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My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions
by Frank Shay
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
This is a whimsical book of drinking songs and poems, "My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions - Songs and Ballads of Conviviality" collected by Frank Shay. 1927 1st edition; The Macmillan Company; New York. Nicely illustrated with both full-page and in-text illustrations by John Held Jr. Illustrated end papers. Contents include O! Susana, Casey Jones, Clementine, The Ballad of Captain Kidd, Forty-Nine Bottles, The Dying Hobo, Little Brown Jug, Sweet Rosie, Railroad Bill, Whiskey for My Johnny, Jesse James, There is a Tavern in the Town, The Morning After...and much more.
Condition:Light soiling to the covers. Worn cover corners. The top edge of the spine has 1/2" cloth tears at either side resulting in the top strip of cloth to flap outwards. There is a 1" cloth tear at the bottom-left corner of the spine. The lettering on the spine has faded. Crack at the rear hinge between the end paper and pastedown with the webbing exposed resulting in the back cover being shaky. The text pages are in nice condition and nearly appear unread - clean with no notable issues found. Overall the book is in Good- condition.
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- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8247
- Title
- My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions
- Author
- Frank Shay
- Illustrator
- John Held Jr.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Frank Shay, my Pious Friends, drunken Companions, drinking songs, booze, liquor, alcohol, beverages, mixed drinks, cocktails, beer, ale, wine
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