THE MAXIMS OF METHUSELAH; Being the Advice given by the Patriarch in his Nine Hundred Sixty and Ninth Year to his Great Grandson at Shem's Coming of Age / IN REGAARD TO WOMEN / By Gelett Burgess . . . / With Illustrations, Decorations, and Cover Design by Louis D. Fancher
by Burgess, Gelett
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1907. First Edition. Cloth and pictorial boards. Very Good/None. Louis D. Fancher. 12mo (7 1/8" x 5"), green backstrip and pictorial boards depicting a Art Nouveau bearded old man / Methuselah, illustrated with frontispiece and three full-page plates and decorative pages by Louis D. Fancher, Introduction by the humorist Burgess (19pp), 108 decorative pages by Fancher with Ra-wings on top and two Egyptian lightly clad women flanking each page. Frank Gelett Burgess (1866 - 1951) was an artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, he is best known as a writer of nonsense verse. <br/><br/>These Maxims are light-hearted spoofs and questionable "biblical" advice about women presented in an attractive format.<br/><br/>Very Good Condition overall. Tight, clean copy with unfoxed plates and light wear to boards. Thin scrape on front cover by Methuselah's cheek and slight bumping to corners. Lacks dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6394
- Title
- THE MAXIMS OF METHUSELAH; Being the Advice given by the Patriarch in his Nine Hundred Sixty and Ninth Year to his Great Grandson at Shem's Coming of Age / IN REGAARD TO WOMEN / By Gelett Burgess . . . / With Illustrations, Decorations, and Cover Design by Louis D. Fancher
- Author
- Burgess, Gelett
- Illustrator
- Louis D. Fancher
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and pictorial boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Illustrated, humor, satire, Art Nouveau
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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