Life in a Putty Knife Factory
by Smith, H. Allen
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: age wear to boards and spine, bumped corners and spine, clean text, binding intact./no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday Doran and Company, 1943. first edition. hardcover. very good: age wear to boards and spine, bumped corners and spine, clean text, binding intact./no DJ. Octavo 296pp. Follow up to his wildly popular 1941 book Low Man on a Totem Pole. from Kirkus Reviews: "Even funnier than Low Man on a Totem Pole, so if you had a market for that, this is sure fire follow up. It is mad and cockeyed and broad and vulgar in a nice way , he really is not offensive. There's a potpourri of personality profiles, ranging from Hugh Troy to Fred Allen and Bing Crosby; he takes some swats at culture and personalities. His text is full of incidents in the experience of being an author, sidelights on the newspaper game, on Hollywood, on the eccentricities of other authors. Lots of chuckles; and its share of belly laughs.". #00207.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 365
- Title
- Life in a Putty Knife Factory
- Author
- Smith, H. Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: age wear to boards and spine, bumped corners and spine, clean text, binding intact.
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran and Company
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- humor, journalism, nonfiction, first edition
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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