Author: Marquis, Don; Herriman, George (Illus.)
Title: Archy Does His Part
Description: Garden City, NY, Doubleday Doran & Company, 1935. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Red tinted top edge. Black cloth boards with cartoon plate pasted center front, in scarce illustrated jacket. 269 pages ; 20 cm. "Archy and Mehitabel (styled as archy and mehitabel) is the title of a series of newspaper columns written by Don Marquis beginning in 1916. Written as fictional social commentary and intended as a space-filler to allow Marquis to meet the challenge of writing a daily newspaper column six days a week, archy and mehitabel is Marquis' most famous work. Collections of these stories are still sold in print today. The published editions of these stories were originally illustrated by George Herriman, the creator and illustrator of Krazy Kat. VG/G. Book itself in very good condition, with sharp boards, strong binding, clean text block, besides a small penned gift inscription. Scarce jacket has edge wear and soiling, as well as a slightly larger than quarter sized chip along the bottom edge of the front panel.

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