Lot 251: Santana: The Hero Dog of France

61, [1] pp. With 4 black and white plates and drawings within the text from illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton. 8x5 1/4, red boards, lettered in black. No. 40 of 500 hand-numbered copies. First Edition.

Inscribed and signed by the author/illustrator with his paw-print mark on the half-title page: "To Mrs. Helen Crane. This story of a noble dog - that I knew well in a brief spell - But where history is bound to last you over(?) 'Santana(printed)' The noblest Dog in France - The Saviour of Verdun - With best wishes of the author, Ernest Thompson Seton [paw-print drawing], 30 May, 1945."

1945

Spine slightly faded, light shelf wear and soiling; contents somewhat toned, else very good.

Place: Los Angeles
Publisher: The Phoenix Press