archy and mehitabel
by don marquis
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Poulsbo, Washington, United States
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About This Item
archy and mehitabel is a collection of humorous verses by Don Marquis, originally published from 1916 onwards in Marquis's newspaper columns 'The Sun Dial' in the New York Evening Sun and 'The Lantern' in the New York Herald Tribune and first published in book form in 1927.
The stories centre on archy, a philosopher cockroach who types messages to the author in lowercase letters (he is unable to use the typewriter's shift key), and mehitabel, a free-spirited alley-cat whose motto is "Toujours gai."
archy and mehitabel contains free-verse poems on a variety of archy's concerns, such as the transmigration of souls, social injustice, life in New York City, and death. archy claims to have been a poet in another existence. mehitabel claims to be a reincarnation of Cleopatra, but now her wild adventures result only in litters of kittens.
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- Bookseller
- Lemolo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3420
- Title
- archy and mehitabel
- Author
- don marquis
- Format/Binding
- Mm, no rips to pages, scuffing to black front cover, slight bends to corners
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- doubleday dophin
- Date Published
- 1930
- Pages
- 193
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- humor, poetry, artwork cartoons, cult classic, verses, cockroach, alley cat
- Bookseller catalogs
- humor;
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