"The Queen's Book of the Red Cross" with a message from Her Majesty The Queen, with contributions by various authors such as T.S. Eliot and ill. by illustrators such as Edmund Dulac - Hodder & Stoughton, London - 1939 first UK edition - 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original binding with some rubbing and discolouring in original dustwrapper with minor chipping, with all plates present The Queen mentioned in the book title is not Mary, but Queen Elizabeth (aka the Queen Mother), and there is a facsimile of her writing. The book was a fundraiser for the Red Cross shortly after Great Britain entered World War II, and it includes messages from the Queen and fifty British authors and artists.