That Pup
$40 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
New York: Doubleday, Page Company. Near Fine. 1909. 1st Hardback Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 September 13, 1937) was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story Pigs Is Pigs , in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating exponentially. His most famous character was Philo Gubb. His career spanned more than forty years, and his stories, poems, and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. His work appeared alongside that of his contemporaries, including Mark Twain, Sax Rohmer, James B. Hendryx, Berton Braley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Don Marquis, Will Rogers, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. (from Wikipedia) .
- Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
- Year: 1909
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: hardcover
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