Slapstick Or Lonesome No More!
New York: Delacorte Press, 1979.
First Trade Edition. Hardcover.
The fictional memoir of former U.S. President Dr. Wilbur Daffodil=11 Swan, a one-time pediatrician who co-authored the most popular child-rearing manual in history (So You Went and Had a Baby) and whose campaign slogan was "Lonesome No More!" The memoirs climax in a description of how the President was compelled to sell the original Louisiana Purchase to Stewart Oriole-2 Mott, the King of Michigan, for a dollar he never actually recieved.
Item #902060ISBN: 044008046X
5-5/8 x 8-3/8", navy blue cloth with red and gilt titles, light blue top-edge, red endpapers, xxxviii, 243pp, index.
A small triangle of cloth glued over top-edge of front board (presumably a bindery repair), small marginal stain to top-edge of first paste-down endpaper where cloth has been repaired, a bit of rubbing to cloth, very good in toned, lightly rubbed, price-intact dust wrapper with a bit of curling to extreme edges, in protective mylar.
Price: $25.00