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Tall 8vo. 162 pp. Real photo frontisp. of the Balch Memorial Medal. Red linen, gilt lettering on front cover & spine (minor sunning to spine, upper fore-edge, ex-lib markngs on endpapers), still G copy, w/ tipped-in printed slip, Compliments of the author. First edition of this work on the life of noted Chestnut Hill philanthropist and patron of the arts, Elise Willing Balch. The frontispiece photo reproduces the Balch Memorial Medal desiged by Adam Pietz, and awarded yearly for meritorious work by Chapter II, Philadelphia, Colonial Dames of America, and was originally struck in gold.