Reflections In A Silverspoon

Reflections In A Silverspoon by Mellon, Paul.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780719550898.

First edition. The autobiography of Paul Mellon, son of Andrew W. Mellon the stately and fabled banker and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. He tells of his unhappy childhood and being shuttled from mansion to mansion, to being a success as a husband, father, soldier, and friend. He followed his father into Mellon Bank, but in 1941 he relinquished all his directorships and set himself a future in philanthropy. He is widely known and admired in the worlds of art, thoroughbred racing and breeding, and environmental protection. These memoirs were a joint endeavor by Paul Mellons old friend and adviser in matters of art John Baskett. Illustrated and indexed. Great association item as this copy has a two page T.L.s. from Mellon to Mary Hyde Eccles thanking her for her kind letter about the book and other personal matters. Endpapers and blank pages filled with Hydes notes in pencil. 444 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo..