(OHIO) A Visit to Mr John D Rockefeller by Neighbors and Fri

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(OHIO.) A Visit to Mr. John D. Rockefeller by Neighbors and Friends at Forest Hill, Cleveland, Ohio. Platinotype frontispiece portrait with embossed stamp of photographer George M. Edmondson, 16 pages of facsimile signatures. [21, 1] text leaves. 4to, 1/4 calf over gilt-lettered boards, minor wear; offsetting from frontispiece on title page; uncut at fore-edge, #99 of 425 signed copies, Rockefeller's signature in blue pencil under portrait; issued to H.P. Dyer. [Cleveland, OH], 1905

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A tribute to America's wealthiest man. Includes remarks by Andrew Squire and L.E. Holden, and a concluding address by Rockefeller. Rockefeller notes that he began his first job fifty years ago that day in Cleveland, and recounts the kindness of a bank director who helped young businessmen get their footing. Books signed by Rockefeller are difficult to come by, this being the only one issued with his signature.