Item #357778 The Queen's book of the Red Cross : with a message from Her Majesty the Queen and contributions by fifty British authors and artists / in aid of the Lord Mayor of London's fund for the Red Cross and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. consort of George VI Elizabeth Queen, King of Great Britain, John Masefield, British Red Cross Society.

The Queen's book of the Red Cross : with a message from Her Majesty the Queen and contributions by fifty British authors and artists / in aid of the Lord Mayor of London's fund for the Red Cross and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem

1939, First Edition. London : Hodder and Stoughton. Good paperback copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.Includes previous owner's signature. Item #357778

Physical description; 255 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates (some colour) : illustrations, frontispiece (portrait), facsimilies (music) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes contributions by T. S. Eliot and John Masefield. Contains the poems 'Billy M'Caw: The remarkable parrot' and 'The marching song of the pollicle dogs' by T.S. Eliot on pages 51 - 54. Dust jacket. "First printed November 1939." -- Back of title page. Prefatory letter of the Queen is facsimile reproduction. Subjects; British Red Cross Society. English literature. Literature, Modern English. Red Cross Great Britain. Red Cross and Red Crescent. Literature, Modern. Civilian war relief. English literature. War work. Red Cross and Red Crescent. Great Britain. Genre; Illustrated.

Price: €50.00

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