HC&M: "Kane and the Upper Allegheny", J.E. Henretta


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Name "Kane and the Upper Allegheny", J.E. Henretta

Catalog ID HCM4491
Year 1929
Description Blue gilt cloth hardcover. First Edition, numbered #217 of 600. Signed presentation "by The Author" (1946) on the 1/2 title, with pasted manuscript poem signed by the author pasted on the dedication page.

The author went to work at Holgate Brothers Company in Kane, PA, as a Vice President in 1902, after retiring as Superintendent of Schools there. He became President as well as acquiring a controlling interest in the company by the 1930s. He was responsible for bringing Jarvis Rockwell to the company to design toys, when Rockwell left Wall Street after the crash.
Added 2020-07-26 00:03:12 (updated 2020-07-26 00:04:14)
Dimensions 6.25x9.5