Rare books from R. M. Dreier, Bookaneer

Mankato, MN: Free Press Company, 1923. Publisher's green cloth with stamped gilt title. 7"x5" 12mo. Near Fine. Some slight foxing to half-title and title pages, a clean and square copy with no bumping as shown in photos./No Jacket.. The Ultimate Christmas brag letter. Charles R. Butler, the publisher of the Mankato Free Press, travelled in his motor car from Minnesota to New England and back home. He had this trip journal printed and given out as Christmas gifts. There are a few offered for sale and 7 copies in libraries according to WorldCat. From what I can tell, this is the only copy where recipient is left blank. from the Half Title: "The Rambling Tale of a Summer Motor Trip Done Into Booklet Form and Presented to _______ With the Christmas greeting and best wishes of author, December 1923.

Garden City, NewYork: The Dial Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. (6" x 8.5") Blue boards, black 1/4 cloth gilt title to spine. Very Good. A clean and crisp copy with bright interiors, writing to ffep, light foxing to top edge as shown in photos./Very Good. Some creasing to top and tail of spine, jacket in mylar.. Jacket by Terrence M. Fehr. A nice first edition of the second V. I. Warshawski novel. Signed by author to title page.