Fishing for fun--and to wash your soul by Hoover, Herbert - 1990

Random House, 1963. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Front and back cover stained, light edge rubbing, jacket price clipped and showing light edge wear and rubbing.

NY: Random. Near Fine/VG (see notes). 1963. 1st. hardcover. 12mo . 86pp . 1/4" chip, couple 1/4" tears to price-clipped DJ. .

NY: Random. Near Fine/VG (see notes). 1963. 1st. hardcover. 12mo . 86pp . Couple 1/4" chips and tears to DJ. .

first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket (Random House 1963); prior owner front paste-down corner, text unmarked; minimal age tone; tight bind; 1/4 cloth cover has has prior damp color loss to top front and back panels, bright gilt titling; dj has dye bleed to upper inside surface panel edges, rub wear along folds and edges, few short tears; flap price present M76C

New York: Random House, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Small octavo, 86pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, with the previous owner's blindstamp on the front free endpaper. In a near fine dust jacket, a bit darkened on teh spine, with very minimal edgewear. Nice copy of this pleasing little book by the former president, printed in two colors, with illustrations in vibrant blue.

New York: Random House, 1963. First edition of this collection of writings from President Hoover. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Elliot Hass The Good Wishes of Herbert Hoover." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Edited by William Nichols. A very sharp example. Mr. Hoover sees the shrinking wilderness and the mounting population and notes that 'we lose ground every year.' He makes a powerful plea for reform measures that start with cleaning up our rivers and ridding them of pollution" (Justice William O. Douglas).

E-321. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Random House, New York, 1963. 86 pgs. Signed by Herbert Hoover on the limitation page. #165 of a limited edition of 200 copies. Slipcased in a paper slipcase with a pastedown label present. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "This book is a mosaic of the author's thoughts over a lifetime of fishing, taken from unpublished addresses before such audiences as the Gridiron Club of Washington correspondents, the Bohemian Grove, the Key Largo Anglers Club, etc." EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .