Under the Whispering Willow with AJC; Just a Few Shades and Shadows of Anything and Anybody by Arthur J. Carruth, Jr - 1930

Topeka, KS: Crane and Company, 1930 Crane and Company, Topeka, KS. 1930. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Saddle stapled binding. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light head, tail, and tip wear; surface rusting to staples. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is securely saddle stapled; text is secure in binding. 52 pp 12mo. Being a Book of Twigs (1930 Edition) selected from the pages of Under the Whispering Willow, a feature appearing each Saturday Evening in The Topeka State Journal. In the mid-1920s the author under the initials AJC began writing the Under the Whispering Willow column which ran on Saturdays for 38 years where he made his commentaries, told his anecdotes, commented on his favorite subjects, and wrote his enduring language. The best were then bound and published in books like this each year. A clean very presentable copy.