benjamin franklin eugene field james (10 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Softcover, in Very Good condition, previous owners name inside the cover, there are no other marks or writing, some light toning around the edges, straight spine, good binding, clean unmarked pages, a nice reading copy,

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Thus. In printed wraps, 8vo, unpag. (light yellowing to wraps at edges). Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Book.

PRINTED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. SECOND EDITION. (53) UNPAGINATED PRINTED PAGES. PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE "ESOTERIKA BIBLION SOCIETY." THERE IS MILD SOILING OF THE COVERS. THE INTERIOR IS TIGHT AND CLEAN, THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS EUGENE FIELD'S "LITTLE WILLIE." ABOUT HIS LITTLE SON WETTING THE BED WHEN HE SLEPT WITH HIS FATHER. ANOTHER SELECTION IS JAMES WHITCOMB'S ESSAY ABOUT THE FAMILIAR OUTHOUSE PRIVY TOILET THAT IS TITLED "THE PASSING OF THE BACKHOUSE." A THIRD ESSAY IS A LETTER BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF BRUSSELS ABOUT PASSING "WIND" OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "FARTING." THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN BY FRANKLIN TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY WHO HAD REJECTED SOME OF FRANKLIN'S SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. FINALLY, THERE ARE 23 LOVE LETTERS BY FAMOUS PERSONS TO THEIR LOVERS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIRST EDITION. Size: 6" x 9".

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. Includes: A Letter by Dr. Franklin to the Royal Academy of Brussels. About farting. From the Blue-Behinded Ape edition of 1929. The Passing of the Backhouse by James Whitcomb Riley. About pooping. And Little Willie by Eugene Field. About peeing. Seems to cover the field.

unpaginated, 6x9 inches, very good in original blue wraps with some foxing on cover edges. Mild scatology. The other "curious" items, are reprints of love letters between persons, mostly Frenchmen and Germans, famous in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

PRINTED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. First Edition. (32) PRINTED PAGES. LIGHT GREEN COLORED STIFF PAPER PRINTED WRAPPERS. MILD SUN FADING OF THE SPINE EDGE OTHERWISE THE BOOKLET WOULD BE IN FINE CONDITION. THIS FIRST EDITION DOES NOT CONTAIN THE ADDITIONAL 23 LOVE LETTERS WRITTEN BY FAMOUS PEOPLE THAT WAS ADDED INTO THE SECOND EDITION OF THE BOOKLET. THE BOOKLET CONTAINS A POEM TITLED 'LITTLE WILLIE" BY EUGENE FIELD. THE POEM DISCUSSES THE BED WETTING OF HIS LITTLE SON, EUGENE FIELD II. THERE IS A SECOND ESSAY, A LETTER BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF BRUSSELS THAT HAD TURNED DOWN ONE OF FRANKLIN'S OFFERINGS. FRANKLIN'S LETTER IS ABOUT THE PASSING OF "WIND" OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FARTING. THE THIRD ESSAY ABY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY IS ABOUT THE PASSING OF THE OUTDOOR PRIVY KNOW FONDLY AS THE "OUTHOUSE." Size: 4 7/8 X 6 15/16".

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good-. First Edition. Ex-library, with only a small label on the front wrapper and brief pencil on the title page. Moderate toning, a few tiny stains. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pages.

Privately printed for private circulation. Softcover. c.48pp. Light green stapled wraps slightly sunned, V.g.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Limited/Numbered. Large, thin softcover, peach-colored wrappers, black lettering on front wrapper, very small smudge at bottom front wrapper. One of 975 copies produced. Fine copy.

[NONE] 1938. (Mass market paperback) Very good. NP. 8vo. Pale blue-green card wrappers, lightly sunned, with light wear and some markings. Interesting collection of mild scatology that includes a letter written by Dr. Franklin to the Royal Academy of Brussels related to wind (farts); Little Willie by Eugene Field describes a young lad prone to wetting his bed, and there is a commentary offered from James Whitcomb Riley about defecation (poop). The additional 'curious' items are reprints of letters sent between various people, most of whom lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. An opportunity for intellectuals, bibliophiles, and well, anyone, to explore pages they might otherwise not seen. Internally clean and bright.