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BRAINARD, David L. (1856-1946). Pair of First Editions, One...

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BRAINARD, David L. (1856-1946). Pair of First Editions, One Inscribed, including: Six Came Back. Edited by Bessie Rowland James. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1940]. 8vo. Illustrated from photographs. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth; original dust jacket (cloth rubbed, some foxing to endleaves; jacket with several tape repairs to verso, jacket chipped, generally toned and worn). Good. PRESUMED FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY BRAINARD IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION ON THE HALF-TITLE: ?Mr & Mrs A. G. Dezendorf [?] Cordially and Sincerely yours D. Brainard Washington D. C. Dec. 21st 1940-". And: The Outpost of the Lost. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1929]. 8vo. 317, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's full green cloth, front board and spine stamped in yellow, pictorial endleaves, in facsimile dust jacket (cloth somewhat rubbed, toned, text toned). FIRST EDITION.