TALL STORIES: THE RISE AND TRIUMPH OF THE GREAT AMERICAN WHOPPER
by Thomas, Lowell
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1931. "The practise of talking tall is, of course, old in American custom. It has been one of the classic elements of American comedy. Tall stories have been told for generations." 245 pages with index. Orange cloth covers with corners that are bumped, rubbed and faded edges. Spine is faded and spine tips are bent. Cover appears darkened and dirty. Cocked spine. Two laid-in newspaper articles on front inside cover and front free endpaper, with ffep stained yellow from newspaper exposire. Inscription written on front inside cover. Author's signature in green ink on ffep. Front hinge broken. Stamp from bookstore on back free endpaper. Light browning and foxing throughout interior. Book in Good condition.. Signed by Author. Fifth Printing. Cloth. Good. Illus. by Herb Roth. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 8 1/2". Humor.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005982
- Title
- TALL STORIES: THE RISE AND TRIUMPH OF THE GREAT AMERICAN WHOPPER
- Author
- Thomas, Lowell
- Illustrator
- Herb Roth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Fifth Printing
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Comedy, Humor
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About the Seller
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Laid-in
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...