VII +123 + (1) PAGES. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 600 COPIES, TITLE PAGE AND LABEL BY WILL RANSOM. WILL RANSOM WAS AMERICA'S FOREMOST GRAPHIC DESIGNER. HIS PAPER LABEL DESIGNS ARE ON THE SPINE AND ON THE INSIDE OF THE REAR COVER. BROWN PATTERNED PAPER BOARD COVERS. MANY OF RICHARD ATWATER'S POEMS IN THIS BOOK ARE LAID OUT IN AN INTERSTING ZIG ZAG PATTERN. ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, THE ZIG ZAG PATTERN WAS INVENTED BY A MINSTREL POET NAMED TLIZLI IN 1376 BC. RICHARD ATWATER WAS A "GREEK CLASSICS" PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. HE WROTE POETRY AND SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN'S BOOKS INCLUDING, "MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS." Size: 4 1/16" X 6 7/16".

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Bibliographic Details

Title

RICKETY RIMES OF RIQ

Publisher

ROBERT O. BALLOU, CHICAGO, IL

Publication Date

1925

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

WILL RANSOM

Edition

LIMITED FIRST EDITION.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED

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