Verse and Worse: A Private Collection
by Silcock, Arnold (Drawings by V. H. Drummond)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First softcover edition. VG. Slight creasing to spine. 288 pages. Red paperback. No DW as published. No annotations or inscriptions etc. In the view of the seller, who has owned this copy since his undergraduate days, this is the best selection of funny, comic, and sometimes very wise verse he has ever seen collected in one volume. Authors, Index of First Lines, Index of Titles. Poems are organized thematically, e..g. 'Parodies and Spites', ' The Lunatic Fringe ', 'Rhyming Proverbs' etc. I bought this collection in 1958.
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1556
- Title
- Verse and Worse: A Private Collection
- Author
- Silcock, Arnold (Drawings by V. H. Drummond)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- London: Faber and Faber, 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Verse Poetry Humour Fun Wisdom QSE
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David Edward Hellawell
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