signed first edition Hardcover
1916 · Chicago
by Ranney, Minnie Bond Garner
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1916. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 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..
(Inventory #: 017659)