Building the Community Memorable Events in My Life Book comes in unique wooden and hand-tooled leather slip case. By: Charles Smith with Donald Bruce Smith Copyright: 1988, Unstated First Edition Self-Published by Author; Printed by Peake Printers Inc. This Leather Hard Cover book is in Like New condition inside and out. It has 173 numbered pages. Beautiful end pages, and gold gilt on leather cover and page edges in gold. This is a beautiful book that was made in a very limited quantity as gifts the author?s family. The wooden and leather slip case is in great condition but is slightly flawed along one edge, as pictured. Hard to find any of these online, but do some comparative price checking, and see what a great deal this is! Extremely limited and collectible in fantastic condition! From Wikipedia: Charles E. Smith (March 28, 1901 ? December 30, 1995) was a real estate developer and philanthropist in the Washington Metropolitan Area. Smith (born Schmidoff), immigrated from Russia in 1911. He spoke only Yiddish when he arrived in the United States. He started as a developer in Brooklyn, but lost everything in the Great Depression. He moved to Rockville, MD where he first developed apartments and later office buildings. He founded the Charles E. Smith Co. and developed the Crystal City area of Arlington, Virginia. He retired in 1967 and turned to philanthropy. Philanthropy He planned a complex in Rockville for Jewish agencies including the Hebrew Home for the Aged, the Jewish Social Service Agency and the Jewish Community Center. He was a trustee of George Washington University(GWU) from 1967 to 1976 as well as Chairman of the Committee on University Development. The Charles E. Smith Athletic Center at George Washington University is named in his honor. He played a key role in developing GWU's branch campus in Loudoun County, Virginia. His contributions to Jewish philanthropy include: · Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School · Charles E. Smith Life Communities · Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology · Charles E. Smith chair in Judaic studies at GWU Smith held honorary doctorates from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Jewish Theological Seminary and George Washington University. In 1997 he was posthumously awarded an Honor Award from the National Building Museum alongside other community developers of Washington, D.C. Fantastic Vintage gift for the historic book collector in your life!!!!! Your satisfaction is important to me. Any and all questions answered, and happy to send more pics / info etc. Please look at my overall feedback and buy with confidence. Please see my other auctions for more great collectible books! Happy to discount shipping for multiple wins! Check out my other items!