Author: PHILPOTT, Gordon M.
Title: Daring Venture: The Life Story of William H. Danforth
Description: New York, Random House, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 175pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Some jacket edgewear and edge chip to rear panel, but overall attractive. First edition, tight and handsome, of this biography of the Ralston Purina founder and St. Louis luminary. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf from another pet food personality and Ralston Purina leader -- Raymond E. Rowland. 1p, 7¼" X 10½", St. Louis, MO, 21 May 1965. Addressed to "Who's Who in America" president Kenneth N. Anglemire. Near fine. Two original mailing folds. On pictorial "Ralston Purina Company" letterhead citing him as Chairman of the Board, Rowland writes: "Thank you for your wired invitation to join with the distinguished Americans who have been invited to the New York World's Fair and to a luncheon.. It just so happens that I am scheduled for a trip to Europe.. and will not return until sometime in July. I regret that I will not be able to join your group.." Boldly signed in blue ink. Rowland joined Ralston Purina in 1926 and worked his way up the corporate ladder until he became company president in 1956 and chairman of the board (1963-68). .

Keywords: Business & Economics


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