[Rarebooks] FS: Two SIGNED copies of Will Rogers's THE ILLITERATE DIGEST

[Charles Agvent]

ROGERS, Will. THE ILLITERATE DIGEST. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 
1924. First Edition. Blue cloth. Illustrated with drawings. INSCRIBED 
and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper nearly filling the page: 
"To/J.C. Calhoun/a Friend/from/Will Rogers/(almost an author)/New York. 
Nov 15, 24." Rogers was born in Indian Territory in 1879 and had some 
Native American blood in his veins. He began in vaudeville and moved on 
to motion pictures, a career that was cut short when he died in a small 
plane crash in 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska. Perhaps he was best 
known, however, for his syndicated newspaper column which had such a 
massive following that the proposition that he run for President was 
once seriously advanced. His saying, "All I know is what I read in the 
newspapers," became a popular catchword of the times. Books signed or 
inscribed by this most popular of American humorists, especially with 
such a fine inscription, are uncommon. About Fine, lacking a 
dustwrapper. (#012049)        $1,500.00

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ROGERS, Will. THE ILLITERATE DIGEST. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 
1924. First Edition. Blue cloth with a white cloth spine and somewhat 
larger than the trade edition. Illustrated with drawings. Copy #40 of 
250 copies SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Rogers was born 
in Indian Territory in 1879 and had some Native American blood in his 
veins. He began in vaudeville and moved on to motion pictures, a career 
that was cut short when he died in a small plane crash in 1935 near 
Point Barrow, Alaska. Perhaps he was best known, however, for his 
syndicated newspaper column which had such a massive following that the 
proposition that he run for President was once seriously advanced. His 
saying, "All I know is what I read in the newspapers," became a popular 
catchword of the times. Books signed or inscribed by this most popular 
of American humorists are rather uncommon. Near Fine, lacking a 
dustwrapper. (#014898)        $1,500.00

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