These books came from an estate auction. They are all first printings, and were signed, inscribed to either Dr. or Mr. Mally and dated. They represent an association of some historical importance, even today. Dr. Mally was a local physician of some considerable importance to the Slavic community here. He married [Cleveland Mayor] Frank Lausche's sister, but far more importantly he served as the mid-western Consulate for the exiled Yugoslavian State and received King Peter in 1942. Adamic was, perhaps, the most significant Slavic author of the times--having established himself as a man of letters in the late 1920's. To this day, the Slavic Community Center where Mally had his offices, remains a significant center of civic activity.