In Praise Of Folly (1466-1536)

Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1930. Trade Edition. Paperback. c1930. This is a trade paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean bright condition, with some sunning to the spine and edges of the covers. The text pages are clean, but toned. "After working for various newspapers, Julius rose to particular prominence as an editor (1915-1922) of the Appeal to Reason, a socialist newspaper with a large but declining national circulation. He and his first wife, Marcet Haldeman (whose last name he adopted in hyphenate), purchased the Appeal's printing operation in Girard, Kansas and began printing 3.5" x 5" pocket books on cheap pulp paper (similar to that used in pulp magazines), stapled in paper cover. These were first were called The Appeal's Pocket Series and sold in 1919 for 25 cents. The covers were either red or yellow. Over the next several years Haldeman-Julius changed the name successively to The People's Pocket Series, Appeal Pocket Series, Ten Cent Pocket Series, Five Cent Pocket Series, Pocket Series and finally in 1923, Little Blue Books.[The five cent price of the books remained in place for many years. Many titles of classic literature were given lurid titles in order to increase sales. Eventually, millions of copies per year were sold in the late 1920s." (from Wikipedia) .