Blue Cloth. First Edition. A Bright, Clean, Unworn, Undamaged Example, Spine And Cover Gilt Lettering Still Brilliant. Nicely Inscribed "To: Hon. Rudolph Forster / The White House / With Best Wishes From The Author H. Paul Caemmerer / Washington D. C. September 2, 1941". Forster Was A Prominent Non-Political Presence In The White House Through Many Administrations. "Rudolph Forster Was Executive Clerk And Administrative Officer In Charge Of Executive Papers At The White House Until His Death In 1943. He Had Piled Up Nearly Fifty Years Of Service To Eight Presidents. His Job Was To Remind The President That A Bill, For Example, Must Be Acted Upon In A Certain Amount Of Time, Or That By Law He Must Fill A Vacancy Within A Definite Period. He Was Also Responsible For The 'Orderly Handling Of Documents' And Supervision Of The Large Clerical Staff. He Was The Most Important Permanent Official At The White House. " -Off The Record With F.D.R., Rutgers University Press, 1958. "Rudolph Is A Man Without Faults." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (As Cited In That Book, P. 140). Seller Inventory # 018497

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Title: A Manual on the Origin and Development of ...

Publisher: United States Government Printing Office, Washington DC

Publication Date: 1939

Binding: Blue Cloth

Illustrator: Photographs, Maps

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

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Fine and unusual first editions and out of print books in all categories. Original photographs, Fine antiquarian and other original prints, paintings, drawings and watercolors. Motion picture and television scripts. Ephemera, Manuscripts and autographs. In business on the internet since 1999. Open by appointment only, in Pasadena, California.

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