The Story of the Red Cross
by Lindsay, Joan and Daryl : written and compiled by:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Clunes, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Australian Red Cross Society/ McLaren & Co. no date c.1941. 4to, beige illustrated cloth, no jacket , illustrated endpapers by Daryl Lindsay, unpaginated, portrait frontis. of Queen Elizabeth, (wife of George VI ), comprising articles and text outlining the history and operations of the Intenational Society of the Red Cross, published to raise funds for the society during World War II, with many contributions from notable artists and other public figures; artists who contributed include Adrian Feint, Douglas Annand, Lionel Lindsay, Napier Waller, Daryl Lindsay, Elaine Haxton, Ethel Spowers, also many black and white photographs, there are small splits to top front and rear of spine, some minor spotting and foxing to pages, gift inscription dated Christmas 1942 on one of the preliminary pages, overall in very good clean condition, no major faults. No ISBN
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- Bookseller
- Book Fossicker (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24303
- Title
- The Story of the Red Cross
- Author
- Lindsay, Joan and Daryl : written and compiled by:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Melbourne: Australian Red Cross Society/ McLaren & Co. no date c.1941
- Keywords
- Red Cross history philanthropy Australia warfare
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Book Fossicker
Biblio member since 2017
Clunes, Victoria
About Book Fossicker
After selling from a street address for the past 8 years, we are now based again as an on-line only business. Postal address is now PO Box 81 Clunes Victoria 3370. I am an experienced bookseller, having sold secondhand books for over 30 years in various ways and from various locations, and intend to keep providing the same standard of expertise and knowledge into the future. * PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF POSTAL ADDRESS
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