Fishing for Fun and to Wash Your Soul
by Herbert Hoover; edited by William Nichols; Illustrated with Drawings by Bill Hofmann
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
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 "This book is a mosaic of the author's thoughts over a lifetime of fishing, taken from unpublished addresses before such audiences as the Gridiron Club of Washington correspondents, the Bohemian Grove, the Key Largo Anglers Club, etc."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 .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65171
- Title
- Fishing for Fun and to Wash Your Soul
- Author
- Herbert Hoover; edited by William Nichols; Illustrated with Drawings by Bill Hofmann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Place of Publication
- E-321
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.