NY: Croscup & Co, 1896. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Leather and boards. Now here is a mystery. This is an 8 volume set, 12mo, of the works of Poe, each with a custom bookplate bearing the profile of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The edition, published in 1896 by Croscup & Company.....
LA: Clark Memorial Library & Ward Ritchie, 1966. 1st printing in wrappers. Soft cover. 1st printing of the wrappers binding of the book. Decorated wraps. 46pp. Laid in is a narrow slip finely printed crediting the underwriters of this work and given to those attending a convocation honoring Powell in.....
LA: Friends of the UCLA Library, 1957. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Printed wraps. 4pp. A wonderful short essay -- a speech given by the great librarian and lover of books, Powell, to a conference of librarians in California. Fine copy.
Davis: Univ of California, Davis, 1970. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Limited to 850 copies. Lovely printed wraps with woodblock illustration on the cover. 16pp. Keepsake Number 3 issued by Library Associates of the University Library, Davis. Reading Powell is always a wonderful experience. What a writer he was! Fine copy.....
Phoenix: Arizona State Library Assoc, 1953. 1st printing in wrappers. Soft cover. 1st printing. Stapled wraps. 10pp. Address given by the esteemed librarian "at the annual conference of the Arizona State Library Association, Hacienda del Sol, Tucson, April 11, 1953." Powell is always wonderful to read! Near fine.