Saunders, William Lawrence — Apalachicola

, William Lawrence Saunders, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Exceedingly scarce work of self-published poetry by a Florida and New Jersey-based industrialist and eventual politician, in First Edition, with no date of publication, but 1920. Simple paper-over-boards format, tips rubbed, blue rear panel half-toned, black lettering to front cover and with blue and yellow ruling there. Features plentiful two-color illustrations. William Lawrence Saunders (November 1, 1856 - June 25, 1931) was a mining engineer by vocation, served in the Navy as the Chairman of the Naval Consulting Board during World War I and has a colorful biography, according to his Wikipedia entry. Born in Columbus, Georgia, raised in Apalachicola, Florida. He was a lifelong suffragist and donated much of his will to William & Mary College (Wikipedia). Scarce in the trade. Unpaginated, but roughly 24 pp. Housed in a plastic sleeve.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good