Pity the Dreamless [*SIGNED*]

Pearblossom CA: King Zany. Near Fine. (c.1937). First Edition. Softcover. (stapled wraps; paper covers with a suede-like surface) [nice copy with only light handling wear]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the title page: "To Charlie King / Heartily / King Zany." Homespun doggerel by this one-time actor turned "desert poet" and Southern California literary character. The inscribee was a Pasadena-based newspaperman, columnist and aspiring playwright. Signed by Author .