Uncle Walt

Walt Mason

Verlag: George Matthew Adams, Chicago, 1910

Beschreibung

First printing. A collection of homespun and often humorous essays in rhyme by a newspaper columnist, "Uncle Walt" Mason. Contains an introduction by William Allen White, the famous small-town publisher of the Emporia (Kansas) Gazette, where Walt Mason worked as an editor. 189 pp. Arranged and decorated by Will Bradley, now best known for his poster designs. Includes a photograph frontispiece opposite the title page of the author with a facsimile inscription to the publisher. The designated frontispiece listed in the illustrations is a cartoon by John T. McCutcheon; other illustrations are by William Stevens. TEG and other side edges deckled. Bound in dark brown cloth. The front cover is decorated with an unusually bold title in orange over a scene in which a man, clearly the author himself, in a black vest and white shirt leans back in a chair, feet up, and appears to philosophize with a small audience of the faithful, who are dressed in the cloth brown, wearing a variety of hats. Untypically, the cover design has no border but bleeds to the very edge of the cover. Bradley's signature "B" is in the lower right hand corner. The spine has a mirthful mask, a simple orange line, and lettering in black. This copy has a name written in pencil on the front flyleaf and also at the top of page 13. The unnumbered page 15/16 is missing, containing a recto dedication to James C. Mason and a verso cartoon to go with the first essay. The spine end corners are worn. Otherwise, the book is solid and the front cover is in very good condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000773

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Uncle Walt

Verlag: George Matthew Adams, Chicago

Erscheinungsdatum: 1910

Einband: Decorative Cloth

Illustrator: John T. McCutcheon and William Stevens

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition