London: Hutchinson & Co. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Boards faded, circular mark on front board, spine faded, extremities rubbed, corners and head and tail of spine bumped. Cloth splitting at head/tail of spine. Previous owners inscription on front pastedown. E/p's browning. Internally tight and quite clean, a little foxing. A good+ reading copy. No date, 1930"s. 256 pp. Illus in black and white. Black and white frontis. Will Rogers ( 1879 - 1935 ) was an American folk-hero who was killed in an aeroplane crash. He started out as a ranch-hand, but from 1902 appeared in a variety of Wild West shows as The Cherokee Kid. Subsequently, stage work, journalism and radio were followed by a successful career in film where his ad-libbing earned him a reputation as a home-spun philosopher, encapsulating the wisdom on the common man. ; 002962; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002962
Title: Will Rogers. Ambassador of Good Will.
Author: O'Brien, P. J
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: Politics, Author, American Interest, History, 20th Century, American Folk Hero, Wild West, Journalist, Stage

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.