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E. B. White. The Points of My Compass. New York: Harper & Row, [1962].

8vo. Original cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered on spine; dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper: "Gale Hinckley / for old times sake and with affectionate greetings / Andy White / EBS / North Brooklin." The recipient, Gale M. Hinckley, was a neighbor of White's in Maine and owned a hardware store near White's farm.

Condition: Slight rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "$4.00"), with very minor wear at edges with a few closed tears, otherwise fine.

Provenance: Gale M. Hinckley (presentation inscription and her bookplate).

[With:]

E. B. White; and Katharine S. White, editors. A Subtreasury of American Humor. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., [1941]. 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. INSCRIBED BY WHITE AND HIS WIFE on the front free endpaper: "For Gale M. Hinckley / from the editors / E. B. White / Katharine S. White." Very slight toning to spine and upper board edges, otherwise fine; lacking dust jacket. Bookplate of recipient.

Provenance: From the William A. Strutz Library.


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