Lot 247
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964) 31st President of the United States (1929-1933). The first known volume on the art of fishing, "A Treatise on Fishing with A Hook," with a presentation TLS, on personal letterhead, 1p, 10½" x 7¼" (Palo Alto, CA), 1937 Aug. 24. The ex President thanks Mr. William Bayard Sturgis of Chicago for a book he wrote on trout fishing and notes, "I am sending you a little book on fishing which somewhat anti-dates your essay…." The book, "Treatise On Fysshynge With An Angle" was authored by Juliana Berners, the Prioress of the Nunnery of Sopwell and first printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496; the book was translated into modern English by William Van Wyck and printed by the Van Rees Press, New York in 1933; it is ¾" x 5½", has 54 pages, and green cloth covers with a gilt rendition of the original frontispiece from 1496 (also used as the frontispiece of this edition). Hoover's business card is affixed to the inside cover; the flap of the envelope with Hoover's letter is affixed to the first fly leaf, with the remainder of the envelope loose. Fine.
Estimated Value $500 - 700.
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