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Hoover, Herbert. The Challenge to Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 212pp. Blue Cloth. Author inscription on the front free endpaper; "To Mrs. Marie O'Connor With the Kind Regards of Herbert Hoover". Mottling spots along the gutter, and extremities of the front panel. and foxing to the front free endpapers. The text block, though lightly toned, is clean and unmarked. "Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st President of the United States (19291933), was a mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted government intervention under the rubric "economic modernization". In the presidential election of 1928 Hoover easily won the Republican nomination. The nation was prosperous and optimistic, leading to a landslide for Hoover over the Democrat Al Smith, whom many voters distrusted on account of his Roman Catholicism. Hoover deeply believed in the Efficiency Movement (a major component of the Progressive Era), arguing that a technical solution existed for every social and economic problem. That position was challenged by the Great Depression, which began in 1929, the first year of his presidency. He tried to combat the Depression with volunteer efforts and government action, none of which produced economic recovery during his term. The consensus among historians is that Hoover's defeat in the 1932 election was caused primarily by failure to end the downward spiral into deep Depression, compounded by popular opposition to prohibition. Other electoral liabilities were Hoover's lack of charisma in relating to voters, and his poor skills in working with politicians." Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Hoover, Herbert. The Challenge to Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Octavo. Hardcover lacking a dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Hoover on the first free end paper. Red boards with gilt lettering. Rubbing to the heel of the ever so slightly leaned spine. Ends of the spine lightly bumped. A rather handsome copy on the upper end of very good condition.
Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.
Hoover, Herbert. The Challenge to Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Signed nicely: "To Jack W. Kaufmann with the compliments of Herbert Hoover." Book show some very faint wear to tips of some corner, very light sunfade to spine. otherwise book is excellent, very clean and very bright, with a tight binding and clean pages.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
HOOVER, Herbert. The Challenge to Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 212pp. Inscribed by Hoover. Octavo hardbound, tight binding. Cover wear, faded. Interior clean throughout. Inscribed by Author.
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Herbert Hoover. The Challenge of Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Printing: with requisite Scribner seal and "A" present on the copyright page. 5.5 x 8in. 212pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling. A presentation copy: the engraved card "The Compliments of Herbert Hoover" tipped-in at the front endpaper. NEAR FINE. Shows the extremities marginally shelf rubbed, else Fine/As New. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 212 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in full red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. First edition, with Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright page. Minor shelf wear. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Age-toning to textblock. Light pencil annotations throughout, with pencil writing on front pastedown. Signed flat by Hoover on front free endpaper. Includes handwritten letter from Mrs. Hoover in envelope postmarked Dec. 1936. Shelved in Case 5. 1377650. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
HOOVER, Herbert. The Challenge to Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Inscribed and Signed by Hoover at tipped-in front endpaper. Hoover's Hoover's Republican opposition to the New Deal. Near Fine with ownership stamp and blindstamp (and some notes) to inscription page, in a Very Good illustrated dustjacket, rubbing to spine ends and flap corners, few tiny tears along top rear edge.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Hoover, Herbert. The Challenge to Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$303.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. A one-of-a-kind letter from Hoover, dated June 1941, is laid in from the former President to Lester Beach Scheide, a prominent Connecticut architect, planning a rendezvous in New York, SIGNED by Herbert Hoover. Scheide signed inside the front cover. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has moderate shelfwear, overall minor soiling from handling,spine ends rubbed and spine darkened, evidence of possible damp stain at bottom of spine - does not affect pages. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned, fore edge is rough cut. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
Seller: PJK Books and Such, Murrells Inlet, SC, U.S.A.
Hoover, Herbert. The Challenge to Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on front flyleaf, "To Hon Charles Coates with the best regards of/ Herbert Hoover."
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Herbert Hoover. The Challenge To Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In a Near Fine Jacket. $1.75 On Flap. (A) In Copyright with Scribner's Seal. First Edition Rare Presentation Copy."To Floyd S. Bryant With Kind Regards of Herbert Hoover." Excellent Copy Of This Ex-Presesident.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Herbert Hoover. The Challenge to Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Association copy. Inscribed by former president Herbert Hoover to Gardner Cowles, Sr.: "To Gardner Cowles Sr / With the kindest regards of / Herbert Hoover." Gardner Cowles, Sr., founder of Cowles Media Company and fellow Iowan, was President Hoover's Director of Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932-33. $1.75 price intact on DJ flap. Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Slight skewing. Text block tight.
Seller: River of Books, Clive, IA, U.S.A.
Herbert Hoover. The Challenge to Liberty SIGNED. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by President Herbert Hoover on the front endpaper. First edition, first printing with the Scribner's "A" on the front endpaper. The book measures approximately 7.75" x 5.5", with 212 numbered pages. Book is in very good plus condition. Bumping to the spine ends. Minor surface wear to the boards. Gilt lettering on spine and front board is still bright and well preserved. Envelope affixed to the rear pastedown. Pencil notations to the rear endpaper. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Moderate creasing and chipping to the spine ends. Original price present on front flap. "The Challenge to Liberty" was Hoover's first book published after leaving office. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (M6-40).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Hoover, Herbert. The Challenge to Liberty.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First editionÂof Herbert Hoover's challenge to Roosevelt's New Deal arguing it abandoned "the heritage of liberty."ÂOctavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my good friend and consultant- from Herbert Hoover Samuel Blythe." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice association. The 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover wrote more than two dozen books throughout his lifetime, including The Challenge to Liberty, a harsh criticism of the New Deal. Hoover feared that the New Deal was a threat to the country's "freedom of mind and spirit." He criticized he National Recovery Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration as "fascistic," and the 1933 Banking Act as a "move to gigantic socialism."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Hoover, Herbert. The Challenge To Liberty. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 212pp. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine and cover. First printing with Scribner's A on copyright page. Light sunning to spine, rubbing to lower edge of spine, solid text block. In publisher's dust jacket, $1.75 on front flap, chipping along top edge, bright illustrations, Scribner's advertisement on back panel. (Tracey, 005) Signed by former President Herbert Hoover on front free endpaper: "To Senator George Wharton Pepper, With the Kind Regards of Herbert Hoover." George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961) was an American lawyer, professor and United States Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 1922-1927. During his time in the Senate he was considered a moderate Republican, best remembered for settling a Pennsylvania coal strike and advocating for environmental causes. After his primary defeat in 1926, he was considered by President Hoover to fill the seat of retiring associate justice of the Supreme Court, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., but in a surprising move, Hoover chose a liberal justice to fill the seat. In retirement, Pepper remained active in politics, openly opposing Roosevelt's New Deal policies and arguing cases before the Supreme Court. He died in 1961.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Hoover, Herbert. The Challenge to Liberty.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, early printing of Herbert Hoover's challenge to Roosevelt's New Deal arguing it abandoned "the heritage of liberty."ÂOctavo, original cloth. ÂBoldly signed on the front free endpaper by Herbert Hoover, along with thirteen others including Nebraska Governor Samuel Roy McKelvie, Judge Harry A. Spencer, Near fine in a good dust jacket. The 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover wrote more than two dozen books throughout his lifetime, including The Challenge to Liberty, a harsh criticism of the New Deal. Hoover feared that the New Deal was a threat to the country's "freedom of mind and spirit." He criticized he National Recovery Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration as "fascistic," and the 1933 Banking Act as a "move to gigantic socialism."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.