Author: Dyer, R. H
Title: Bevo's Gasology
Description: Augusta, ME: Kennebec Journal Co. (1928). (1928). Augusta, ME: Kennebec Journal Co. (1928). (1928). Good. - Small octavo [6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial tan wraps backed with brown cloth tape. The wraps are lightly soiled with the top corner of the front wrap creased & with 2 minor ink notations on the rear wrap. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped & the top & bottom corners of the cloth tape are detached from the front wrap. 64 pages. The top corners of the first 5 leaves are creased with very light creasing to the top corners of the following few leaves. Good.

First edition.

Essays and poems written in dialect: "Somtam w'en you be travil down de rode on yor sides de street, an' felt safe-- fergit it. Lef it ter yor Oncle Joe, she's wan bad meestak'. De on'y safe plase in de rode is on de hay-fiel'.." [From the opening chapter, "De Rode Hog". Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; HUMOR; DIALECT; BEVO'S GASOLOGY; R. H. DYER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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