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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1902 at title page. Stated verso title page: "Copyright, 1902, by James Pettibone, Cincinnati, O." Rare first edition. Deep burgundy cloth boards, black, white and red cover design, moderate shelf wear, spine rub, toning. Wily anthropomorphic goat with decoration to cover. Frontispiece plate of fitful infant sitting on wood step: "One Black Bawl." Pages very good with attractive moderate toning. Illustrated throughout with humored imagery, designs and several plates including photos. Antiquarian oval stamp inside cover: "For Sale by C. C. Dow, 214 Scott St., San Francisco, Cal." Bind good, square. Near very good first edition rarity. Excerpt from The Lodge Goat: "MY dear reader, - In appearing before you under the cover of this book, and exposing to profane view a few of the profound secrets of a long and eventful career in connection with the Lodges of various Secret Fraternities, I feel I can safely do so without incurring the disapproval of my Fraters, and that I shall be greeted with their cordial and unqualified indorsement instead. In this intrusion upon a general public, I am sure I shall meet, and renew the acquaintance of, a host of old and valued friends, with recollections of past associations and of agreeable intercourse, which none of us can forget, nor do we regret." Contents in alphabetical order of titled pieces with page numbers adjacent. 603 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.