[Rarebooks] FS: INSCRIBED Will Rogers THE ILLITERATE DIGEST

[Charles Agvent]

ROGERS, Will. THE ILLITERATE DIGEST. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 
1924. First Edition. Blue cloth. Illustrated with 28 drawings featuring 
Rogers by Nate Collier. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front 
endpaper: "To a friend/of Eddie Cantors/and if you are/you are a 
friend/of mine/Will Rogers." Meditations of the most popular American 
humorist of the times. Included are personal sketches of the Prince of 
Wales, Presidents Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge, as well as ruminations 
on corsets, how to eat soup, gum chewing, and the future. 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 and member of the Cherokee Nation, especially with 
such a fine inscription, are uncommon. Owner name at the top of the 
front endpaper; front hinge with the paper separating but the front 
cover is tight; a couple of pages lightly dogeared. Covers a bit rubbed 
with the spine faded and stained though the lettering is still readable. 
Very Good, lacking a dustwrapper. (#020041)     $1,250

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