Looking Forward

New York: The John Day Company Inc, 1933. Advance review copy. Advance review copy in wrappers, corrected issue. Association copy signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt on front free endpaper, inscribed "For Emil Hurja, from Franklin D. Roosevelt," and additionally signed by him on the title page, crossing out his printed name. Recipient Emil Hurja, dubbed "The Wizard of Washington" for his role in introducing opinion polling to US politics, was among Roosevelt's political advisors during his presidency and is known for his work as a newspaper and magazine editor. He appeared on the cover of Time magazine in March 1936. 279, [1] pp. Leaf with pp.141-142 the (truncated) publisher's cancel, laid in. Self-bound in jacket glued to textblock and trimmed, as was typical for review copies at the time Near Fine, lightly edge worn, hinges fragile. Housed in custom slipcase with folding chemise, rubbed and worn. Approximately 130 copies of the present work were bound in paper wrappers for distribution to reviewers. Within 24 hours of issue the White House asked that the copies be recalled so that several important changes could be made to the text. Although a few copies had been delivered, most were reportedly still on a truck bound for the post-office and were returned to the publisher, canceled pages inserted and again mailed out to reviewers. Requests were made to recipients of the uncorrected copies asking for the return of the volumes, fewer than 10 copies were not recovered. The present copy has the publisher's cancel leaf at pp.141-142 laid in, and other corrections made by hand on pp.36, 158, & 269. Review slip laid in, adhesive residue to ffep and slip where it was originally tipped in. Provenance: the collection of Jim Hier. Rare twice-signed advance copy for reviewers. An important artifact outlining Roosevelt's vision for the Depression-addled United States published just before starting his first of four elected terms as President, as well as an association copy with one of the key implementers of the New Deal. (Inventory #: 140946746)