Published by O.L. Walker Lumber Company, Casper, Wyoming, 1940
Seller: Bloomsbury Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is an early art print entitled "Pals" by J. (John) Knowles Hare with an attached, as issued, testimonial essay entitled "Mother Remembers" by W. (William) Livingston Larned published by the O.L. Walker Lumber Company out of Casper, Glenrock, and Lamont, Wyoming. No date, although circa 1940. The print measures 9-1/2" by 12-3/4" including blank margins, and the testimonial essay measures 8-3/4" by 6". Distributed to customers during the holidays by the O.L. Walker Lumber Company (it states "Season's Greetings"), the essay by W. Livingston Larned begins, "I've been thinking about you, all day long, little daughter, loving you with thoughts: caressing you with tender memories and with dreams of the future - taking you in my arms, mentally, while you slept. You, with your awakening smile and the bright, buoyant innocence of your youth. Perhaps a Mother understands these things best of all - is tenderest in her outlook on life." Two corner creases (to blank margins); two light spots and small dark spot to margins.