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TOMMY RHYMES
by Diehl, Arthur V
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Marshall Jones Company [The Plimpton Press: Norwood, Mass.], 1921. First Edition. brown pictorial cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Arthur V. Diehl. Presentation Copy SIGNED with an Original Pen Drawing of a Dying WWI Soldier by the Poet-Illustrator laid in [It may have been a front endpaper that was added to this text by the author for this "Author's Edition."]<br/> 12 mo, brown pictorial cloth, matching pictorial tan and black dust jacket, [viii] + 100 pages. Exceptional copy of this Rare and engaging collection of jingling First World War poems that have solemn content.<br/> It's the sort of poetry that men at war chant while marching or sing with bravado. With faint though handsomely inscribed brown ink note by the author-artist: "This Volume is No. 32 of the Author's Edition. A.Y.D." on half title.<br/> <br/> Excellent though pathos-filled ink drawing of three dead Tommies lying in cratered ground beneath barbed wire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144
- Title
- TOMMY RHYMES
- Author
- Diehl, Arthur V
- Illustrator
- Arthur V. Diehl
- Format/Binding
- Brown pictorial cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Marshall Jones Company [The Plimpton Press: Norwood, Mass.]
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- World War I, rhymes, original drawing, tragedy, private press, presentation, signed, [144 TOMMY RHYMES $185/$35 de GALAN uses other name, canada, sale blown wife fell]
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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