St. Paul, MN: Brown & Bigelow, ( 1935 ). First Edition. stapled wrappers. Fine. Oblong 16mo, 48 unnumbered pages, the likely original mailing envelope is not present, but this copy was sent with the compliments of the Heatbath Corporation of Springfield, Mass.

A humorous "sales catalog" showing photographs of - apparently genuine - outhouses (from Plentywood, Montana to Skowhegan, Maine), each given a model name (e.g., a somewhat tilted one is called "Leaning Tower") and catalog nos. for ordering from "The L.A. Vitorie Company" [ Got it? Lavatory ... ]. Apparently Greer's only book. This one is very, very clever. Each loo is also priced Each description is written like a genuine sale catalogue, and an achievement by the copywriter to find enough different words to describe each product. For example, The Sportsman model is "Complete with a trailer hitch and pontoons for boat use,". The Eureka: " The special open back permits the owner to find out whether or not the donnicker is in use. By merely looking through it he gains the desired information by counting the number of feet or legs seen there, thus saving tiresome walks up and down the hill every time the dooley is used."

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Bookseller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 20220656
Title: GEMS OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
Author: GREER, William Royal
Format/Binding: Stapled wrappers
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Brown & Bigelow
Place of Publication: St. Paul, MN
Date Published: ( 1935 )
Keywords: outhouses architecture humor humour Heatbath Corporation

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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.

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