Kings, Queens And Pawns An American Woman At The Front Rinehart, Mary Roberts Vermont,Women's Studies

Publisher's original red cloth with white upper board lettering over chess board design, octavo, pp. 368. Frontis illustration of the author returning from the war zone with a Captain Finch aboard the S. S. "Arabic." Spine ends and board tips just very light shelf wear. Front hinge is a bit tender. Leaves toned with age. This copy with a unique and desirable presentation inscription, occupying nearly the entire free front endpaper: "To a very fine soldier and splendid gentleman, dear Admiral Mayo, goes this account of what I saw during the first months of what is now our war." Vice Admiral [Henry T.] Mayo, a native of Burlington, Vermont, served as Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet during World War I.