Emile ZolaBiblio.com
Emile Zola; David Frome [Zenith Jones Brown]; H Allen Smith; Ogden Nash; Ring Lardner; et alBiblio.com
Three Quick Readers from Royce Publishers: Nana; More Fun than Looking Thru a Keyhole; Mr Pinkerton: Passage for One
1943réf. 947M17Chicago; Canada: Royce Publishers 1943-1945. Paperback. Very Good. 5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A set of colourful "Quick Readers" pocket-sized paperbacks prompted by wartime paper shortages with stories by a range of well-known authors. A three-volume set of "Quick Readers" in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps with a trompe l'oeil design to the spines.Illustrated with twelve monochrome in-text illustrations to Nana thirty-one to More Fun Than Looking Thru a Keyhole! and eight to Passage for One. Collated complete.Three charming illustrated volumes from Royce Publishers' Quick Reader series in colourful paper wraps two of which were published in Chicago and one in Canada. These pocket-sized volumes were designed to deliver quick entertainment during wartime paper shortages and also fuelled the popular sentiment of sending books to soldiers. Royce Publishers took advantage of the rise in popularity of affordable paperbacks at this time. Due to their small form both Nana and Passage for One are considerably abridged. The third volume contains six reprinted humourous stories from a variety of authors.The last two volumes are scarce.This set comprises: No. 103: Nana by Emile Zola 1943 Chicago No. 112: More Fun Than Looking Thru a Keyhole!: Six Stories by H. Allen Smith Ogden Nash Saki S. J. Perelman Ring Lardner Samuel Hoffenstein Guy de Maupassant and Artemis Ward 1944 Canada No. 134: Mr. Pinkerton: Passage for One by David Frome 1945 Chicago In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Externally smart and bright. Light shelf wear to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the exception of 'More Fun' the pages of which are lightly age-toned. Very Good Royce Publishers paperback
Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni75,00 £GB≈ 89,58 €
