Three Quick Readers from Royce Publishers: Nana; More Fun than Looking Thru a Keyhole; Mr Pinkerton: Passage for One
Published by Royce Publishers 1943-1945, Chicago; Canada, 1943
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 75.00
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A set of colourful "Quick Readers", pocket-sized paperbacks prompted by wartime paper shortages, with stories by a range of well-known authors. A three-volume set of "Quick Readers" in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps, with a trompe l'oeil design to the spines.Illustrated with twelve monochrome in-text illustrations to Nana, thirty-one to More Fun Than Looking Thru a Keyhole!, andeight to Passage for One. Collated, complete.Three charming illustrated volumes from Royce Publishers' Quick Reader series in colourful paper wraps, two of which were published in Chicago, and one in Canada. These pocket-sized volumes were designed to deliver quick entertainment during wartime paper shortages, and also fuelled the popular sentiment of sending books to soldiers.Royce Publishers took advantage of the rise in popularity of affordable paperbacks at this time. Due to their small form, both Nana and Passage for One are considerably abridged. The third volume contains six reprinted humourous stories from a variety of authors.The last two volumes are scarce.This set comprises: No. 103: Nana by Emile Zola (1943, Chicago) No. 112: More Fun Than Looking Thru a Keyhole!: Six Stories by H. Allen Smith, Ogden Nash, Saki, S. J. Perelman, Ring Lardner, Samuel Hoffenstein, Guy de Maupassant and Artemis Ward (1944, Canada) No. 134: Mr. Pinkerton: Passage for One by David Frome (1945, Chicago) In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally, smart and bright. Light shelf wear to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the exception of 'More Fun', the pages of which are lightly age-toned. Very Good.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Three Quick Readers from Royce Publishers: Nana; More Fun than Looking Thru a Keyhole; Mr Pinkerton: Passage for One
- Author
- Emile Zola; David Frome [Zenith Jones Brown]; H. Allen Smith; Ogden Nash; Ring Lardner; et al.
- Publisher
- Royce Publishers 1943-1945, Chicago; Canada
- Publication year
- 1943
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Paperback
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Item weight
- 0.5 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 5" by 3.5"
Rooke Books PBFA
Bath, United Kingdom
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Thompson Acquisitions Ltd
The Dispensary, 8 Cleveland Pl, 8 Cleveland Place East
Bath, United Kingdom BA1 5DJ
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