Inscribed to His Psychiatriat, with Drawing
Black Majesty. The Life of Christophe, King of Haiti.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1928.
Blaine, Mahlon. First edition. Colored drawings by Mahlon Blaine. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to His Psychiatriat, with Drawing. Decorated cloth backed in black. Spine sunned, but very good in damaged slipcase. Rarely seen thus Item #241958
With orginal pen and ink drawing of man on horseback by Blaine and inscription on verso of the flyleaf:
"For Archie Crandell from Mahlon Blaine 41"
Dr. Archie Crandell was a psychiatrist at New Jersey State Hospital at Greystone beginning in 1930; he later became the Medical Superintendent in 1950. The eccentric and unbalanced Mahlon Blaine was a patient of Dr. Crandell's at Greystone around 1940-1941, when he inscribed this book
A remarkable association.
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