Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
by Leacock, Stephen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hopkins, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Lane Company, 1915. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in original blue cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Inner hinges are weak with partial tears. Top fore edge corners are bumped and the corners are slightly rounded. Wear to the edges. Spine is lightly faded. Gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper. Very good condition for its age.
Synopsis
The prudent husbandman, after having taken from his field all the straw that is there, rakes it over with a wooden rake and gets as much again. The wise child, after the lemonade jug is empty, takes the lemons from the bottom of it and squeezes them into a still larger brew. So does the sagacious author, after having sold his material to the magazines and been paid for it, clap it into book-covers and give it another squeeze.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walther's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003588
- Title
- Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
- Author
- Leacock, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- HUMOUR WIT NOVEL HUMOR
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Walther's Books
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Hopkins, Minnesota
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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