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Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
by Leacock, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto/New York/London: S. B. Gundy/ John Lane Company/The Bodley Head, 1915. 282[+ads.]pp. Duodecimo. First edition. Publisher's ribbed dark blue cloth with gold gilt blocking to the front board and gilt lettering stamped to the spine. Some very light toning to edges of the textblock. A very small bump near the bottom corner of the front board. Light toning to the endpapers where the flaps of the dust jacket rested. The original dust jacket is present and has not been price clipped, but has some minor edgewear and chipping and light fading near the spine. A very good to near fine copy with a very good dust jacket. An early collection of humorous sketches by the Canadian writer and political figure, Stephen Leacock. The dust jacket for this book is quite scarce, especially so in decent condition. 1915
Synopsis
The prudent husbandman, after having taken from his field all the straw that is there, rakes it over with a wooden rake and gets as much again. The wise child, after the lemonade jug is empty, takes the lemons from the bottom of it and squeezes them into a still larger brew. So does the sagacious author, after having sold his material to the magazines and been paid for it, clap it into book-covers and give it another squeeze.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142593
- Title
- Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
- Author
- Leacock, Stephen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- S. B. Gundy/ John Lane Company/The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- Toronto/New York/London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Stephen Leacock
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Glossary
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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