Item #21913 BURGESS UNABRIDGED: A New Dictionary of Words you have always Needed. With Cover Designs and Illustrations by Herb Roth. Gelette Burgess, Herb Roth.
BURGESS UNABRIDGED: A New Dictionary of Words you have always Needed. With Cover Designs and Illustrations by Herb Roth.

BURGESS UNABRIDGED: A New Dictionary of Words you have always Needed. With Cover Designs and Illustrations by Herb Roth.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, (1914). First edition. Hardcover. xxii, 120 pp., full-page illustrations by Herb Roth; 12mo, orange cloth and pictorial boards. Corners bumped, rubbing to edges, previous owner name to front fixed endpaper, else very good. Item #21913

Witty dictionary of invented words by the prolific author and humorist Gelette Burgess (1866-1951). A Bostonian transplanted to San Francisco, Burgess was one of the co-founders of The Lark. Burgess's wit pairs nicely with cartoonist and illustrator Herb Roth's drawings. This copy with small ex-libris of actor, comedian, filmaker, etc. Harold Lloyd.

Price: $60.00

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