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Lampman, Ben Hur
Here Comes Somebody
Publisher: Metropolitan Press, Portland, Oregon;
Date of Publication: 1935
Stock Code: 12555
Inscribed first edition. Octavo, pp. [12], 275, [1]. 12 plates by Mahlon Blaine, plus vignette to title page, numerous head- and tail-pieces, decorative initial letters, and endpapers. Publishers’ black cloth with red titles to spine and gilt motifs to spine and upper board, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. A very good copy in good dust-jacket, with an affectionate gift inscription to first blank from the author to ‘Helenie’, dated in year of publication. With a typed poem from the author, also ‘For Helenie’ loosely inserted. Boards slightly damp-stained top edge. Small stain top edge of textblock affecting margin only. Some tears and loss to dust-jacket, with adhesive tape repairs to reverse. Whimsical novel featuring the adventures of Jumbles and Lisbeth. £125.00