Gelett Burgess

Goops and How To Be Them: A Manual of Manners for Polite Infants

Frederick A. Stokes Company

1900

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First printing of Burgess's introduction to the Goops, ill-mannered models for children, repurposed from nonsense rhymes and drawings he first developed in the satirical magazine The Lark.

  • Gelett Burgess (American).
  • New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1900).
  • Bound in full scarlet cloth with stamped title with pictorial boards.

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Pages lightly toned.

Binding rubbed with occasional stains and scuffs.

Wear consistent with age and use.

Feature(s)

First Edition

Language

English

Subject

Childrens, Illustrated, Fine bindings, Modern first editions

SKU

CLX64

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