182 pages - only writing is a gift inscription in book front - on blank page - tight spine

Cloth, dj, G/G. 192pp, spine of dustjacket rather browned & chipped along the top edge with some loss, book a little yellowed & spotted. ~ 1st UK edition. ~ Collection of poems by the Cockroach archy - the creation of Don Marquis in his column for the New York Evening Sun newspaper. mehitabel was a cat whom archy [ archy could not, because of his size, use the caps lock on the typewriter he used to write his poems ] composed poems, the cat having the soul of Cleopatra. The verse was a satire on life in New York in the 1920's as seen by Marquis.

12mo over 6.75 - 7.75'' tall Nice Tight Clean copy ! Jacket has edge wear, small tears, missing chips. Top spine cloth faded. Page ends lightly soiled. 166 pages. 8391

Soft Cover. VG-G+ Slight Water mark upper right 5/9/2003 11/16/2006 8:30:59 PM 1

Hard Cover. Very Good -. Map of Long Island Sound on the endpapers, Paumanok Island, Thatcher's Island, Mcgowens Hotel and Boat Yard. An story of the area. Spine Lettering slightly worn. Mentions the times the movement, even Eugene Debs and the fear around reading the man. 5/9/2003 5/9/2003