Twain Mark Eugene Field James (5 results)

PRINTED PAPER COVERS. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NEAR FINE CONDITION. First Edition. (2) + 5 - 31 PAGES. THIS ITEM OF AMERICAN "HUMOR AND EROTIC POETRY" CONTAINS FOUR PROSE VERSES BY THREE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST HUMORISTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. THE ARTICLES BY EUGENE FIELD INCLUDE "A FRENCH CRISIS" ABOUT A FRENCH HARLOT AND A MAN WITH A PRODIGIOUS SIZED PENIS AND "LITTLE WILLIE," A TALE OF A LITTLE BOY WHO WETS THE BED, A THIRD VERSE BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY IS TITLED "THE OLD BACKHOUSE" THE HISTORY TALE OF THE OLDE OUTHOUSE TOILET. THE FOURTH TALE IS BY MARK TWAIN AND HAS A TITLE "FIRESIDE CONVERSATION." THE TALE IS ABOUT THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND PASSING NOXIOUS FLATUS WITH COMMENTARY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, SIR WALTER RALEIGH AND LORD FRANCIS BACON. THE VERSE IS IN YE OLDE ENGLISH TERMINOLOGY. THIS UNCOMMON BOOKLET WAS PRINTED PRIVATELY FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. THE "DUST JACKET" IS A CLEAR ONION SKIN LIKE PAPER THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE STIFF PAPER COVERS WITH THE TITLE PRINTED ON THE FRONT COVER. Size: 6" x 9 1/4".

Paperback. First edition thus. Original printed wrappers, 9.5 x 6.25 inches, 31 pp. 4 short ribald writings by the named authors (2 are by Eugene Field). Rusty staining to front wrapper, else very good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Octavo, 32 pages, printed on Alexandra Japan, white paper vellum wrappers (chipped at bottom of top cover) This short story features "Ye Queene Elizabeth, Francis Bacon, Shaxpur [sic], Sr. Walter Ralegh, Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumonte, the Duchess of Bilgewater, Lady Helen, and maidens of honor, as told by Ye Queen's cup-bearer. [ Meine, Bibliography of 1601, 16 ( see also no. 12]. Allegedly printed for the editor, Vanover. "Backhouse" has been attributed to J. W. Riley, but not by Riley's bibliographers. "French Crisis has been attributed to Eugene Field, but without substantiation, but he is credited for "Little Willie".

4 short pieces privately printed for subscribers only. Field Fireside Conversation, Twain; A French Crisis, Field; Little Willie, Field; The Old Backhouse, Riley. ~~Original printed wrappers, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" inches, 31 pp, stapled. Embossed "Library of Robert W. Waite" on title page. Slight wear around edges of wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. Later Printings. 31, [3] pages (the last 3 pages blank) ; 24 cm [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], No date, circa 1920s. Contains three classics of "outhouse" humor. Bound in quarter red morocco over pale green buckram, gilt back, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, authors and titles in gilt front cover, Near Fine, the buckram with sun spotting. "Backhouse" has been attributed to Riley, but not by his bibliographers. SCARCE, OCLC locates only 3 copies. OCLC: 9379973. Size: Thin 8vo. Book.