Nonsenseorship: Sundry Observations Concerning Prohibitions, Inhibitions, and Illegalities
by Brown, Heywood, et al., ed. by G. P. Putnam
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- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. First American Edition. Boards. Fair. Ralph Barton. 181 pages, no dust jacket is present, illus., binding cracked in several places, text has darkened, some foxing to text, boards worn, small tears and small pieces missing at spine, bookplate inside front board, ink name of previous owner inside front flyleaf A collection of humorous pieces on inhibitions and prohibitions. Contributors include Heywood Broun, George S. Chappell, Ruth Hale, Ben Hecht, Wallace Irwin, Robert Keable, Helen Bullitt Lowry, Frederick O'Brien, Dorothy Parker, Frank Swinnerton, H. M. Tomlinson, Charles Hanson Towne, John V. A. Weaver, Alexander Woollcott, and the Author of The Mirrors of Washington.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72084
- Title
- Nonsenseorship: Sundry Observations Concerning Prohibitions, Inhibitions, and Illegalities
- Author
- Brown, Heywood, et al., ed. by G. P. Putnam
- Illustrator
- Ralph Barton
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Humor, Heywood Broun, George S. Chappell, Ruth Hale, Ben Hecht, Wallace Irwin, Robert Keable, Helen Bullitt Lowry, Frederick O'Brien, Dorothy Parker, Frank Swinnerton, H. M. Tomlinson, Charles Hanson Towne, John V. A. Weaver, Alexander Woollcott
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