This I Remember by Eleanor Roosevelt (not authenticated)

The item depicted is an open hardcover book titled 'THIS I REMEMBER' authored by Eleanor Roosevelt and published by Harper & Brothers, New York. The title page clearly displays the book's title in capitalized serif font, the author's name, the text 'ILLUSTRATED', the publisher's colophon depicting a hand holding a torch within a wreath, and the publisher imprint 'PUBLISHERS NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS'. Facing the title page is a black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt holding a pencil, credited to 'Karsh, Ottawa' at the bottom right corner, with the subject's name printed below the left margin. The book is bound with cream-colored paper pages showing natural aging, toning, and light yellowing consistent with mid-20th-century paper stock. The binding appears robust with sewn signatures. The physical condition exhibits minor age-related patina and toning around the edges of the pages, but the text and illustrations remain crisp and legible. The user-supplied attribution claims a copyright date of 1949, which aligns with the historical publication date of this specific first-edition memoir by Eleanor Roosevelt, though this user-supplied claim is unverified by physical inspection of the copyright page. The identification of the book rests entirely on the legible text printed directly on the title page and frontispiece.

Based on the provided image, I have evaluated the open hardcover book titled 'This I Remember', bearing the name Eleanor Roosevelt as author and Harper & Brothers as publisher. The user submission identifies the copyright year as 1949, which I cannot physically check from the photo provided, but the title page and frontispiece are consistent with mid-20th-century printings of this memoir. The pages show expected age-related toning and minor patina, while the binding appears robust. Based on what I can see, this appears to be a standard unsigned copy of the book. In the current market, standard unsigned copies of this edition typically sell in the $15 to $30 range, functioning primarily as reading or entry-level collectible copies. Demand for this specific title is generally mild unless the copy bears an autograph from the author or possesses exceptional historical provenance. To fully establish the edition, printing state, and exact copyright details, a hands-on physical inspection of the copyright page and binding materials would be necessary. If a physical examination were to uncover a signature or inscription attributed to the author, the value would be significantly higher, though such an attribution would require professional handwriting analysis to be fully accepted by the market. As an unauthenticated item evaluated remotely, this estimate assumes the provided details are accurate for a standard, unsigned 1949 trade edition.