xxv + 419 pp. Frontis plate of Winifred Holt. Inscriped by Holt to "Helen and Finley Shepard" -- Helen was the daughter of famed "robber baron" Jay Gould and Shepard was an executive with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, both of them very involved in New York and New England charities and golf courses. Handsome light red cloth with gilt ruling and a gilt torch is clean, spine a little sunned, spine tips bit worn. Interior front fly has inscription and small price sticker mark, otherwise clean and unmarked. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall