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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Lot Description
HOOVER, Herbert (1874-1964). The Challenge to Liberty. New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
8vo. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth (some mottling to front cover); dust jacket (spine panel toned, minor wear and toning to flap folds and edges); slipcase. Provenance: Dr. Morris W. Croll (1872-1947), author, Professor of English at Princeton University (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HOOVER on the front free endpaper: "To Morris W. Croll / With the kind Regards of / Herbert Hoover." More commonly found in publisher's red cloth.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota