Lot 366
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Three typed letters, signed
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
relating to the gift of a timber from the frame of Lightning, an American clipper ship, from Richard C. McKay, author of The Practical Ship-Builder, the first sent to Captain Waters on September 4th 1924, referring to the publication of the book; the second sent to Richard C. McKay on May 23rd 1927, as a response to McKay's request for information regarding the ships of A.A. Low & Brother; the third sent to Richard C. McKay on 27th May 1929: "I am very grateful to you for sending me the souvenir piece of the famous clipper ship "Lightening"..."; [with] McKay, Richard C. The Practical Ship-Builder... New York, 1940. Oblong 4to, with a signed tipped-in label by McKay and a photographic frontispiece, contemporary blue half morocco gilt, number 2 of 250 copies, presented to George A. Zabriskie, with the note: "No.1 in possession of President F.D. Roosevelt"; and several other letters relating to the publication of the book and the gift to Roosevelt
Footnote
Provenance: from the collection of George A. Zabriskie