Herbert Hoover
by Eugene Lyons
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good
- Seller
-
Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. lettering on the spine is faded. Previous owner's name is on the top outside corner of the illustrated front free end paper. Price unclipped DJ is worn around the edges with several small chips out of the top and bottom spine. From the front DJ flap, "The first President to come from west of the Mississippi was born into a poor Quaker family and early orphaned. After working his way through Stanford University, Herbert Hoover got his first job - as a common miner, at $2.50 for a ten-hour day."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grampy's Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2bc1202484
- Title
- Herbert Hoover
- Author
- Eugene Lyons
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 444
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Herbert Hoover - Biography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Grampy's Bookcase
Biblio member since 2018
Ridgeley, West Virginia
About Grampy's Bookcase
A private collector with over three thousand quality used books. Many books are quite old and cover many topics, particularly history and related social sciences. Included is a large collection of early and mid 20th century books on the history of the labor movement and socialist party in the United States. After a lifetime of collecting, looking for good homes for these prized editions.
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