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HELL-RAISERS OF HISTORY. by Emmons, Earl H - 1948

by Emmons, Earl H

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HELL-RAISERS OF HISTORY. by Emmons, Earl H - 1948

HELL-RAISERS OF HISTORY.

by Emmons, Earl H

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  • Hardcover
Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1948. 92 pp, including colophon, 8vo (8 11/16" H) - patterned paper-covered boards with title block on spine in slipcase with pictorial title label on front (no dust jacket - as issued). B&w illustrations. A collection of humorous verse. Contents: Jupiter - He Had Women on His Mind; Ulysses - His Heart Was True to Helen; Samson - He Just Didn't Like Philistines; David - Magnificent Sinner; Lancelot - Chivalry Should Begin at Home; Villon - Victim of Necessity; Bluebeard - Neatness Is Next to Godliness; Henry VIII - Monarch of Marital Marathon; Cyrano - Fortune's Fabulous Phoney; D'Artagnan - Gascon Glamour Boy; Ben Franklin - America's Gift to Mankind; Casanova - Great Lover; Gasparilla - Pious Pirate; Geronimo - Juggernaut of Justice; Desperate Desmond - An Amatory Washout. Small area of soiling on either side of spine (due to handling when removing book from slipcase), light browning to spine. Slipcase has light rubbing, light browning/darkening to edges, very light soiling. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Illus. by Herb Roth..
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Illustrator Herb Roth.
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition Very Good-
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Peter Pauper Press
  • Place of Publication Mount Vernon, New York
  • Date Published 1948
  • Keywords Illustrated books, Humor, Humour, Humorous poems, Poetry, Jupiter, Ulysses, Samson, David, Lancelot, Villon, Bluebeard, Henry VIII, Cyrano, D'Artagnan, Ben Franklin, Casanova, Gasparilla, Pirates, Knights, Chivalry, Germonimo, Love, Indians, Lovers, P

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hell-raisers of History

by Emmons, Earl H

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by EMMONS, Earl H

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Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Herb Roth. Octavo. Spine toned, thus near fine in a very good slipcase with some chipping and cracking along the edges.
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