ADVENTURES IN UNDERSTANDING (Signed) (With Letters)

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Signed. First Edition copy, in what appears to be a bespoke binding of quarter dark brown calf over burlap, with very neatly done paper labels in tan paper printed in dark brown. There is some light and scattered foxing.~~This copy is signed on the half-title page with a personal inscription by David Grayson: "To | Mr. and Mrs. Laurence H. Parker | with the regard of | David Grayson | 1925". ~~There are two letters laid in as well. One, a TLS to "friend Parker" thanking him for a recent letter and expressing satisfaction "to have one who knows me as well as you do like what I write so well". It is signed Ray Stannard Baker [David Grayson was Mr. Baker's pen-name]. The second letter is a 3 1/2 page ALS to Mrs, Parker from Jessie G. Baker, Ray Baker's wife. In it she writes primarily about her garden in Florida, mentioning that Mr. Baker "has gained right along, but is not quite up to normal strength". Both are letters are on "Amherst | Massachusetts" stationery. Mrs. Parker has written by hand her address in Winter Park, Florida. The letters are dated in 1925 and 1930 respectively. Very Good binding. N° de ref. del artículo 292720

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Título: ADVENTURES IN UNDERSTANDING (Signed) (With ...
Editorial: Doubleday, Page & Company, New York
Año de publicación: 1925
Encuadernación: Quarter Leather
Condición: Very Good binding
Ejemplar firmado: Firmado por el autor
Edición: First Edition.