The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover (Presentation copies in 3 vols.)
- SIGNED
- New York: Macmillan, 1952
New York: Macmillan, 1952. First editions. Near Fine/Very Good. Second printing of volume 1, first printings of volumes 2 & 3. Three octavo volumes (9 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches; 232 x 155 mm.). xii, 496; xiv, 405, [1, blank]; xvi, 503, [1, blank] pp. The three volumes containing 26 black & white photogravure plates. Each volume inscribed on front free endpaper “To my good friend Ida Koverman from Herbert Hoover." Publishers blue cloth, front covers with signature in gilt, spines lettered in gilt, pale blue endpapers. Original dust jackets, a little worn, volumes 2 & 3 price-clipped. A near fine set in very good dust jackets.
Herbert Clark Hoover (1874 -1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium, served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and served as the U.S. secretary of commerce (White House Historical Association). He was a member of the Republican Party and held office during the onset of the Great Depression.
These memoirs were inscribed to Ida Koverman (1876-1954), the influential executive assistant to Louis B. Mayer of MGM. "Ida began her career in the jewelry business and became an executive in the New York City offices of Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa. Here she had her early encounters with Herbert Hoover. Always active in Republican politics, she worked as executive secretary for the presidential campaigns of Calvin Coolidge in 1924 and Herbert Hoover in 1928. Koverman had a steady correspondence with Hoover sometimes asking for favors for Hollywood stars and other times using him to advance certain Republican candidates. After moving to California, Ida Koverman worked as the executive secretary of the Los Angeles County Central Committee of the state Republican Party. Working alongside engineer-entrepreneur Ralph Arnold, and allying with like-minded women leaders, she helped to lead the vanguard that won the White House for Herbert Hoover in 1928" (Herbert Hoover Library and Musuem). Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.
Herbert Clark Hoover (1874 -1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium, served as the director of the U.S. Food Administration, and served as the U.S. secretary of commerce (White House Historical Association). He was a member of the Republican Party and held office during the onset of the Great Depression.
These memoirs were inscribed to Ida Koverman (1876-1954), the influential executive assistant to Louis B. Mayer of MGM. "Ida began her career in the jewelry business and became an executive in the New York City offices of Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa. Here she had her early encounters with Herbert Hoover. Always active in Republican politics, she worked as executive secretary for the presidential campaigns of Calvin Coolidge in 1924 and Herbert Hoover in 1928. Koverman had a steady correspondence with Hoover sometimes asking for favors for Hollywood stars and other times using him to advance certain Republican candidates. After moving to California, Ida Koverman worked as the executive secretary of the Los Angeles County Central Committee of the state Republican Party. Working alongside engineer-entrepreneur Ralph Arnold, and allying with like-minded women leaders, she helped to lead the vanguard that won the White House for Herbert Hoover in 1928" (Herbert Hoover Library and Musuem). Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.