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RUSSELL, Charles M. Good Medicine. Introduction by Will Rogers. Garden City, 1930. 4o. Plates. Original cloth, paper label, designated PRESENTATION COPY. INSCRIBED in the year of publication by Nancy Russell, the artist's wife, to Edward Borein, "Ed Borein -- Friendships like yours and Charlie's are the most precious gift to God. It makes my heart glad to see the way your name is woven into these pages of history left by Charlie for the lovers of the Old West and its people. I give you this book as a token of appreciation for the part you have played in making it possible. Nancy C. Russell April 19th 1930." FURTHER INSCRIBED by Will Rogers at the end of his introduction: "To my good friend Ed Borein, Ed you are the one that should have written this introduction. You knew Charley better than anybody else, but it spite of my mess this is a great Book Ed, and it helps us to sorter still have him with us Will Rogers." With a color print by Russell and a signed presentation card by Nancy Russell laid in. Good Medicine collects Russell's letters. Will Rogers' inscription illustrates the deep friendship shared by the three men and the loss felt after Russell's death. AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION ITEM, combining three of the major figures in Western American art.