BED RIDDANCE
by Nash, Ogden
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/About Very Good
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1971. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/About Very Good. Nash's humorous poetry and light verse was a staple of "The New Yorker" through the middle decades of the 20th century and some two dozen of the poems in this collection first appeared in that magazine. A small sample titled, "The Pizza:" "Look at itsy-bitsy Mitzi!/See her figure slim and ritzy!/She eatsa pizza!/Greedy Mitzi!/She no longer itsy-bitsy!" The line drawing illustrations by Milton Glaser are a bonus; bottom end of spine lightly bumped, top edge of text lightly foxed, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; white dustjacket missing small chip at top of spine, with some soiling and staining on both panels, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003836
- Title
- BED RIDDANCE
- Author
- Nash, Ogden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- About Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- POETRY, HUMOR, ILLNESS, HEALTH, LIGHT VERSE,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Humor; Miscellaneous;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Tight
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- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
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- O/W
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- New
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