Ephemera from Sunny Intervals
A nice, second-hand bookstore find three years go introduced me to a passionate bookman and popular Dartmouth professor of literature: Herbert Faulkner West. I wrote about it then on the Archaeolibris blog (pre-Bibliophemera), and have modified that piece for its fitting inclusion on this blog. The book I found is SUNNY INTERVALS: A Bookman's Miscellanea, London / San Francisco / Hanover , by Herbert Faulkner West (Westholm Publications, 1972), signed and numbered by the author in a limited edition of 400 copies. A serendipitous find, this book also had several pieces of ephemera laid in years ago by the previous owner (to whom I am very grateful!). Among the small cache of paper was a letter from the author, as well as correspondence from the book's previous owner, relating items about the author. There were several newspaper articles about West's death (1974) and long career in education as well as a thank you note from the Howe Library in Hanover, New Hampshire, regar...