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[?EARLY, STEPHEN T., SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT.] Log of the President's inspection trip and cruise on board the USS Potomac 19 March - 1 April 1941
n.p., n.d., [privately printed, 1941]. Only edition, 4to, pp. [8], 20; photographic frontispiece; original blue printed wrappers with crossed fishing-poles; saddle-stitch binding; slight shadow on front cover, else near fine. Inscribed "For C[hief] B[oatswain's] M[ate] W.A. Bartos USN, from Franklin D. Roosevelt." "Having had a desire for some time to get away from Washington for a few days of restful diversion, including some hoped for fishing in southern waters, the President had previously instructed Captain Callaghan, his Naval Aide, to have the Potomac available at Port Everglades, Florida, for a projected cruise to the Bahamas." A working vacation affording the President fine fishing opportunities along the coast of Florida and the Bahamas. The President on the first day alone caught a tuna, a skipjack, and a mackerel. Bartos, to whom the book is inscribed, was an enlisted sailor attached to the President's party. Also attached to the President's party were the Attorney General, Robert H. Jackson; Harold Ickes, the Secretary of the Interior; and a young William J. McNamara. Included with the pamphlet are two 10" x 7½" photographs of Bartos sporting his rod and reel. Not in the Carmichael Catalogue and not otherwise located bibliographically.
Offered for US$ 12500.00 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 29370