[Early American Dust Jackets:] The Worth of Service.

With autograph letter by the author, the journalist popularizer of Christmas Seals

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Beautiful example of a pre-World War I dust jacket with Arts and Crafts decorative motifs. A conduct of life book with some religious overtones. The book’s vibrant plates serve to present character-building mottos and utilize a large, bold design program.

Author Leigh Mitchell Hodges (1876–1954)] was a Philadelphia newspaper columnist who helped to popularize Christmas Seals in America. (Ref. Exhibit | Christmas Seals | Brown University Library News accessed online.) The book is inscribed by Hodges to Mrs. Elizabeth Katherine Woodworth of Philadelphia.

Rare to find in such excellent condition in publisher’s dust jacket, as well as inscribed and autographed by the author. An Autograph Letter by the author (not signed) to Woodworth and a printed New Year’s greeting from him is laid into the book.

Price: $350.00