PAGE, L. Rodman, Jr. War Without Fighting. [New York]: Privately Printed [by The Derrydale Press], Christmas [1928].
PAGE, L. Rodman, Jr. War Without Fighting. [New York]: Privately Printed [by The Derrydale Press], Christmas [1928].

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PAGE, L. Rodman, Jr. War Without Fighting. [New York]: Privately Printed [by The Derrydale Press], Christmas [1928].

8o (241 x 160 mm). Original cloth-backed boards, top edge trimmed, others uncut (lightly stained); original publisher's slipcase; brown quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Neddie and Biz (presentation inscription from the author); Rip Page (gift inscription); Mr. Ingersoll (gift inscription); Don Frazier (his library sold to:) John Moores (his sale Lang's, 2 November 2007, lot 485).

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 7 of 100 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY PAGE on the title-page: "To Neddie & Big with compliments of L. Rodman Page." Includes a gift inscription from Page's son, L. Rodman III to his son Rip, and a short note from Rip presenting the book to Mr. Ingersoll. Year on title printed "MCMDXXVIII," as called for in Siegel. "A very rare and hard to spot Derrydale" (Frazier). Frazier P-1-a; Siegel 20.

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