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Letters Of Harry James Smith
Published by Houghton Mifflin & the Riverside Press, Boston, New York, Cambridge, 1919
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ESA ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Very slight foxing to outside page ends. Spine lanel is slightly browned and has a very small scrape.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. First Printing of the First Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Born in New Britain, Connecticut, Harry James Smith (1880-1918) was an author, playwright, and pioneer in the use of sphagnum moss as a surgical dressing during the First World War. He died in a tragic accident while arranging wartime shipments for the Red Cross. On the endpaper of this copy is a long note by E. M. B. [Ethel Morgan Barry] commenting on her experience working in New York for Smith in the "secret" experiments with sphagnum moss. Original black cloth spine and green boards. Printed paper spine label. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. xiv, 184pp .
