- FIRST EDITION (same 1893 date on title page and copyright page with NO other dates or printings mentioned)- This is NOT an ex-library book and it is NOT a reprint edition- BINDING is original cream cloth with titles and decorative art stamped in dark blue on front cover and spine; binding and text are neat, clean, bright and solid, VG with NO extraneous writings or bookplates. Just light soiling front paste-down and light wear to extremities. OVERALL, a nice, solid 1ST PRINTING COLLECTOR COPY of a SCARCE volume WRITTEN and PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED by L. J. BRIDGMAN.Page after page of DETAILED B&W ILLUSTRATIONS accompanying UNCANNY ADVERTISEMENTS (ficticious), POETRY, and SHORT FAIRY TALES under such headings as: CAPTIVATED; A Walking Wonder; Buns; THE PUK-WUDJIES; The Accomplished Woodchuck; Court Calendar among many others. This work is unpaginated and HEAVILY ILLUSTRATED throughtout with beautifully rendered B&W PEN and INK DRAWINGS by renowned 19TH-CENTURY illustrator L. J. BRIDGMAN. Overall, a nice, solid 1ST PRINTING COLLECTOR COPY of an UNCOMMON work. BK11101114.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

ODD BUSINESS: High Art In Fun, Frolic, and Fancy With The Pencil and Quill

Publisher

D. Lothrop, Boston

Publication Date

1893

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

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