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The Hague Joannes van Duren, 1755. Sm. 4to (7 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches), full period style burgundy crushed levant with a half inch blind blocked roll border, set between double blind fillets. Spine with five raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration within the compartments, except for the two reserved for the title information, which are stamped in gilt onto two black morocco labels.FIRST EDITION with two title pages each printed in black and red; the first in Dutch, the second in French. The polyglo... more information

New York Simon & Schuster, 1934. 8vo., publisher's decorated wrappers. First complete edition. Nash wrote the piece to be performed at the Dutch Treat Club show in March, 1933. It was then published in a collection of poems entitled Happy Days, but in a Bowdlerized version. There then followed pirated editions of this version, until S & S decided to issue it in its original form. The work contains four cartoon drawings by the artist who is best remembered for his cartoon strip, "The Little... more information