Kidd; A Moral Opuscule
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1922. George Illian. First Edition. Boards. 9.5 x 7 inches (24 x 18 cm), red boards with cream colored spine, yellow pastedown on front, fraying head and tail of spine, small hole at front edge of spine, fading around edges. Deckled pages. A story of rhyming verse with photos throughout. Illustrations by George Illian. All verso pages have full page color illustrations. Unnumbered pages. 22pp.
This is jokey book. Contributors are as follows: Richard J. Walsh, B.V.D. (Doctor of Bad Verse); George Ilian, D.U.D.(Doctor Underdone Design); Fred W. Goudy, T.D. (Typothetic Designer); Bertha M. Goudy, C.E. (Compositrice Extraordinaire); Bruce Rogers, L.O.M. (Lay-Out Man); Frank S. Goerke, L.U.M. (Lock Up Man), Paul J. Peters, R.I.P. (Reader Incoherent Proof); Thomas C. Hughes, M.P. (Master of the Press); Edith Diehl, B.B. ( Book Bindress); Frank Branca, P. S. (Packer & Shipper). First Edition. Very good -. Item #1003
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