FIRST EDITION ANTI-FDR AND NEW DEAL BOOK IN VERSE SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
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Auction #201 - Part I
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Item Description
First edition November, 1939 by Balch Publishing Co. 5.5x8” hardcover with 100 pages. Titled “A Modern Hudibras/A New Deal In Rime.” Has ink inscription signed by the author Ulysses Grant Vogan dated 1944 and reading: “May You Discover A Grain Of Truth In This Little Handful Of ?” Clever and funny text critical of FDR and the New Deal plus numerous cartoon style illustrations by Robert Robison. Minor and tiny scattered dots of grain off the hardcover, minor tanning of end papers. Binding and contents are Exc. A few sample lines read “The Fear Of Fear, You One Time Said/Is What You Chiefly Had To Dread/But, If We Take A Closer View/We Find Its More A Fear Of You/So, Now, Dear Hudibras, Forsooth/Should You Be Seeking For The Truth/Just Why Recovery Hesitates/And Struggling Business, Too, Stagnates/And Why Disaster Threatens Nearer/Then Take A Look Into Your Mirror.”
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