The Jewel, or Token of Friendship: A Christmas or New Year’s Present.

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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.

Source

George Meredith