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Episodes of My Life
Wells, Rolla
Signed by Author on blank page with Presentation 1933
Hardcover Fine; No Jacket (as issued). Signed by Author on blank page with Presentation notation, with date. Blue leather spine with gold decor, paper covered boards, top page ends gold gilt. Frontispiece portrait. Illustrated with sharp glossy b/w photos. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Interior clean and bright. In worn slipcase. 510 pages. Rolla Wells (1856-1944), also called 'Rollo', was an American politician. He served two terms as Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, was named an officer of the Democratic National Committee in the 1912 Wilson campaign, and served as Governor of the St. Louis branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. Provenance: Presented by author Wells to J. Lionberger Davis. Davis was a lawyer, WWII director of Alien (enemy) Property Custodian, head of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, poet, and rare book collector. W.J. McCarthy, printer B00086DZUS
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57.55 USD
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