Introduction By Ethel Reader. Being Some Of The Life, Adventures And Opinions Of Trader Riddell, An Old Book Reviewer, In The Dark Continent Of Contemporary Literature. Including An Assortment Of Strange Interviews And Literary Follies.
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Introduction By Ethel Reader. Being Some Of The Life, Adventures And Opinions Of Trader Riddell, An Old Book Reviewer, In The Dark Continent Of Contemporary Literature. Including An Assortment Of Strange Interviews And Literary Follies.
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Illustrated by Covarrubias. Very Good- Gilt spine lettering faded. Previous owners name in front free endpaper. Binding not tight; A collection of humorous anecdotes by the book reviewer for Vanity Fair which hold up well today, slightly reminiscent of Twain. And the illustrations by Covarrubias complete the package! ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 177 pages.
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Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners, with the corners slightly rubbed through. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges, with a large piece missing from the front panel. A scarce dust jacket. The author, Cory Ford, used a pseudonym when writing this title.; 177 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) SIGNED by Chicago bookseller Adolph Kroch and numbered #113/250 on the limitation page. This special, third edition was published in 1928 for Kroch. A fine, brightly colored illustrated Christmas/New Years card issued by A. Kroch in 1928 is laid in. John Riddell was the pseudonym of humorist Corey Ford. The book is tightly bound in orange paper-covered illustrated boards. Light edge wear, spotting and fading to spine titles. The endpapers and early pages show light foxing and some spots; the text itself remains clean and unmarked. The unclipped ($2.00 net. ) dust jacket shows fading at spine, folds and rear and light chipping and small closed tears. An unusual piece of Chicago bookselling history.