Meaning No Offense - Being Some of the Life, Adventures and Opinions of Trader Riddell, and Old Book Reviewer, in the Dark Continent of Contemporary Literature: Including and Assortment of Strange Interviews and Literary Follies by Riddell, John - 1928

The John Day Company, 1928T. hardcover. Good. 1.2000 7.4000 5.3000.

New York: The John Day Company, 1928. Book. Illus. by Covarrubias. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 118 Pages .

The John Day Company. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners, with the corners slightly rubbed through. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges, with a large piece missing from the front panel. A scarce dust jacket. The author, Cory Ford, used a pseudonym when writing this title.; 177 pages .

New York: John Day Company, ( 1928 ). Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Miguel COVARRUBIAS. .8vo, 177 pages, clothbacked boards, shelfworn. Chapters include, "Bridge of San Thornton Wilder", "The Man Who Knew Lewis", "Do Fishes Perspire?", and "Dead Novelists Are Good Novelists". With cover illustrations, and portraits by Covarrubias of Eugene O'Neill, Theodore Dreiser, Martin Johnson, Sinclair Lewis, Carl Van Vechten, William Beebe. This is the third printing of the book, but also a Special Edition of Two Hundred and Fifty Numbered Copies (this is no. 48) prepared for Mr. A. Kroch for his friends' delectation." Signed by A[dolph]. Kroch. He was the founder of Kroch's Book Store chain in Chicago.

The John Day Company. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0.

New York: John day Company, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Covarrubias. The author, John Riddell was a book reviewer for Vanity Fair in the 20's and 30's. This book is dedicated for Frank Crowninshield, the editor and chief of Vanity Fair from 1914-1936. The forward reads in part, "This is a bumptious book, more full of sheer wango and utter pht! than you are likely to find in a doy's march in search or crumpets. Theses untutored memories of a senile reviewer adventuring amid last year's Best Sellers, recorded with a sarcomic pen in a Lexington Avenue doss-hose, what I mean to say, not a scone's throw from Broadway, where was I? Book is in very good condition . Spine is faded but still readable, corners are worn, top stain is still apparent and bottom and fore edge is untrimmed. Tipped in a note from the publisher about the untimely death of Miss Frances Newman, whose novel, DEAD LOVERS ARE… Read More