An American Epic; Famine in Forty-Five Nations - Organization Behind the Front 1914-1923; VOLUME 2 by Herbert Hoover - 1960

Nabu Press, 2010-02-22. Paperback. Good.

Henry Regnery, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback / softback. New.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Co, 1959. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 1959 First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Flyleaf removed. Cracking and weakness in binding. Volume one only. 477p.

Hardback. New.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Large octavo, 4 volumes. A crisp, clean set, near fine, with previous owner's blindstamp on the front free endpaper of each volume. On that same endpaper, in volumes 2 and 3 only, is a tiny ink mark. Dust jackets generally in very good or better condition, sunned, showing some rubbing, with some reinforcements to versos. Jackets on volumes 2 and 3 are price-clipped. A nice, appealing set of this masterwork of history by former president Herbert Hoover. Complete sets of the first printings in dust jackets are difficult to find.

Henry Regnery Company, 1/1/1959. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 Volume set. Hardcovers and dust jackets in mylar. Fine bindings and covers. Tape to DJ extremities. Light wear. Owners name to FFEP. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company,, 1959-64. First editions, first printings, inscribed by the 31st President on the front free endpaper of Volume I, "To J. Keller Kirn Sr the good wishes of Herbert Hoover". The recipient, a retired banker in Lancaster, Ohio, was a proponent of the gold standard, sound finance, and strict adherence to the constitution, frequently writing to newspapers and representatives. He served as chairman of the Ohio branch of the Gold Standard League. Hoover's final major work charts the aid provided by the United States to ameliorate the effects of war and famine during the prior half century, especially during and after the First World War. During and after the First World War, Hoover spearheaded America's gigantic relief effort for Europe. He served as head of the Commission for the Relief in Belgium, as President Wilson's US Food Administrator in charge of voluntary rationing (1917-1919), and director general of the American Relief Administration in Europe (1919-1920). His… Read More