How to Live Life by Carruthers, Jack - 1929

Los Angeles: Abbey Handset Press and Bindery, 1929. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine. First Edition. xiii, [1-blank], [15]-41, [1-blank], [1-limitation], [1-blank], [1-printer info] pages. Green cloth spine over decorated paper covers.5 x 6 1/2 inches. Partially unopened, uncut. Boards. "This hitherto unattempted experimental 'dictaphone look' into an average child's soul has been published for the Fathersonians of America to demonstrate that any child can and does use the material of his own experience to create his own philosophy of life in his own personal way and not as a parrot nor as an adult echo merely...Supply any child with the freeing tools of self expression under minimum laboratory transcription procedures and the proof of the mysterious miracle of personal creative thought becomes a scientific and apodeictic fact, beyond the reach of any explanatory formula" (J. C., page) Carruthers was apparently a pseudonym for Clyde Browne, and this imprint, the Fathersonian Press, was a shared imprint between he and his son Jack. An article on "the Bohemnian Brownes of the Arroyo Seco" is included providing that connection and some great history on the Brownes. The printer page notes "this book was set by hand by Clyde Browne Printer in his very best manner and after printing two hundred copies the types were distributed." Limitation page notes this is copy no 55 of "Two hundred copies have been printed for the Fathersonian Press of America from hand-set Poliphilus Italian face type cast by Goudy's Village Letter Foundery of Marlboro-on-Hudson and done at the Abbey Handset Press and Bindery of Clyde Browne, Theodore S. Holbrook and John Carruthers, Sr., at the olden Abbey of San Encino, hardby Arroyo Seco ford at Garvanza Oldtown, Los Angeles MCMXXIX" Page 40 notes "Here ends the fourth chapter on Life 99 percent verbatim as transcribed from two Ediphone records made solely by the 8-year-old author absolutely without help from anyone." Scarce with only 5 copies in OCLC/Worldcat as of this writing.