Witness to a century: encounters with the noted, the notorious, and the three SOBs

by George Seldes

$18 · Offered by Bolerium Books

First edition

New York: Ballantine Books, 1987. Hardcover. xxi, 490p., illus., first edition, pen notation on free front endpaper, else very good condition in like dust jacket. Seldes came from one of the more affluent families in Alliance, New Jersey; they sold grapes. They also had radical connections, and Seldes was the sort who could feel comfortable face to face with Lenin, with Emma Goldman, also with types like J. Edgar

• Binding: Hardcover

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