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 72
... copy . Nearly all who received a copy - and they were mostly sent gratis with love and kisses - did precisely that ; they threw ' em away . One major error was made . A metropolitan public library was sent a copy : there now it is ...
... copy . Nearly all who received a copy - and they were mostly sent gratis with love and kisses - did precisely that ; they threw ' em away . One major error was made . A metropolitan public library was sent a copy : there now it is ...
Page 226
... copy of Plutarch's Lives , its pages scribbled over by the prince of essayists . It cost him . only a few sous . And the tale of that collector who found Napoleon's own copy of Caesar's Commenta- ries , the very volume studied by the ...
... copy of Plutarch's Lives , its pages scribbled over by the prince of essayists . It cost him . only a few sous . And the tale of that collector who found Napoleon's own copy of Caesar's Commenta- ries , the very volume studied by the ...
Page 253
... copy of a famous book . Dickens ' inscription is dated July 1847. Laid inside the covers , to enhance the book's ... copies of all his books , each one inscribed : " Hans Andersen , from his friend and admirer , Charles Dickens , July ...
... copy of a famous book . Dickens ' inscription is dated July 1847. Laid inside the covers , to enhance the book's ... copies of all his books , each one inscribed : " Hans Andersen , from his friend and admirer , Charles Dickens , July ...
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