1984, ISBN: 9780313226335

LONDON: BRADLEY & SON, 1935 96 pages,faded blue card covers heavily marked to rear[foxing/fading blotches],even fade to spine not effecting lettering/title, 2mm line closed tear to sp… Meer...

LONDON: BRADLEY & SON, 1935 96 pages,faded blue card covers heavily marked to rear[foxing/fading blotches],even fade to spine not effecting lettering/title, 2mm line closed tear to spine base ,sketch to front - interior clean througout,no inscsp,sound bindings.[price 1/-],1935 2nd Imp.,1 page listed line drawings by H Mckie, 15 chpts[upper reachses/embankment/Greenwich/Gallions/Tower/Upper pool/Southwark etc..][The River Thames], BRADLEY & SON, 1935, London: Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1935. Not First Edition. Hardcover. Missing DJ, splits to top of sunned spine, some discolouration to boards, pencil sketch to inside rear cover, some foxing to inside covers, endpapers and edges of reading block. Sunday School presentation plate to inside front cover dated 1935.; Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind embossed decoration to front. Good reading copy. Colour frontis and plates by Paul Hardy. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; Colour Illustrations; 208 pages; The story of a mischievous young boy with a good heart. By mistake, he winds up on the ship Firefly with his friend Barney O’Flannagan, headed to the South Seas. Escaping pirates and surviving a shipwreck, the two explore South America in a series of adventures. ., Blackie & Son Ltd., 1935, Westport, Connecticut & London: Greenwood Press, 1984. Brand New in perfect condition. Just removed from the publisher's clear plastic shrink wrap so we could write this description. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. First printing with "First published in 1984" and complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. A fine biography and useful bibliography of this noted humorist. Contains a preface and 7 major sections as follows: 1) The Life of Will Rogers (1879-1935) -- A Brief Sketch; 2) The Profound Appeal Will Rogers, 1920-1935; 3) The Vision of Will Rogers: An Intellectual Montage; 4) A Bibliographical Essay on Primary and Secondary Sources for the Study of Will Rogers; 5) A Checklist of Sources Concerning Will Rogers [writings by him; writings about him; films about him; available commercial recordings; etc.]; 6) Chronology and Synopses [including a filmography and an annotated radio log]; 7) Archival material: The Will Rogers Memorial and Elsewhere [a detailed description of the major archival holdings of Rogers material]. Illustrated with numerous vintage photographs as well as a few drawings and newspaper cartoons. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original yellow cloth, stamped in black on the spine and front cover. No jacket (issued in clear plastic shrink wrap). According to a review in CHOICE magazine this is one of the better offerings in Greenwood's Popular Culture Bio-Bibliographies' series.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xiii, 285pp., Greenwood Press, 1984<

1984, ISBN: 9780313226335

Hardcover book. 282 pages. Published by Greenwood Press (1984) Media > Book, [PU: Greenwood Press]

ISBN: 9780313226335

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