"DETROIT IS MY OWN HOMETOWN"
The Bobbs-Merrill Co.: Indianapolis, IN, (1946). Hardcover. Very Good. Item #21-4749
Frontis illus. of Iffy the Dopester, 9 x 6", gilt-dec (pictures of Iffy the Dopester) leather SIGNED BINDING BY HAMER with silk endleaves with gilt-dec leather edges; teg, 360pp, minor cover wear with uneven coloring, spine a bit sunned, contents a bit toned but still a beautiful book with gilt pictures of baseballs and Chevy grills in spine compartments; inside covers on silk endleaves is reproduction of the beginning of a Bingay column from the Detroit Free Press. LIMITED FIRST EDITION with errata sheet tipped in: "The phrase "Limited First Edition" appearing on the copyright and limitation pages of this book refers only to the number of copies of untrimmed FIRST EDITION sheets placed in leather bindings after replacement of the preliminary pages of the Publisher's large First Edition", signed in print by Alvin C. Hamer, Detroit.
Price: $225.00