[Rarebooks] FS: Presentation copy

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(LANDACRE, PAUL) Harte, Bret. HOW SANTA CLAUS CAME TO SIMPSON'S BAR. (Los Angeles): The Ward Ritchie Press. (1941). 8vo. (4),41,(3)pp. With 4 color wood engravings by Paul Landacre. Edition limited to 525 copies, of which 25 are signed. This copy signed by Landacre under the printed statement in the colophon. This copy in the regular binding of red cloth spine (a bit faded) over decorative boards, not the deluxe binding usually found on the special (25) copies. Inscribed on the preliminary blank, "To Sam and Nita from Paul and Margaret Dec 25 '45" in Paul Landacre's hand. With the original woodcut bookplate designed by Landacre for the recipient Nita Rothman. Publisher's slipcase.	$250.00 (trade discount allowed)


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