Description
Inscribed first edition of America’s First Crusade by former President Herbert Hoover, in publisher’s first state dust jacket.
Octavo, viii, 81pp. Light gray cloth, title printed in blue on spine and front cover. First edition with Scribner’s “A” on copyright page. Publisher’s near fine dust jacket with $1.25 retail price on front flap, light wear and chipping along top edge, bright illustrations and vibrant blue coloring. (Tracey, 7)
Signed by President Herbert Hoover on the front free endpaper: “To my good friend Elizabeth Hanna from Herbert Hoover.” A scarce first edition with an exceptional dust jacket.
The recipient of this book was Elizabeth Hanna Seward (1920-1998), daughter of Richard W. Hanna, a friend of Herbert Hoover and retired executive at Standard Oil. Elizabeth was an avid sportswoman, who bonded with the former president in the 1930s before attending Stanford University. She married John C. Seward in 1957. Seward was an architect and a descendant of William H. Seward, President Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State. Elizabeth died in 1998.
