RICKETY RIMES OF RIQ

Language: English

Published by ROBERT O. BALLOU, CHICAGO, IL, 1925

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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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Title
RICKETY RIMES OF RIQ
Author
RICHARD ATWATER, Illustrated by WILL RANSOM
Publisher
ROBERT O. BALLOU, CHICAGO, IL
Publication year
1925
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
WILL RANSOM
Edition
LIMITED FIRST EDITION.
Seller catalogs
CHICAGO, CHICAGO PUBLISHER, POETRY

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