THE GHOST OF SANDBURG'S PHIZZOG AND OTHER STORIES. [Peoria, Illinois]: Ellis Press, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Blei to Richard Fawcett on the half title page: "For Dick Fawcett / I would like to / believe that Augie / passed through some of / these same Sandburgian / settings in his Chicago / visits. / Best, / Norbert Blei / 9-3-86." The second and last collection of short fiction by Norbert Blei (1935-2013), a Midwestern journalist and conservationist who moved from his native Chicago to rural Door County, Wisconsin, in 1969, where he worked in a converted chicken coop in Ellison Bay for four decades. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light wear at edges. (#159675).
Price: $35.00
"FIRST EDITION / 1 2 3 4 5" on copyright page.