Author: PUTNAM, GEORGE HAVEN
Title: Memories of a Publisher 1865-1915 (Signed Association Copy)
Description: New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons the Knickerbocker Press, 1916. Second Edition. Original Red Cloth with blindstamped title on spine.. Slight soiling to top edge. Light foxing to first and last few pages. Head & foot spine & corners somewhat worn. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine & covers. ; With frontispiece portrait with protective flyleaf. Deckle-edged. Top edge gilt. Signed with dedication on recto other titles by George Putnam: "Sir Arthur Willert With the Cordial Regards of Geo. Haven Putnam. June, 1928". ; 23.5 x 16 x 4.3 cms; xii, 494, (10) pages; Sir Arthur Willert (1882-1973) was the chief Times correspondent in the United States between 1910 and 1920, and in 1921 became head of the News department and Press Officer at the Foreign Office in 1921, in which capacity he attended many prominent international conferences. He was very well connected in the United States. George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was one of the greatest of American publishers, the president of G. P. Putnam's Sons for its first fifty years from 1872 to 1922. He was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, and was a prisoner of war during the last winter of the war.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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