THE LONE STRIKER

(New York): (Alfred A. Knopf), (1933). First Edition. wraps. Upper right corner slightly bumped, minuscule closed tear at bottom of front cover. Near Fine. A small pamphlet containing just the title poem and issued as Number Eight of the Borzoi Chap Books series. Crane A17: 2000 copies. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author with his initials on the blank page opposite the beginning of the text: "To Richard Hocking/from one whose life/has been spent in/questing(?) without/prejudice to anyone/or anything -- R.F./Christmas 1933." Rare with such a superb inscription.