[AMERICANA] [HUMOR] AMERICA IN RHYME AND WORSE. BRUSH UP ON YOUR HISTORY.

C. Schilling (Author) (IIlustrator)

Los Angeles, California: Self-publihsed, 1939.

8vo. (8 3/4” x 6 1/4”); quarter brown suede over burgundy cloth with decorations and titling in faded gilt; [x], 11-111, followed by [1] with “Official Codes”; comic quatrains, 3 to a page, each illustrated with simple line drawings printed in burgundy;there is a previous owner name and address on the pastedown the book housed in publisher’s slipcase.~~A nice period piece: “The sketches of such people as Columbus, Queen Isabella, Brigham Young and Champlain are, quite naturally, not sketched from life. I was not personally acquainted with them. On the other hand, neither were your. And so you cannot prove that they didn’t look like that.” (Note from the Author).~~Uncommon. We locate 4 copies on OCLC.

Very Good binding.
Item #295761

Price: $75.00