FIRST EDITION OF FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S YOU LEARN BY LIVING, SIGNED BY HER

ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. You Learn by Living. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1960). Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket. $2800.

First edition of the beloved former First Lady and UN Human Rights ambassador's heartfelt work on how to discover life's lessons, signed by her.

You Learn by Living won praise at its publication as inspiring evidence of Eleanor Roosevelt's decision to "make a new kind of success of her life. She is playing a new role, a role set squarely in the range of action… The philosophy she offers us here comes from this experience… The importance of this role and of Mrs. Roosevelt's position is that her victory over fear and emergence into the world coincided with that of a whole generation of women. Mrs. Roosevelt, in short, is a child of her time, the first modern American woman" (New York Times). "First Edition" stated on copyright page with code "G-K," indicating publication in July 1960. With "July 27, 1960 Interview at AAUN office" written in ink on dust jacket front flap.

Book fine, dust jacket near-fine with minor wear and soiling.