Dewitt Wallace William Roy (1 results)
Published by Reader's Digest, New York, 1972
- Hardcover
- Signed
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. In Presentation Case. Signed presentation copy from the Publisher William Roy DeWitt Wallace to Victor Ross, European CEO: "For Victor, Best wishes DeWitt Wallace." Two slim volumes: facsimile reprints of the Reader's Digest from January 1920 pp. 64 and February 1922 pp. 62:… "Thirty-one articles each month from leading magazines Ð each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form." Presentation edition printed in February 1972 as part of the 50th Birthday Anniversary Celebration. Smart presentation case in gilt and navy, lettered gilt. / William Roy DeWitt Wallace (1889Ð1981) publishing as DeWitt Wallace, was an American magazine publisher who co-founded Reader's Digest with his wife Lila Bell Wallace, publishing the first issue in 1922./ From the library of Victor Ross (1919-2021) an Austrian Jewish refugee from Nazi occupation who became Chairman of ReaderÕs Digest, Europe. He conceived and led the 'Thank You Britain' fund in the 1960s, raising £96,000 (well over £1 million in todayÕs terms) within the Jewish refugee community from central Europe, for a scholarship fund and series of annual lectures at the British Academy. Fine. Signedes.