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MARE, Jehanne de. Brief Pageantry. Brooklyn: The Comet Press, 1939. 8vo. Original red-lettered linen (extremities sunned). FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED TO THE ROOSEVELTS: “To President and Mrs Roosevelt with all best wishes Jehanne de Mare”, on the half title page. It turns out that Eleanor Roosevelt received (presumably) this copy and wrote about it in her newspaper column, “My Day”, for January 17, 1939: “There is a book of poems called, ‘Brief Pageantry,’ which I have just received, written by a young girl, Jehanne De Mare. She used to be at the Todhunter School, so Miss Dickerman is particularly interested. In addition, there is a portrait of the author by one of Miss Dickerman’s other graduates, Andrea Dowd, which illustrates the notice which accompanies the book. It is a great satisfaction and interest when young people, whom you watched develop, begin to do creative work of their own.”