THE CRYSTAL GAZER and Other Poems.
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good+ condition / Very good- condition (DJ). Item #017659
179 pages of text. Hardcover cloth binding with minor shelfwear. The original dustjacket does not have a price and all four inner corners are clipped; protected in archival mylar. The dustjacket has moderate rubbing, with a tear along the front hinge, and a few creases and tiny perforations remaining intact and attrative. Signed and inscribed by the publisher or the publisher's family member on the front endpaper "To Mrs. Hall in memory of her friendship with the author of these poems from F.G. Ranney and Katherine Ranney Sherwood." Included is a photograph of another Chicago poetess inscribed to the same person "To Mrs. Hall, with my love, Natalie Price." Copyright by F.G. Ranney; published posthumously. A collection of 102 poems. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.
Price: $150.00