God's country, a short history / by Ralph Barton; with a number of explanatory diagrams by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barton, Ralph, 1891-1931.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

United States--History--Humor, caricatures, etc.

United States.

Genre:

Humor.

Penn Provenance:

Taylor, Anne (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Barton, Ralph, 1891-1931 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 330, vii pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations (partly color) ; 21 cm

Manufacture:

Norwood, Mass. : Composition, electrotyping, printing and binding are by The Plimpton Press.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1929.

Contents:

Book One. The Chaotic Period

Book Two. The Positive Period

Book Three. The Comparative Period

Book Four. The Superlative Period.

Notes:

Half title page has list of 8 titles "With a Preface by Ralph Barton" on verso.

"Ralph Barton is best known, of course, for his drawings. His fame as a caricaturist is second to none and more recently his work in the field of book illustration has placed him in the front rank of modern illustrators. He is, however, less celebrated as a writer, although his gift for literary expression is as original and distinctive as his draughtsmanship ..."

"This book has been set in a type called Bodoni."

Includes index.

On dust-jacket: Borzoi Books.

Red cloth spine lettered in silver with blue cloth boards. Three silver stars are printed on spine and front cover.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has dust-jacket retained.

Culture Class Collection copy inscribed to Anne Taylor from Ralph Barton, 17 March 1930.

OCLC:

1492090