I Never Saw A Purple Cow ..." in THE LARK, No. 1: May 1st, 1895
by Burgess, Gelette
- Used
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Wm. Doxey, 1895. Second edition. stapled wrappers. Good +. Bruce Porter. 12mo, 16pp., stapled self-wrappers, delicate paper, light wear
Burgess was considered one of the funniest people in California. He was famed for his nonsense verse, starting with this poem and this magazine, which appeared in the year after he resigned from the University of California. The first edition was rather a test printing of fewer than two dozen copies. Probably all or most of this issue was by Burgess, who also invented and named the "blurb"; the remainder likely done by Bruce Porter, with typography by Doxey.
Burgess was considered one of the funniest people in California. He was famed for his nonsense verse, starting with this poem and this magazine, which appeared in the year after he resigned from the University of California. The first edition was rather a test printing of fewer than two dozen copies. Probably all or most of this issue was by Burgess, who also invented and named the "blurb"; the remainder likely done by Bruce Porter, with typography by Doxey.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0005920
- Title
- I Never Saw A Purple Cow ..." in THE LARK, No. 1
- Author
- Burgess, Gelette
- Illustrator
- Bruce Porter
- Format/Binding
- Stapled wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Wm. Doxey
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- gelette burgess, purple cow,
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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