Facts for the Fool-Killer
by Hill, Ridgway
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Buffalo, NY: The Argo Book Concern, 1909. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Scarce collection of fun verse revolving around mostly abstract words or concepts. 8vo. 100 pp. Every other page with a colorful illustration. The format is on the right page is a word, such as "civil", "brutality", "thought", etc., defined with drollery, with a two line qualification, sometimes rhymed, pointing to the facing page on which a limerick-styled nonsense verse accompanies an equally whimsical illustration. The cover has edge soiling and some wear besides.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002733
- Title
- Facts for the Fool-Killer
- Author
- Hill, Ridgway
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Argo Book Concern
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo, NY
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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