McCRUM, Blanche Prichard, and JONES, Helen Dudenbostel - Bibliographical Procedures & Style: A Manual for Bibliographers in the Library of Congress

Washington, DC, The Library of Congress, 1954. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff green wrappers. vi, 127pp. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers, though internally fine. Tight and attractive first edition of this standard reference -- with a fine autograph addition: Tipped to the inside front wrapper is a Typed Letter Signed from McCrum, 1p, 5½" X 8½", Wellesley, MA, 1943 November 23. Addressed to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93), at that time a U.S. Army sergeant stationed in San Francisco. Near fine. On "Wellesley College Library" letterhead, McCrum writes, "It is a pleasure to send you the only photograph we have of the bust of Elizabeth Barrett Browning by Story.. Such a request from a member of the armed forces is of genuine interest to us here at Wellesley..." Bold full signature. .

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