SALT WATER TAFFY or, Twenty Thousand Leagues Away from the Sea: The Almost Incredible Autobiography of Capt. Ezra Triplett's Seafaring Daughter

Ford, Corey writing as June Triplett

Verlag: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1929

Beschreibung

With a promotional photograph laid in. Among Ford's most successful books, a parody of Joan Lowell's The Cradle of the Deep (1929). "Salt Water Taffy is presented as the 'autobiography' of one June Triplett; her father, Ezra Triplett, commands a sailing ship whose name constantly changes. Thirty-two photographic illustrations include some of Ford's friends posing as the characters in his parody. Ford used Triplett and her family again in his 1931 Coconut Oil, a parody of African Safari Books" (Steven H. Gale, Encyclopedia of American Humorists). From the library of Emmy Award-winning screenwriter David Lloyd, with his name on the front flyleaf. Octavo: 206 p. with 34 illustrations. Original brown cloth binding, with blue stamping. A near fine copy in an especially bright dust jacket with some general edgewear. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 75417

Bibliografische Details

Titel: SALT WATER TAFFY or, Twenty Thousand Leagues...

Verlag: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1929

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good

Auflage: First Edition.