Item #26112 Toward the Flame, A War Diary. Presentation copy, Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War. Hervey Allen.
Toward the Flame, A War Diary. Presentation copy, Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War.
Toward the Flame, A War Diary. Presentation copy, Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War.
Toward the Flame, A War Diary. Presentation copy, Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War.

Toward the Flame, A War Diary. Presentation copy, Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Presentation binding with gilt stamped inscription on front board, "Presented to Hon. Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War, by the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents Association". Patterson was Secretary of War under President Roosevelt during World War II.

An eyewitness account of WWI by an American author & soldier who served as a Lieutenant in the Army's 28th Division and fought in France.

Full maroon gilt leather, raised gilt bands and gilt borders, gilt inner dentelles, crimson silk moire end papers. Thick 8vo, xiii, 282 pp, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Lyle Justis. Short crack top of spine expertly repaired, otherwise bright and clean. Very good condition. Item #26112

Price: $125.00

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