The Pattern Of Perfection

scarce; first edition, first printing; Signed and Inscribed by Nancy Hale on the front free end paper; publisher's black cloth; lettering in gilt on spine; gilt is bright; hinges tight; spine is square; 248 pages; thirteen short stories; gray, red and black dust jacket which is not price clipped; $4.00 on front flap; one small closed tear and light nicking at edges of jacket; Nancy Hale, was a prolific author of short stories, novels, nonfiction, plays, and memoirs; she came from a line of distinguished writers, artists and patriots including great aunt Harriet Beecher Stowe, grandfather Edward Everett Hale, parents Philip Leslie Hale and Lilian Westcott Hale; she received an O. Henry Award, a Benjamin Franklin Award for short story authors, and a Henry H. Bellamann Award for literature.