Provides a contemporary reflection of this period in U.S. history.Undeniably this is classic stuff, but an anthology of three book-length collections of archy's typewriter-diving ruminations is too much to take at once. Item added to your basket Timeless. We ship books upon receipt of payment by check or money order, or you can place credit card orders through Biblio. Condition: Very Good. Condition: Good. Unknown Binding. Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Secure packaging for safe delivery. This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.We are mail-order sellers of used and out-of-print books, selling on the Web since 2000.September 2, 2020: Biblio is open and shipping orders. George Herriman (illustrator). George Herriman's illustrations of Archy, the cockroach with the transmigrated soul of a vers libre poet, and Mehitabel, the alley cat with the morals of, well...an alley cat (what in ---- have I done to deserve all these kittens"), are priceless.Wry and cynical poems from depression era New York, composed by a cockroach and his ratty but ever-ladylike feline companion. Genre/Form: Fiction Poetry Printed books: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Marquis, Don, 1878-1937. Previous owner's name and date of 1944 on front endpage. This is a hoot and a half. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday [1950] (OCoLC)567962860 Online version: Marquis, Don, 1878-1937. Herriman, George (illustrator). We’d love your help. The dust jacket is missing. Hardcover, no jacket. Other characters include Freddy the rat, a reincarnated poet, as well, and Mehitabel the cat, who believes she was once Cleopatra. i discovered it one day when i was in my late teens.
I first discovered Archy in a high school literature book. Hardcover. Doubleday Doran. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. New Edition.
I have great delight giving voice to Mehitabel: "my youth i shall never forget /but there s nothing i really regret /wotthehell wotthehell /there s a dance in the old dame yet /This has been in my TBR for over 15 years and I figured that as I'm home and need a break from cleaning, organizing, & moving furniture that I'd take the time to read it... Also I haven't been to the Library in about a week, so I'm out of my current interests.This has been in my TBR for over 15 years and I figured that as I'm home and need a break from cleaning, organizing, & moving furniture that I'd take the time to read it... Also I haven't been to the Library in about a week, so I'm out of my current interests.One of the best gifts I got from my grandmother was a subscription to Children's Digest.
Dustjacket is missing. i read it and loved it and eventually just took it when i left home because nobody else even knew it was there.
Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. Sunning on the spine of the jacket.
Hardcover. An omnibus volume containing the three books, "archy and mehitabel," "archy s life of mehitabel," and "archy does his part," along win an introduction by E. B. The Lives and Times of Archy & Mehitabel, with pictures by George Herriman and an introduction by E.B.
Condition: New. Illustrated dust jacket, red top edge, pictures by George Herriman, introduction E. B. Hardcover. Doubleday. Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc., 1935. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. White. Every literate person should have some familiarity with archy and mehitabel. Condition: Good. The spine remains undamaged.
The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel book. An 8 page Introduction is by E.B. White and leads into a hilarious account of a cockroach named Archy, the reincarnation of a free verse poet. Doubleday Doran, 1935.
He needs to throw himself onto the typewriter keys, head first, in order to communicate with Don Marquis (journalist/author).
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Condition: Acceptable. The spine may show signs of wear. The cover is black and gray with red lettering and a vignette.
Doubleday, 2013. The spine may show signs of wear.
Shows some wear, but still in good condition, considering. Hardcover. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less. Dust jacket missing.
I got my original copy of "archy and mehitabel" when I was a newlywed (many years ago) and it and the other books that comprise "the lives and times of archy and mehitabel" have become my go-to book, In fact, I own a black cat and named her Mehitabel. Hardcover. Condition: Good.
A readable copy.
Read "The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel" by Don Marquis available from Rakuten Kobo. Hardcover. I'd always wondered about their namesakes, and it's astonishing that I waited nearly four decades to explore further.Archy is a cockroach with the soul of a poet, and Mehitabel is an alley cat with a celebrated past who claims she was Cleopatra in a previous life. About once a year spend an evening reading aloud from this book, usually on a winter's night with a glass of something or other at hand.
This is a hoot and a half. Illustrator: Herriman, George. White's introduction to it (in a collection of E.B. Condition: Good. He wrote poems and stories and political rants. Condition: Fair. The spine may show signs of wear. No Jacket. Red cloth covered boards with black illustration and silver text block on the spine with black text. Books in Poor condition most likely will have severe binding defects or heavy markings or highlights on pages. Genre/Form: Fiction Poetry Printed books: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Marquis, Don, 1878-1937. Heavy shelf wear or edge wear on covers and spine.
Book is tight, clean. The stories of archy, the cockroach, and mehitabel the cat. A clever cockroach named Archy taps out his manifesto - in verse - on an adapted typewriter. It begins with a beautiful introduction by E.B. Lives and times of Archy and Mehitabel. One of the best gifts I got from my grandmother was a subscription to Children's Digest.