Bates Brainless (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. card covers with illus of little bear in bed -reading. Billious Brown (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A very scarce First World War parody songbook based on popular American wartime tunes, illustrated with humorous vignette illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.First edition.A very scarce copy of this work, with no copies held institutionally.A collection of humorous parody songs based on popular American wartime tunes, drawn from verses circulating among active-duty soldiers.Illustrated with humorous vignette illustrations throughout.The final pages advertise Bates"s other wartime comic works, including Trench Gas: A Bunch of Clever Nuts, How to be a Soldier and The Life and Death of the Kaiser. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Crease to lower corner of front wrap. Creasing down the center of the rear wrap, with the odd closed tear along the crease. Three marks of glue residue to rear wrap with slight paper residue to upper mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots. Very Good Indeed. None Stated (illustrator). book. …

Wraps. Condition: Good. Illustrated wraps. 9 by 4 inches. 16 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, by Billious Brown. A humorous guide for the US soldier returning home from World War I, from dealing with family, friends and jobs, alluding to the difficulties in readjusting to life through satire and humor. It also takes the same tone when discussing military life. Apparently written by an illustrator who worked for th A.M. David company. GOOD+ condition. General toning. Minor soiling. Some creasing and scuffing to the corners and extremities.…