Of All Things by Benchley, Robert C - 1921

Blue Ribbon Books, 1941. scruffed blue boards with bumped and fraying corners, rubbings along spines edes & edges of covers, name on upper ffep, browning pages, tear and missing piece on heel of spine, clean & tight otherwise. Includes Tabloid Editions from THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE / HARPER'S MAGZINE / and THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. Reprint of the original publication of 1921 by Harper and Brothers.. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Illus. by Williams, Gluyas. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Good. Undated 12 tipped in color illustrations. Unmarked hardcover no jacket. Bumped corners wear at top of spine. Brown boards with gilt decoration.

MP3 Audio CD. Of All Things I THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE NEWT It is not generally known that the newt, although one of the smallest of our North American animals, has an extremely happy home-life. It is just one of those facts which never get bruited about. I first became interested in the social phenomena of newt life early in the spring of 1913, shortly after I had finished my researches in sexual differentiation among amœba. Since that time I have practically lived among newts, jotting down observations, making lantern-slides, watching them in their work and in their play (and you may rest assured that the little rogues have their play--as who does not?) until, from much lying in a research posture on my stomach, over the inclosure in which they were confined, I found myself developing what I feared might be rudimentary creepers. And so, late this autumn, I stood erect and walked into my house, where I immediately set about the compilation of the notes I had made. So much for the… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Of All Things I THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE NEWT It is not generally known that the newt, although one of the smallest of our North American animals, has an extremely happy home-life. It is just one of those facts which never get bruited about. I first became interested in the social phenomena of newt life early in the spring of 1913, shortly after I had finished my researches in sexual differentiation among amœba. Since that time I have practically lived among newts, jotting down observations, making lantern-slides, watching them in their work and in their play (and you may rest assured that the little rogues have their play--as who does not?) until, from much lying in a research posture on my stomach, over the inclosure in which they were confined, I found myself developing what I feared might be rudimentary creepers. And so, late this autumn, I stood erect and walked into my house, where I immediately set about the compilation of the notes I had made. So much for the… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-17. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-17. Paperback. Used:Good.

New York:: Henry Holt and Company,, 1921.. First edition.. publisher's cloth (lacking jacket).. Rear hinge cracked; bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown; endpapers lightly foxed; slight use at extremities.. 8vo,.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.