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HOOVER AFTER DINNER. ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY HERBERT HOOVER BEFORE THE GRIDIRON CLUB OF WASHINGTON, D. C...
by HOOVER, Herbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Neat bookplate on front pastedown and owner blindstamp at bottom of front blank. Near Fine in an uncommon and Very Good dustwrap
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Neat bookplate on front pastedown and owner blindstamp at bottom of front blank. Near Fine in an uncommon and Very Good dustwrapper with the spine darkened. Includes eight speeches before the Gridiron Club, the first time the speeches of a U.S. President to the club were printed, as well as four other addresses by Hoover: "A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes"; a speech celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of Edison's Invention of the Incandescent Electric Lamp; a speech before the Iowa Society; and a speech commemorating the Twentieth Anniversary of The Boy Scouts of America. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the author: "To one Katherine Eckerts(?)/a steadfast person/from Herbert Hoover." Laid in is a ten-page pamphlet by Hoover titled "Our National Policies in This Crisis," dated 20 December 1950, printing a speech he gave in New York on that date.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012951
- Title
- HOOVER AFTER DINNER. ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY HERBERT HOOVER BEFORE THE GRIDIRON CLUB OF WASHINGTON, D. C...
- Author
- HOOVER, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Neat bookplate on front pastedown and owner blindstamp at bottom of front blank. Near Fine in an uncommon and Very Good dustwrap
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Signed, Autographs, Herbert Hoover, Boy Scouts, Fishing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Presidents; Speeches;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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