The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, with a Special Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Pres. Roosevelt

New York: Random House, 1938. First? Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 25 cm, 3491 total pages, 5-vol. set, illus., facsimiles., index, usual library markings, boards somewhat worn and soiled, some edge wear. Frontis cut out of v.1 and v.2, part of table of contents missing v.2. This five-volume set contains the following volumes: Volume one, The genesis of the New Deal, 1928-1932 [xliii,[1], 911, [5] pages, Index [by K. C. Blackburn]; Volume two, The year of crisis, 1933 [xxi, [1], 622 pages, Index [by K. C. Blackburn]; Volume three, The advance of recovery and reform, 1934 [xx, 564, Index [by K. C. Blackburn] [Two pages have folds/creases]: Volume four, The court disapproves, 1935, [xix, [1], 675 pages, Index [by K. C. Blackburn]; Volume five, The people approve, 1936, xxiv, 721, [1] pages Index [by K. C. Blackburn]. Samuel Irving Rosenman (February 13, 1896 - June 24, 1973) was an American lawyer, judge, Democratic Party activist and presidential speechwriter. He coined the term "New Deal", and helped articulate liberal policies during the heyday of the New Deal coalition. He was the first person to hold the position of White House Counsel. Rosenman was a senior advisor to presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Under their administrations, he was a leading figure in the war crimes issue. He was a speechwriter under both presidents, helping Roosevelt with his speeches from his days as governor. Rosenman was responsible for the term "New Deal", a phrase in the conclusion of FDR's acceptance speech at the 1932 Democratic National Convention. Rosenman edited The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, published in 13 volumes from 1938 to 1950. They have been immensely influential in the study of the New Deal and Roosevelt's policies; given the enormous mass of data at the Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, the papers have been used by historians as a guide, a conceptual framework, and a source. While his selections have given rise to some accusations of partisan selectivity and of deviations from the content of delivered speeches, the work still holds up remarkably well as an important piece of scholarship, and Rosenman will long be remembered as the Thucydides of the Roosevelt era. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, which defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. Roosevelt supervised the mobilization of the U.S. economy to support the war effort, and implemented a Europe first strategy, making the defeat of Germany a priority over that of Japan. He initiated the development of the world's first atomic bomb and worked with other Allied leaders to lay the groundwork for the United Nations and other post-war institutions. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died in office.