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San Antonio: Artes Graficas, 1952 First printing of the first edition. Signed and inscribed by Mortensen: "'To a swell Pal'" / from your friend, / May Mortensen Laufenburg." Includes a 3 page, hand-written letter by the author to Jack Gormley, whose ownership label is laid in on the front pastedown. In fine condition, with light browning to endpapers; dust jacket with toning to spin. Associations: Jack Gormley was a publisher/writer and chairmen of the California State Poetry Foundation; Don Blanding (Donald Benson Blanding), was an American poet from Hawaii; and Ted Snell a writer and poet.