[Rarebooks] FS: Signed Limited John D. Rockefeller

[Charles Agvent]

(ROCKEFELLER, John D.) A VISIT TO MR. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER BY NEIGHBORS 
AND FRIENDS AT FOREST HILL CLEVELAND OHIO SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH 1905.
[Vinson and Korner] [Cleveland] [1905] First Edition. Small quarto 
(7-1/4" x 9-3/4") bound in brown leather-backed dark gray boards with 
gilt lettering and consisting of 36 sheets printed only on the recto and 
a portrait of Rockefeller neatly SIGNED by him beneath the image. This 
is copy #375 of 425 copies printed with the name of the subscriber, Fred 
R. White, written in at the limitation notice. White's name also appears 
in the printed list at the end of the book naming the subscribers. A 
souvenir book published on the occasion described in the title. With the 
original box with a manuscript label addressed on the front to White and 
with White's bookplate on the front free endpaper of the book. 
Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, was the wealthiest American ever. 
When he died, his fortune approximated 1/65th of the Gross National 
Product. In today's dollars, his personal fortune would be worth about 
$190 billion compared to that of, say, Bill Gates's $60 billion or so. 
At times his wealth actually exceeded the annual federal budget. Books 
signed by this great businessman are extremely scarce, this being the 
only one issued as such, and finding it in this condition is a rare 
occasion. Mild wear to spine tips; splits at corners of box. Close to 
Fine in Very Good box and quite scarce as such.    $4500.00
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