Item #15917 The Story of the Red Cross ; The Australian Red Cross Society. Joan and Daryl LINDSAY.
The Story of the Red Cross ; The Australian Red Cross Society
The Story of the Red Cross ; The Australian Red Cross Society
The Story of the Red Cross ; The Australian Red Cross Society
The Story of the Red Cross ; The Australian Red Cross Society
The Story of the Red Cross ; The Australian Red Cross Society

The Story of the Red Cross ; The Australian Red Cross Society

Melbourne: McLaren & Co., n.d. [1941]. Deluxe Edition. Hardcover : unpaginated [viii][108] : colour illustrations : b&w photos : illustrated endpapers : all edges gilt : red leather with gilt and leather decoration to top board and gilt lettering on spine : red clamshell box. No. 198/300, SIGNED by the authors and Zara Gowrie, the Governor's wife, as well as 18 others, most significantly Vera Deakin White, daughter of Prime Minister Alfred Deakin and WWI founding secretary of the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau. Wear to the box at head and tail of the spine, and the paper lining is torn at edges. Foxiing to first and last gatherings and occasionally throughout. Item #15917

The abundance of signatures, and particularly that of Vera Deakin White, suggests this book was passed around at a launch or some other Australian Red Cross event.

Price: $200.00

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