The 19th Book: Tesoro de Poveri (Signed)

[Inscribed, signed by author on FFEP to Dr. Estelle Brodman] Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding. Shelf wear/bumping. Clean, unmarked pages. 123 p. ; 26 cm. Lessing J Rosenwald was an American businessman, a collector of rare books and art, a chess patron, and a philanthropist. Lessing managed the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which made fellowship grants directly to hundreds of African-American artists, writers, researchers and intellectuals. Estelle Brodman was an American medical librarian and medical historian. She held positions at Columbia University, the National Library of Medicine and the Washington University School of Medicine. Brodman served terms as director of the Special Libraries Association, president of the Medical Library Association, and editor of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. Under Brodman's leadership, the library at WUSM became known as a leader in the use of computing machines to perform library functions.