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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 33
Page 78
... known to have been born in 1858 , which would make her 85 today , if she is alive . It is quite possible , of course ; but in view of all the . circumstances one fears the worst . It would be interesting 78 BOOKS AND BIPEDS.
... known to have been born in 1858 , which would make her 85 today , if she is alive . It is quite possible , of course ; but in view of all the . circumstances one fears the worst . It would be interesting 78 BOOKS AND BIPEDS.
Page 107
... interesting in the story is the extraordinary coincidence of the en- counter . Traditionally the biblioklept is not always a bad man or even a vulgarian . But even so amiable a weakness as a covetous passion for books can lead to ...
... interesting in the story is the extraordinary coincidence of the en- counter . Traditionally the biblioklept is not always a bad man or even a vulgarian . But even so amiable a weakness as a covetous passion for books can lead to ...
Page 203
... interesting phenomenon . Two collec- tions of his macabre tales , The Outsider [ 1939 ] and Beyond the Wall of Sleep [ 1943 ] , went out of print with the celerity of a conjuring trick , and now bring astonishing prices in the rare book ...
... interesting phenomenon . Two collec- tions of his macabre tales , The Outsider [ 1939 ] and Beyond the Wall of Sleep [ 1943 ] , went out of print with the celerity of a conjuring trick , and now bring astonishing prices in the rare book ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admirable adventures Alexander Woollcott American Amy Lowell Andersen appears Arthur Machen artist August Derleth Baker Street Irregulars believe best books biography bookseller called celebrated century Chicago Christmas collectors Conan Doyle course criticism cryptogram D. B. Wyndham Lewis Dashiell Hammett death delightful detective Diary Dickens dozen editor England English famous fascinating favorite fiction Forever Amber Grosse Boule Henry Henry Blake Fuller interesting Irene Adler island John Johnson later legend letters literary literature lived London look Lovecraft manuscript Mark Twain married matter mind Miss Morley Murder mystery never novel once perhaps person poems poet poetry popular possible published readers remember Robinson Shaw Sheerluck Hums Sherlock Holmes Sherlockian Stevenson story tale thing thought tion told Uffa Van Wyck Brooks volume Watson wonder Woollcott words writing written wrote young Ozias