When Proper Time by Brooks Frank (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Pictorial tan card cover stock, titled in black; oblong 8vo (approx 9.5" x 12.25"); unpaginated (12 pp); published courtesy of The National Sportsman, Edition Deluxe; illustrated with decorative initials, 2 full-page sketches and 7 other drawings by the author; printed on heavy stock on rectos only; loose sheets bound with ribbon; no publication date stated but circa early 1900's. "A rare and impressive book of poetry which answers the question of the opening stanza, 'When is the proper time for rod and fly and line?' The 'proper time' is springtime when the buds swell on their branches, and terminates with the fall season, after which the angler dreams of days to come." (Heller II #1008). This copy in fair condition with heavy chipping to cover edges, more so to rear panel with top inch folded over; some mild soiling to a few pages; good possibility the ribbon binding has been replaced at some time; free from any writing or ownership evidence internally. Most uncommon as I can locate but 1 copy at the Ohio Historical Society. Bruns B-234.