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Mystic, [Connecticut: no publisher], 1843. Unbound. Near Fine. Two small handbill size poems. Each is approximately 3½" x 5". Each with the same decorative border. Modest tear on *Answer* else near fine. The first poem, "The Itinerant's Farewell" by B.C.P. is 24 lines and delivers a farewell address by a minister to his congregation in Mystic. The second poem, "Answer to the 'Itinerant's Farewell'"* by C.H. Dennison, also from Mystic, is dated two days later and acknowledges the service of the preacher and assure the minister's place in heavenly glory: "And when on earth they work is done, And in thy URN thou hast lain down. May all thy robes out-shine the sun, Thy head receive th' immortal crown." Rare. *OCLC* does not locate a copy of either work.

PA: Dorrance, 1997. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in wrappers, a paperback. 48 pages. Like new. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

[Boston?], 1908. Unbound. Near Fine. Original illustration. Pen, ink, and gouache, highlighted with china white. Approximately 11" x 7". One (archival?) tape repair on verso, tipped onto foamcore with two pieces of (archival?) tape, slight age-toning, else near fine. Illustration of the burnt out husks of buildings, with a cat plaintively leaning on the chest of a forlorn dog, apparently wondering where their next meal is coming from. Beneath the image is the single caption "Homeless." The conflagration in question is also known as The Great Chelsea fire of 1908, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, directly across the Mystic River from Boston in which 19 people were killed and 15,000 people left homeless. Wind-born sparks were carried from a fire at the Boston Blacking Company that was thought to be under control, but which spread to the many wooden frame buildings of the neighborhood. Prodigious nationwide relief efforts resulted; hopefully some of it made its way to the abandoned and forlorn house pets.

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1941. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 16mo. 32pp. Stapled decorated wrappers. Staples with a little rust, else very near fine. Copy number 400 of 500 numbered copies for friends of the author. A biographical sketch of a maiden aunt: "You will find her occasionally in the pages of *Mary Poppins.*.

New York: Witenborn, 1945. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. paperback Light browning, some light stains. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good hardcover has no dustwrapper ink scribble on cover, name inked inside front cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Black and white illustrations. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with short tears and slight soiling. Signed by the author.

New York: Doubleday, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good plus dustwrapper. Book shows slight rubbing to top and bottom edges, bookplate from Doubleday. Dustwrapper shows rubbing to top and bottom edges, white portions are lightly soiled. Publisher's card inside. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Doubleday, 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Reprint. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Cambridge, Mass: Ballinger Pub, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in very good plus dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Dial, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good hardcover with good dustwrapper. Name on front endpaper. Text clean. Top corners on a few pages bent. Spine ends bumped. Dustwrapper spine and edges are browned. Chipping to dustwrapper spine ends. Small tears on edges of dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Fireside/ Simon & Schuster, 1979. Softcover. Very Good. First thus. Very good in wrappers. Paperback has remainder mark, flared cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Syracuse University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover. Book is in fine condition. Nice, clean copy. Dustwrapper has light fading spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

(Virginia City, Montana): (Virginia City Trading Company, 1974. Softcover. Fine. Second edition, second printing. Printed illustrated wrappers. 100pp. Fine.

New York: Caxton House, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good first edition hardcover without dustwrapper. The book cover has light wear to edges. The book spine is lightly fading. The text is clean. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Random House, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover is a nice clean copy, almost new. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, price clipped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Spotting on page fine edges, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper.

Rockport / Lewiston, Maine: Maine Coast Artists / Bates College Museum of Art, 1994. Softcover. Near Fine. Exhibition catalogue. Introductory text by Genetta McLean, Martica Sawin and Bruce Brown. Oblong small quarto. 31pp. Illustrated in color. Light wear, near fine in stapled wrappers. Briefly Inscribed by Pace on the title page.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Slightly cocked else fine in fine dustwrapper.

Cincinnati: The American Jewish Archives, 1991. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 44pp. Illustrated reproducing black-and-white photographs by Layle Silbert. Spine is lightly faded, small, faint soil mark on front cover, else a near fine, bright copy. From the library of poet David Ignatow, Inscribed by Pacernick to Ignato: "To David, with Best Wishes - Gary Pacernick. 2/6/91." An essay by on American Jewish poetry since the Holocaust, issued as Number IX in the Brochure Series of the American Jewish Archives. *OCLC* locates two copies.