The Story of the Red Cross - SIGNED Copy
Melbourne: Australian Red Cross Society, [c. 1954]. Limited Edition. Hardcover in Slipcase. 4to. Pp. unpaginated. Illustrated with black & white rotogravure photo reproductions, drawings and paintings with a few in color. Dark red leatherette, beveled boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, red cross in gilt wreath on the cover, blind stamped borders, gilt edges, illustrated endpapers. Edition limited to 300, this copy hand numbered 283. Signed by the authors and Society President Zara Gowrie. In the dark red textured cloth covered drop-back box: spine ends chipped, edges rubbed. Near Fine / Very Good (box). Item #6757
No publication date is stated. Society activities into WWII are covered, and Lady Gowrie returned to England in 1945. However, a full-page portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth President of the British Red Cross Society is on verso of the title page with a facsimile manuscript letter from Gowrie opposite, acknowledging the Queen's efforts during the war.
Price: $85.00