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Gelett Burgess
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
The Shelf2Life Children's Literature and Fiction Collection is a charming set of pre-1923 nursery rhymes, fairy tales, classic novels and short stories for children and young adults. From a tardy…
Including Many Well-Known Bromidioms Now In Use.
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The Romance of the Commonplace, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
The Shelf2Life Children’s Literature and Fiction Collection is a charming set of pre-1923 nursery rhymes, fairy tales, classic novels and short stories for children and young adults. From a tardy…
The classic dictionary of invented words, coined by one of America’s comic geniuses–the perfect book for language lovers everywhere.Gelett Burgess has been a revered figure over generations for anyone…
Delightful manual of manners for impolite infants continues hilarious etiquette instruction with rude, sloppy, ill-mannered Goops.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
A collection of 34 brief essays on the not-so-commonplace by Burgess, humorist and founding editor of The Lark, a San Francisco-based magazine devoted to humorous poetry.
Being Divers Precious Episodes In The Life Of A Naughty Nonpareille.
In this Americanized version of Edward Fitzgerald's classic translation of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat, Burgess infuses the original text with his own brand of wit and humor. The…
From the inspired mystic to the man of practical analytic mind, the transition was instantaneous…
Astro, the Seer of Secrets, and his lovely assistant, Valeska, sound more like a magic…
[This book is generously sized at 81/2 x 11.] Mr. Gelett Burgess in his ""Goops and How to be Them"" presents a series of very curious drawings and verses. These…
A Partial List Of Authors Covered: George Ade, James Lane Allen, Gertrude Atherton, Mary Austin, Irving Bacheller, Rex Beach, Irvin S. Cobb, Edmund Vance Cooke, Edna Ferber, Zane Grey, Emerson…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.
The Sulphitic Theory Expounded And Exemplified According To The Most Recent Researches Into The Psychology Of Boredom Including Many Well-Known Bromidioms Now In Use.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1902 Edition.
