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R. H. D. Appreciations Of Richard Harding Davis
TWELVE CONTRIBUTORS
Other works by TWELVE CONTRIBUTORSPublication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917, New York
First edition. 8vo. Limited to 375 numbered copies of which this is copy number 283. Quarter cloth and boards, titles on paper label affixed to the spine, [8], 112 [1] pp., frontispiece (portrait of Richard Harding Davis), top edges gold gilt, untrimmed rag paper. This is the true first edition of an often reprinted book. Twelve notable personalities pay tribute to Richard Harding Davis, including a nice three-page tribute by Theodore Roosevelt who tells of the time Davis joined his regiment of Rough Riders in Cuba and his heroic contributions to the success of the regiment. Other contributors are Winston Churchill, Booth Tarkington, Charles Dana Gibson, Irvin S. Cobb, Leonard Wood, and others. Lightly foxed, else a near fine copy in the original dust jacket with the initials R. H. D. printed on the spine panel.
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