Books and BipedsArgus Books, 1947 - 258 pages "In a word, 'Books and Bipeds' is for the most part a selection of paragraphs from my weekly book column in the "Chicago Sunday Tribune'..." -- foreword. |
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Page 27
... English origin , " and the city in which young Geoffrey Barton grows up is called Chesa- peake . In the city of Baltimore or near at hand , there was once a family of English origin named Morley ; and a son , Christopher , who was later ...
... English origin , " and the city in which young Geoffrey Barton grows up is called Chesa- peake . In the city of Baltimore or near at hand , there was once a family of English origin named Morley ; and a son , Christopher , who was later ...
Page 147
... English and could not take their eyes off them . They laughed . " I had promised to kiss the first English soldier who came into Armentieres . I kept my word . He was a sergeant , a fine fellow , and quite nice look- ing . He was ...
... English and could not take their eyes off them . They laughed . " I had promised to kiss the first English soldier who came into Armentieres . I kept my word . He was a sergeant , a fine fellow , and quite nice look- ing . He was ...
Page 180
... English bibliophile and bibliog- rapher . Wise was subsequently named and accused by Wilfred Partington in a sardonic biography of the " prince of book collectors , " aptly called Forging Ahead [ 1939 ] . The accused man died in 1937 ...
... English bibliophile and bibliog- rapher . Wise was subsequently named and accused by Wilfred Partington in a sardonic biography of the " prince of book collectors , " aptly called Forging Ahead [ 1939 ] . The accused man died in 1937 ...
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