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Stephen Greene Press, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
The Verse by the Side of the Road: The Story of the Burma-Shave Signs and Jingles; Containing all 600 Roadside Rhymes by Frank Rowsome, Jr - 1973
by Frank Rowsome, Jr
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The Verse by the Side of the Road: The Story of the Burma-Shave Signs and Jingles; Containing all 600 Roadside Rhymes
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Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1973 Stephen Greene Press, Brattleboro, VT. 1973. Hardcover. 10th Printing by Line Nunmber. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on half-title page. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good +; bump and small closed tear at head; slight bumping to top of front panel. Yellow boards and spine with bright red lettering on spine. 121 pp 8vo. After decades of enlivening motor travel, the Burma-Shave signs have vanished from the American highway. Beginning with a few sets of signs along Highway 65 in Minnesota, this fabulous and funny "commercial Mother-Goose" grew into a national institution numbering over 7,000 sets in 43 states. A collection of the choicest, best-remembered jingles. A clean pristine copy in Brodart mylar.
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- Publisher Stephen Greene Press
- Place of Publication Brattleboro, VT
- Date Published 1973
- Keywords BURMA-SHAVE, BURMA-VITA COMPANY, HIGHWAY 65 IN MINNESOTA, BURMA-SHAVE SIGNS AND JINGLES, ADVERTISING, BRUSHLESS SHAVING CREAM, automobiles, highway advertising, highway signs, limericks, catchy phrases, roadside rhymes
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Brattleboro VT.: Stephen Greene Press., 1973. 10th printing.. Hard cover. Fair in good dust jacket. Good reading copy. Covers and jacket have old mildew stains, red dye moisture transfer. No odor. Clean text pages.. 1 Yellow cloth over boards. Red spine titles, end papers. American Studies. Roadside marketing product history including an appendix listing texts of all Burma-Shave signs, which were various sequential jingle series (with some noted changes). They were placed along american roadways from 1927 into 1939. The final jingle line for each was Burma-Shave.
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Stephen Greene Press, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores. Hard cover with DJ. Good condition. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards and DJ. Clean, tight binding. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.
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Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1978. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Carl Rose. 121 pp. Fifteenth printing. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket is slightly chipped along the upper and lower edges.
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