[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED Limited Will Rogers THE ILLITERATE DIGEST in Attractive Binding

[Charles Agvent]

ROGERS, Will. THE ILLITERATE DIGEST. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 
1924. First Edition. Somewhat larger than the trade edition, this copy 
has an attractive modern 3/4 brown morocco leather binding by Sangorski 
& Sutcliffe with gilt rules on the covers and a gilt-decorated and 
lettered spine with five raised bands, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 
drawings. Copy #34 of 250 copies SIGNED by the author on the front 
endpaper, this copy with the initials "P. H." beneath the number. 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 are rather 
uncommon. Fine. (#021511)        $1,250

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