Lot 322: Autograph - Ernest Thompson Seton

Nature writer (1860-1946) who founded the modern school of animal fiction and helped found the Boy Scouts of America. Signed book: Santana: The Hero Dog of France. Limited edition first edition of 500 copies (this being No. 40). Los Angeles: The Phoenix Press, 1945. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 61 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page: "To Mrs. Helen Crane. This story of a noble dog-that I knew well in a brief spell-But whose history is bound to last for ages. The noblest Dog in France-The Savior of Verdun-With best wishes of the author, Ernest Thompson Seton, 30 May, 1945." Seton has added a paw-print drawing beneath his signature. In very good condition, with soiling and toning to the pages, light shelf wear and soiling to boards, and some fading to the spine.