"The Queen's Gift Book : In Aid of Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for Soldiers and Sailors Who Have Lost Their Limbs in the War", published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, New York, Toronto, printed in Great Britain by Hasell, Watson and Viney, London and Aylesbury, undated First Edition [1914/ 15].

Literary Anthology: Jerome K. Jerome, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, John Buchan, J.M. Barrie, E.F. Benson, Neil Munro, Sapper, Ernest Thompson Seton, John Galsworthy, Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, Edmund Blampied, W. Russell Flint.

This charitable work includes Conan Doyle's account of the Battle of Ypres, September 1915, together with stories and articles by Buchan, Conrad and others. Beatrice Harraden's "The Soot-Fairies" includes four illustrations by Rackham (one of them is a color plate).

With 12 attached color plates and many text illustrations by Rackham, Heath Robinson, William Russell Flint, Harry Rountree and Edmund Blampied amongst others. The color plates are attached on one edge only.

Four-page advertising leaflet in support of Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals is present [the bottom side of the leaflet shows significant wear]

US: Priority (c 2-4 days) --------- $8.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) --- $27.50
World: Priority (c. 2-8 weeks) ---- $37.50

Hard boards, original publisher’s cloth [fading, wear, and some soiling: see picture]; the lettering on the front board and spine is in dark green; 7.1/4" x 9.3/4" (25 x 19cm), darkened endpapers, the back-endpaper is creased between spine and boards, a little foxing, a few bumped edges and corners, a little soiling, c. 10 pages have a dark ink stain at the bottom edge [see picture]; 160 pages on heavy stock paper, all plates on semi-gloss paper are present, good to very good binding and condition.