collections of the Pennsylvania State University Rare Book Library. I found this book too precious to part with. It is in grand condition and beautifully boxed.
Source
George Meredith