The History and Significance of the American Flag, Signed by Emily Katherine Ide, Revised Edition, 1917

Ide, Emily Katherine. The History and Significance of the American Flag. Boston: Huntington Art Press, 1917. Revised Edition. Signed by the author on the first free endpage. Presented in the publisher's original green cloth boards with red titles to the front and spine. With a new archival red slipcase. 

Presented is a revised edition of The History and Significance of the American Flag by Emily Katherine Ide. This book was published by Huntington Art Press, in Boston in November of 1917. The book is signed and inscribed on the first free endpage, “Compliments of Emily K. Ide of Boston” in black ink. It is presented here in its original light green cloth boards, with red embossed titles to the front and spine. It is now protected with a new archival cloth slipcase. 

The patriotism of WWI aroused a new interest in the American flag, and spurred Emily Katherine Ide to publish a revised edition of her slim, but popular, book on the American flag. In her preface, Ide explains “the aim of this book is to tell the story of the American flag in a simple, concise manner for young and old. It is written at a time ‘when the flag of the United States has a deeper significance than ever before in the world’s history, when it is the hope of civilization.’” Ide outlines the origin of the American flag, its history, and development. She explains the rules for its use and construction and there is a chapter on the etiquette of the flag and the ceremonies relating to it, with the proper salutes. In this revised edition, Ide added “additional flag narratives and also more tributes, [and] flag quotations.” 

The American Primary School Teacher Review said of Ide’s book, “Nowhere else in the same compass can there be found so much regarding the history of the American flag with so many eloquent tributes in prose, with so many inspiring tributes in verse. The whole conception is patriotic in the extreme and it is brought down to the present year. Miss Ide feels the glow of patriotic devotion and has given it effective voice in these pages” (Vol. 39, No. 10, June 1916).

CONDITION: 

Good condition overall. Octavo. Illustrated. In original light green cloth boards with red embossed titles to the front board and spine. Light bumping to boards and repaired scratches to the spine.  Surface dirt and smudges to boards. Signed and inscribed on the first free endpage, “Compliments of Emily K. Ide of Boston” in black ink. Inscription is large and legible. Endpage is blind-embossed with the past owner’s monogram stamp. Title page is blind-stamped with a round “The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities” stamp. Copyright page has an inked inscription, “Gift of Miss. Emily K. Ide, Nov. 21, 1932” in the top left corner. Interior pages have light toning, but are otherwise clean. 92pp. Presented with a new archival red slipcase. 

Book Dimensions: 7 3/4"H x 5 5/8"W x 1/2"D. Slipcase Dimensions: 8"H x 5 3/4"W x 3/4"D. 

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