[Rarebooks] FS: Will Rogers, Thurber
Gerard Gormley
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For your kind consideration
ABSTRACTS
O'Brien, P.J~. WILL ROGERS: Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of
Wit and Wisdom~. No publisher or place, 1935 (copyrighted in UK,
printed in USA). This unidentified edition Very hard to find.
Possible First Printing thus.
Thurber, James~. MEN, WOMEN AND DOGS: a Book of Drawings~. NY
NY, USA: Harcourt, Brace, 1943. First Edition.
DETAILS
O'Brien, P.J~. WILL ROGERS: Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of
Wit and Wisdom~. No publisher or place, 1935 (copyrighted in UK,
printed in USA). Keywords: this unidentified edition Very hard
to find -- Biography -- Illustrated (photos) -- English language.
Possible First Printing thus (No Additional Printings indicated).
Hardcover. No dust jacket. 288 pages: black/white photographs
throughout. Binding height: 9-1/4". Full cloth, pictorial
black-stamping, top leaf-edges tinted. Book Good to Very Good:
company name stamped on front fixed end paper, light to moderate
bumping & rubbing to fore-corners & spine-top/bottom, spine faded
& slightly cocked (title still fresh, though). Binding strong &
tight, insides Fine. [Shipping weight: 1.75 lb.]. [Digital JPEG
image available on request]. 2089~. US$70-
Thurber, James~. MEN, WOMEN AND DOGS: a Book of Drawings~. NY
NY, USA: Harcourt, Brace, 1943. Keywords: Art (humor) --
Illustrated -- English language. First Edition (so stated on
copyright-page). Hardcover. No dust jacket. 211 pages:
black/white captioned Thurber drawings throughout. Binding
height: 9-1/2". Black full cloth. Book Very Good to Near Fine:
light bumping & rubbing to spine-top/bottom, light rubbing to
fore-corners, barely visible spot (3/8" diameter) to front.
Binding strong & tight, insides Fine. [Shipping weight: 1.75
lb.]. [Digital JPEG image available on request]. 2092~.
US$50-
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