Hoover After Dinner.: Addresses delivered before the Gridiron Club of Washington, D.C. with other informal speeches. With an introduction by Theodore G. Joslin, secretary to President Hoover.
by HOOVER, Herbert
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1933. First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the 31st President on the front free endpaper "To my good friend Timothy Hopkins from Herbert Hoover". The recipient, the businessman Timothy Hopkins (1859-1936), was a member of the board of trustees at Hoover's alma mater Stanford University, and close friends with the president. Hoover was one of the pall bearers at his funeral. Stephen Koschal, in his guide to collecting presidential signatures, cites this book as "very difficult to find signed" (Koschal, p. 42). Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Neat ownership signature dated 18 October 1942 to initial blank. A couple of patches of rubbing, contents fresh; a near-fine copy. Stephen Koschal, Collecting Books and Pamphlets Signed by the Presidents of the United States, 1982.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 158167
- Title
- Hoover After Dinner.
- Author
- HOOVER, Herbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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