THIS BOOK IS A HISTORY OF THE LITERARY CAREERS OF WRITER GEORGE ADE AND ARTIST GEORGE T. McCUTCHEON. THERE IS A TWENTY-ONE PAGE INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR FRANKLIN J. MEINE. THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF INTRICATE JOHN T. MC cUTCHEON ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIUILDINGS, THE STREET SCENES AND PEOPLE OF CHICAGO DURING THE GAY NINETIES OF THE LATE 20th CENTURY THAT ACCOMPANY THE SELECTED STORIES OF CHICAGO THAT WERE WRITTEN BY BY GEORGE ADE. THE HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION AND LIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE WRITER GEORGE ADE AND THE ARTIST JOHN T. McCUTCHEON BEGAN IN THEIR COLLEGE DAYS AT PURDUE UNIVERSITYY. THEIR LIFE LONG RELATIONSHIP FURTHER DEVELOPED DURING THEIR NEWSPAPER DAYS WITH THE CHICAGO RECORD NEWSPAPER AND DURING THEIR LATER WORLD WIDE TRAVELS LATER IN LIFE. ACCOLADES BY MARK TWAIN , WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, HENRY D. FULLER, EDITOR CHRLES H. DENNIS, H. L. MENCKEN AND OTHERS ABOUT THEIR TALENTS ARE QUOTED IN THE LENGTHY INTRODUCTION. THE REMAINDER OF THE BOOK CONTAINS MULTIPLE GEORGE ADE PUBLICATIONS THAT WERE SELECTED BY FRANKLIN J. MEINE. THE DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE MYLAR WRAPPER. A PRIME AND UNUSUAL FEATURE OF THE BOOK IS A 21 PAGE REMINISCENCE OF THE LIVES OF LIFE-LONG COMPATRIOTS GEORGE ADE AND ARTIST JIHN T, McCUTCHEON OF FURTHER INTEREST ARE SEVERAL SELECTIONS OF WORKS THAT GENERALLYHABE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THAT OF FRANK HOLME THAT WERE THE FIRST PUBLICATIONS OF THE BANDER LOG PRESS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA BY THE FOUNDER OF THE BANDAR LOG PRESS BY THE ARTIST FRANK HOLEME. WAS GEORGE ADE THE AUTHOR OF THOSE TALES THAT GENERALLY ARE ATTRIBUTED TO FRANK HOLME?. Codice articolo 000116
Titolo: CHICAGO STORIES
Casa editrice: HENRY REGNERY CO., CHICAGO, IL
Data di pubblicazione: 1963
Legatura: Hardcover
Illustratore: JOHN T. McCUTCHEON
Condizione: Fine
Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine
Edizione: 1st Edition
Descrizione libro Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Codice articolo 1706541
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 1706541-n
Descrizione libro Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Codice articolo 1706541
Descrizione libro Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. John T. McCutcheon (illustratore). Reprint--orig. Copyright 1941. Textblock clean and complete; binding good; rear hinge secure; front hinge secure but shows looseness; all the usual stamps, markings, and labels of an ex-lib, including remnant of pocket on front pastedown endpaper. Blue cloth hardback has minor edgewear; gilt on spine still bold; original jacket blurb pasted to rear free endpaper. Size: 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Ex-Library Hardcover. Codice articolo 03442
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 1706541-n
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon and Others (illustratore). 1st Edition. One of 500 copies. Handsome cloth binding (lacking the slipcase). SIGNED and inscribed by the editor on the front endpaper. Book. Codice articolo 303839