Buy this book on-line Butler, Ellis Parker : The Adventures of a SuburbaniteDoubleday, Page and Company, Garden City, NY, 1911
Original publisher's green cloth binding with an illustration on the front cover. The illustration shows a man having a tumultuous ride in an automobile with a pig and chicken either side stepping out of the way. 4 1/2" x 7." 224 pages, complete. Sixteen black and white plates, complete. Plates come in the form of reprinted staged trick photographs. Pages and cover are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Covers have slight wear to the front and back. A Near Fine copy. A story about a husband and wife, John and Isobel, who move from the city to the suburbs. Humorous episodes ensue when John and Isobel take up new hobbies with their change in lifestyle, such as raising pigs and chickens, golfing, and driving an automobile. Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was an American author and humorist. He wrote more than thirty books and more than 2,000 short stories and essays. Butler is perhaps best-known for his short story, "Pigs Is Pigs.". Illustr.: Phelan, A. B.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Butler, Ellis Parker : The Adventures of a Suburbanite. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, rare books, fine bindings, collectables and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |