Description
Octavo, 340pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Publishers dust jacket, very good, with $2.95 price on front flap, bright illustrations, stain along bottom edge of rear panel and top edge of rear panel. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. Signed by President Herbert Hoover on half title: “To Mrs _ / With every good wishes of Herbert Hoover / (But with some reservations as to this tale). “
Comments: A unique inscription by former President Herbert Hoover, who notes in the inscription that he has some “reservations” about this book. Author Eugene Lyons attempts to rehabilitate the image of Herbert Hoover in this work, which would be revised and republished two more times.
