Description:
Small octavo (7 3/4 X 5 1/4 inches) Los Angeles: Los Angeles Examiner, 1920. First Edition. 79 page stapled booklet printed on pulp paper, bound in wrappers, illustrated by the American painter and illustrator B. G. Seielstad, good condition (minor old tape repairs to two portions of covers, neat rubber stamps with name of previous owner on front and back cover, and at top and bottom of title page (the one at the top is for the "Bush Orchestra") Published by the famous Los Angeles Hearst newspaper.The fictional Blinkey Ben dispenses his folksy, small town, suggestive observations to the "Sporting Editor," and the "Night Editor" while using local scenery, and a few local celebrities to philosophize about the good old days.
