Books by Upson William

St. Charles IL:: Universal Press,, 1927.. First Edition. Hardcover. Note that there is a stamped copyright notice for 1926 almost on top of the printed 1927 notice. Sixteenmo, just less than 7 inches tall, in gray paper covered boards with a pastedown illustration on the cover. 56 pages. A humorous tale in verse of a group of canoneers and their sergeant who wanted sad music to accompany World War I. A remarkably well preserved copy with lightly toned text, but clean and soundly bound inside a barely a... more information

St. Charles, Ill.: The Universal Press. 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1927, First Edition, 56 pp. Hardcover 12mo., gray cloth with title label. Near Fine copy in a Good- dust jacket. A few erasable pencil notes at fly leaf; light fading to rear endpapers; else, a choice copy; unmarked contents. DJ has a 1/2 x 1" puncture in the middle of the spine; chipping and loss along bottom edge; only one of the "Laugh" on the front panel is affected; only a few shallow chips to top edge; re... more information