LIPSCOMB'S LITTLE BOOK OF TALL TALES.
Published by [no place - probably either Macon or Starkville, MS]: James N. Lipscomb, [no date, circa 1976].
- First Edition
- Signed
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
AbeBooks seller since March 23, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 17.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Probable first edition (no direct statement) DATED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [2], 28, [2] pages (plus covers). Staple-bound paperback booklet: H 22.5cm x L 14.75cm. Tan paper covers mildly toned with some soiling. Author's five-line ink inscription "3/26/76 - | There's a time to laugh and | A time to cry. | Take you choice for | two bucks - J.N. Lipscomb." at bottom of first leaf; some soiling at center fore-edge margin of page 28; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy. In 1921 Lipscomb was appointed Professor of Agricultural Economics at Mississippi State College (aka Mississippi A&M - MSU, Mississippi State University) and served as Dean of the School of Agriculture from 1924-1950. Text features a collection of the author's jokes, humorous stories, and quips. {MS-Shelf#4}.
Seller Inventory # Z626X-9181
Bibliographic details
- Title
- LIPSCOMB'S LITTLE BOOK OF TALL TALES.
- Author
- Lipscomb, James N. [James Napoleon Lipscomb aka Jim Lipscombe], 1888-1977.
- Publisher
- [no place - probably either Macon or Starkville, MS]: James N. Lipscomb, [no date, circa 1976].
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Americana-Mississippi
David Hallinan, Bookseller
Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since March 23, 1998
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