Archy Does His Part by Marquis Don (12 items)

Faber & Faber Limited, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. First Edition. 203 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Small dents to both board edges.

Faber & Faber Limited, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. First Edition. 203 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Doubleday. Fair/No Dust Wrapper. 1936. Loose Binding, Stained Pages. Hard Cover. (U125) .

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. Hardcover. Good. 1935. First Edition. 269 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with illustrations pasted on to the front board and spine. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Ex Libris plate to half title page. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards have moderate damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Spine label has slight rips and is sunned.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Company. 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear. There are two tears to the top spine ends of the book covers along with two little edge tears. The front cover pictorial pastedown is in clean, bright condition. The pictorial label on the spine has noticeable fading. The text pages are clean and bright. "Marquis's best-known creation was Archy, a fictional cockroach (developed as a character during 1916) who had been a free-verse poet in a previous life, and who supposedly left poems on Marquis's typewriter by jumping on the keys. Archy usually typed only lower-case letters, without punctuation, because he could not operate the shift key. His verses were a type of social satire, and were used by Marquis in his newspaper columns titled "archy and mehitabel"; mehitabel was an… Read more

Doubleday Doran & Co., 1936. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book shows light wear to blue cloth covers, some edge wear with illustration by George Herriman at cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking except for front endpaper with prev. owner's name in pen and glued plate. Illustrated red endpapers, 296 pages with Mr. Harriman's illustrations throughout. Chapters include: a radical flea, archy revolts, archy climbs everest, archy flies, kidding the boss, becoming a low brow, mehitabel meets her mate, mehitabel pulls a party, mehitabel joins the navy, what is a lady, what the ants are saying. Keywords: A radical flea, Archy, Revolts, Climbs everest, Flies, Kidding, Boss, Becoming, Low brow, Mehitabel, Meets her mate, Mehitabel, Pulls, Party, Joins, Navy, What is a lady, Ants are Saying, Archy and Mehitabel, Dreams and Dust, Love Sonnets of a Cave Man and Other Verses, The Dark Hours, The Revolt of the Oyster, When the Turtles Sing

GARDEN CITY: DOUBLEDAY DORAN.. with no dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Cloth. Close to fine in black cloth with pictorial labels on spine and front cover and text fresh and white, lacking the dj. (Orange hue on label at spine faded to pink. Otherwise fine) Lovely copy. (G) .

Doubleday Doran. Collectible - Very Good. 1935, 1st. Black cloth w/paste-ons on front cover and spine. Pictorial orange eps. Former owner gift inscription to fep. Interior is clean and sound. Dust jacket is edgeworn and torn. 1/4 inch round spot of soil to front of dj.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1935. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. VG/G. Book itself in very good condition, with sharp boards, strong binding, clean text block, besides a small penned gift inscription. Scarce jacket has edge wear and soiling, as well as a slightly larger than quarter sized chip along the bottom edge of the front panel.. Octavo. Hardcover. Red tinted top edge. Black cloth boards with cartoon plate pasted center front, in scarce illustrated jacket. 269 pages ; 20 cm. "Archy and Mehitabel (styled as archy and mehitabel) is the title of a series of newspaper columns written by Don Marquis beginning in 1916. Written as fictional social commentary and intended as a space-filler to allow Marquis to meet the challenge of writing a daily newspaper column six days a week, archy and mehitabel is Marquis' most famous work. Collections of these stories are still sold in print today. The published editions of these stories were originally illustrated by George Herriman, the creator and… Read more

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 20 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. xi 269pp. Black cloth with illustrated paste-downs, in illustrated dust jacket. Four corners of jacket flaps are clipped, original price of $2.00 remains present. Tape repair/reinforcement to the inside of the jacket. Illustrated by the creator of Krazy Kat, George Herriman.

Doubleday, Doran, 1935. Top edges red. Dustwrapper price-clipped, slightly edgeworn and partly faded on spine. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Black cloth with pictorial panels. Dustwrapper protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. No ownership marks.. No ownership marks. Binding sound, text unmarked. Very Good+/Very Good. xiv, 269pp.

Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. George Herriman.. Hard cover no dust jacket. Very good condition.. Orange decorated pastedowns and endpapers. Illustrated by George Herriman. Fine condition.