Search Results: forty two years in the white house by irwin hood hoover

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Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Good in Fair dj. 1934. 7th Impression. Hardcover. [moderately shelfworn book, front hinge cracked but still holding, light soiling/browning to edges of text block, former owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket is kind of a mess, internally reinforced/repaired with clear tape along all edges and folds, with various small nicks and chips and general wear, one larger chip at top of front panel]. (frontispiece portrait, B&W photographs) Posthumously-published memoirs by the man who joined the White House staff at the age of 19 as an electrician in 1891, and eventually rose to become Chief Usher, essentially the executive head of the household, a position he held from 1909 until his death in 1933. As such, he was in charge of social affairs and household operations, and his duties brought him into close daily contact with the President and his family members. He oversaw the preparations for… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company , 1934. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. hardcover in blue buckram boards with red titles, fourth printing October 1934 as stated, 332 pages with photo illustrations, no DJ, single 5 letter name signed to FEP, private library impression on lower outside edge of frontispiece, well preserved inner hinges with red end papers, slight age tone to spine