B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S H O L I D A Y G I F T S * 2 0 2 3 “THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF”: SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF LOOKING FORWARD, 1933, INSCRIBED BY FDR 20. ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. Looking Forward. New York: John Day, (1933). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $5500 First edition of President Roosevelt’s clarion call for a “new deal,” published in the month of his inauguration, drawn from key articles and speeches with a printing of his First Inaugural Address, inscribed by the president, “To S— O’Brien from Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Published amidst the devastation of the Great Depression and in the same month as his inauguration, FDR’s Looking Forward draws on major articles and speeches, and includes a printing of his March 4th First Inaugural Address, in which he assured a troubled nation: “This great nation will endure as it has endured… the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” On publication the New York Times noted: “As President Roosevelt takes up the task of translating into terms of action his conception of the ‘new deal’ there comes from the press this book in which he sets forth his convictions as to why a new deal is necessary.” Included are chapters on the reorganization of the government, taxation, agriculture, railroads, judicial reform and more. Book fine, dust jacket with a few short closed tears, shallow chips along top edge, mild toning to spine. A near-fine inscribed copy. 20
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