The road to Miltown: The road to Miltown; or, Under the spreading atrophy
by Perelman , S. J
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*The road to Miltown - Perelman , S. J.
Just acceptable shape well-read book-not PDF print- red boards/beige wrapped spine – red wash top book – deckle edges -worn pages – no DJ- info from DJ pasted front book – small separation – book block is still intact– just acceptable condition – not a PDF-S. J. Perelman & humorist, author, and screenwriter. Best known - humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker. -see pictures- And thou beside me, yacketing in the wilderness -- Short easterly squall, with low visibility and rising gorge -- Cloudland : When to the sessions of sweet silent films -- No starch in the dhoti, s'il vous plaît -- De gustibus ain't what dey used to be -- I am not now, nor have I ever been, a matrix of lean meat -- Cloudland : Roll on, thou deep and dark scenario, roll -- The saucier's apprentice -- Whereas, the former premises being kaput -- My heart's in the highlands, and my neckband, too -Cloudland : Vintage swine -Long time no sheepskin -The swirling cape and the low bow -Genuflection in the sun -Cloudland: The wickedest woman in Larchmont - Swindle sheet with blueblood engrailed, arrant fibs rampant -Come on in, the liability's fine --This little piggy went to market -Cloudland : I'm sorry I made me cry --Danger: molting plumage --Sorry, no phone or mail orders -Don't tell me, pretty gypsy --Cloudland: By the waters of razz-ma-tazz -Next week at the Prado: Frankie Goya plus monster cast --I'll always call you Schnorrer, my African explorer -One comely babe, piping hot --Cloudland: "M" is for the migraine that she gave me --You're my everything, plus city sales tax -Is there a doctor in the cast? --Cloudland : Hungarian goulash, with battered noodles --Who stole my golden metaphor? --Cloudland: It takes two to tango, but only one to squirm --Calling all addlepates -- Cloudland: Shades of young girls among the flummery.- The Road to Miltown: Or, Under the Spreading Atrophy- Sidney Joseph Perelman-Perelman , S. J. Edition -original first edition- 2nd printing-no D/J Publisher Simon and Schuster, 1957 - 273 pages- American wit and humor.-–Ruth Reaser..LAXVespa Los Angeles
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- Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3354
- Title
- The road to Miltown
- Author
- Perelman , S. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- second printing
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- The Road to Miltown: Or, Under the Spreading Atrophy- Sidney Joseph Perelman-Perelman , S. J. Edition -original first edition- 2nd printing-no D/J Publisher Simon and Schuster, 1957 - 273 pages- American wit and humor.-–Ruth Reaser..LAXVespa Los Angeles
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