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Random House, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with black cloth spine with gilt lettering; blue paper-covered boards with gilt facsimile signature on front; no jacket; 88 pages; blue illustrations; first printing stated on copyright page. Very good condition: spine tips slightly pushed in; slight fading to boards; clean; straight; hinges strong; interior in excellent condition..

Random House, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. First printing. Jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

New York: Random House, 1963. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. Price is clipped off of the front flap. DJ is sunned and has edge and corner chipping and soiling present. Internal binding is good, no hinge cracks, pages are tight. Rear hinge shows brown spots in the gutter likely from foxing. This is a third printing of this title but has a rather unique addition. On one of the front end pages is written: "To Carroll A. Brown(Fisherman) - This picture was taken at Rapidan, Va. on Sunday afternoon, June 3, 1930, while being a guest of Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover." and is signed Eddie Russell. On the page opposite the inscription there's a taped-in photograph of president Hoover fishing with a quote underneath " Next to Prayer, Fishing is the most Personal Relationship of Man. H. H.". Also included is a slip of paper with notes and phone numbers. Lou Henry… Read More

New York: Random House, 1963. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 12mo. 86pp. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable mylar cover. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing along the bottom edge, boards with some rubbing and scuffing, handsome former owner bookplate on the paste-down, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. The dust jacket shows a small chip from the spine, marginal shelf rubbing along the edges, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful and distinct. As pictured.

Random House. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Half black cloth cover with blue boards is pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has light shelf rubbing at top and bottom edge of spine panel and a 1.5" tear repaired on the underside of the DJ with old tape but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Publisher's price of $3.00 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 8.1 X 5.6 X 0.6 inches; 86 pages .

New York: Random House, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 86 pages; VG-/VG-; quarter binding of black cloth, boards in blue paper; spine blue with faded red and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; minor shelf wear to dust jacket, including several very small tears and small creases at edges; dust jacket is age-toned; price uncut; upper edge stained orange; end papers are slightly age-toned and foxed (particularly paste downs); Hoover's bookplate at front paste down; text block lightly age-toned and foxed; contains blue illustrations; EF consignment; shelved Case 1. 1338449. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Random House, 1963. 86pp. Black cloth spine, blue boards. Gilt titles on spine, facsimile gilt signature on front board. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Pages bright and clean, unmarked. Blue dust jacket is crisp and intact, with original $3.00 price on front flap. Some offsetting to front jacket flap, likely from a sheet laid in at some past date. Mild toning to white back panel. Signed by Hoover in black ink on half-title page and inscribed, "To Dr. Michael Lepore, the good wishes of Herbert Hoover." His love of the outdoors and lifelong fishing practice led Hoover to write this slim volume on the deterioration of environmental conditions, the unwieldy rise in population, and the need to rehabilitate our rivers by ridding them of pollution. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Random House, (1963). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, as issued. Illustrated with drawings by Bill Hofmann. Copy #36 of 200 SIGNED by the former President on the limitation page. Housed in the original slipcase with a black-lettered gold foil label on the front cover.

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 .