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Published by New York: Trow Press., 1916
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Full green morocco. Tall octavo. 114pp. Limited to 100 copies printed. Privately printed account of the author's trip to Europe during World War 1. Walcott, an investment banker and manufacturer from Connecticut, served with the United States Food Administration under Herbert Hoover. He sailed to Europe in November, 1915, on behalf of the Rockefeller Foundation War Relief Commission to study wartime conditions there. His report stresses the need for relief to the Belgians and Poles. A good copy with some wear to the corners and spine tips and some fading to the spine. There is a faint shelf number at the bottom of the spine. The text is good with some light soiling and wear. There are two small ownership stamps at the front and back and a bookplate on the rear inside cover as well as a 6-line ink inscription at front which has been partially erased. The book has a slight musty odor from being stored in an attic. Scarce.
Published by Privately Printed. [Trow Press], [New York], 1916
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Octavo. 114 pages. Dark green cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on the front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Untrimmed foredge and bottom edge. Light edge wear to the cloth upper spine. Inscribed by the author on the right front flyleaf January, 1917. A pencil note on the page states "limited to 100 copies." The author was a businessman from New York and Connecticut. During World War I he served in the United States Food Administration as an assistant to Herbert Hoover.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 114pp. Green cloth boards with gilt. Very good with a cocked spine, rubbing, and bumped spine ends and corners. Signed by the author. Personal account of the author's life during World War I.
First Edition Limited to 100 numbered copies. large octavo, newly rebound in brown marbled boards and calf, t.e.g. 114pp. Privately Printed (The Trow Press), Walcott was a US Senator from Connecticut. During World War One he served with the US Food Administration. This book is a personal record of his service and travels as a member of the War Relief Commission in Europe and Poland. Inscribed on the limitation page: "My dear Arthur - Please accept this copy of my notes as an expression of my esteem. Most Sincerely, F. C. Walcott January 1917." large octavo, newly rebound in brown marbled boards and calf, t.e.g. First Edition Limited to 100 numbered copies.
Condition: Fair. [London]: Privately Printed by Trow Press, 1916. Limited 1st edition. Sm 4to hardcover. Full leather with gilt lettering and five raised spine bands. TEG, marbled endpapers. 114pp. Copy #5/100. Fair book. Boards sunned and discolored. Front joint and hinge cracked. (World War 1, Personal Narratives) Inquire if you need further information.