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BARTON, Clara (1821–1912). The Story of My Childhood, [presentation copy]. New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1907. 12mo. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY BARTON: “To Mr. Charles M. Sears. May I venture to make so small an offering as this tiny booklet to one whom I hold in such high regard and ever recall with true and sincere affection. Please accept from Clara Barton. Glen Echo Md. March 10, 1908”. Frontispiece. Original full red sheep in gilt, top edge gilt (extremities rubbed, backstrip mostly perished, hinges weak). A RARE INSCRIPTION. A warm inscription by one of the most honored women in American history and the founder of the American Red Cross.