Chicago & New York: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1897. Book. Illus. by McCutcheon, John T. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ii + 198 pp + 18 pp, ffep with light pencilled previous owner's name & city, 4.6" x 6.9" light brown cloth boards, brown design and letters to covers and spine. Binding tight, with slight forward lean. Front hinge with slight separation pp 2-3 & fly-t.p., gilt top edge. Light cloth wear at top/bottom spine corners. Very light soil / fox to cover cloth. George Ade was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and the liberal use of capitalization in his characters' dialog..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008957
Title: Pink Marsh: A Story of the Streets and Town
Author: Ade, George
Illustrator: McCutcheon, John T.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Herbert S. Stone & Co.
Place of Publication: Chicago & New York
Date Published: 1897
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Keywords: George Ade - (February 9, 1866 - May 16, 1944- humorist - street dialogues - late 19th century Chicago
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