Language: English
Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington
Seller: Legacy Books, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. (1984), x, 144pp, illustrated. Fine in Fine dj. Signed and dated by the author. Kin Hubbard's cracker-barrel philosopher, Abe Martin, and the other characters in the imaginary community of Bloom Center (Brown County, Indiana), were a fixture in over three hundred newspapers around the country for twenty-six years. Hubbard also published twenty five annuals beginning in 1906. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Chatto and Windus, London, England, 1835
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Signed
12mo. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers. (viii), 160; (ii), 161-388; (viii), 184; (ii), 185-428 pages. 4 Volumes. First volume with prefatory remarks. Illustrations by George Cruikshank (Cohn 184) and other illustrators. In a signed binding by W. Roach from NY. An assortment of humorous matter. Each volume with frontispiece (a foldout in the third volume). Black and white plates, and illustrations in text, throughout. According to Cohn, this is a complete run. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges and along spine. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London (1880)
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. SIGNED BY BENNETT CERF ON FFEP ON EACH VOLUME without personalization. From the library of Bennett Cerf (May 25, 1898-August 27, 1971). Cerf was one of the founders of Random House publishing and the author and publisher of a number of humor books. Several hundred illustrations by Cruikshank including foldout frontispiece in series two. Bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration spines and front covers. Mild scattered foxing, mostly to preliminaries. A very handsome set with one corner bumped on series one. 388 pp. 428 pp. + 32 pp publisher's catalog rear.