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STUFF AND NONSENSE-A. B. Frost's first own illust book

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STUFF AND NONSENSE-A. B. Frost's first own illust book

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Title: STUFF AND NONSENSE-A. B. Frost's first own illust book

Provenance: BY Frost, A. B. About this Item: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1884. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Author (illustrator). First edition of the very FIRST BOOK written and illustrated by the famed artist A.B. Frost. Some wear to the cover corners and edges and to the spine at the head and foot. The author had always illustrated other writer's books. This is the first time that the author illustrated his own book. An extraordinary comical work. B&W Illustrations; 4to: 8" x 10 1/2". 92 pages.

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