Desert Rat Scrap Book, Packet Two of Pouch Six
by Harry Oliver
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pleasanton, California, United States
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About This Item
Thousand Palms, CA: Harry Oliver, [1953]. First edition; 17 x 22" (folded double three times); heavy cream-colored stock; profusely illustrated with cover art by Art Loomer; minor puncture to lower fold-line and a small rubbed spot to front cover, else minor wear to edges; overall very good to near fine condition.The "Desert Rat Scrap Book" (or DSRB) was a (somewhat irregularly published) quarterly Southwestern humor periodical created by art director, humorist, and artist Harry Oliver. Boasting to be "the smallest newspaper in the world" and the "only newspaper in America you can open in the wind," the current Packet Two, or The Contentment Packet, included the second installment of western-novels writer Dane Coolidge's "Death Valley Scotty, Prospector and Showman," Don Blanding's "The Desert," and the hilarious article "Mule Decides to Quit Army," etc. Considered by many to be the precursor to the zine culture - few copies of Oliver's journal have survived
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Details
- Seller
- The Book Lair, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- BL-000940
- Title
- Desert Rat Scrap Book, Packet Two of Pouch Six
- Author
- Harry Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Pamphlet
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harry Oliver
- Place of Publication
- Thousand Palms, CA
- Date Published
- 1953
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Book Lair, ABAA
Biblio member since 2015
Pleasanton, California
About The Book Lair, ABAA
The Book Lair deals in rare and/or interesting items in many fields with a focus on Miniature Books and Modern Firsts. We are especially interested in unique cookbooks, children's books, Californiana, Edward Gorey, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, and Ian Fleming/James Bond Books.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
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