THE FOOLISH ALMANAC; For the Year of 1906 A.D.

by George Barr McCutcheon Nixon Waterman, Wallace, Virginia Van

$50 · Offered by Johnnycake Books

First edition

Bostoin: John W. Luce and Company, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A satirical almanac produced by the staff of the John W. Luce publishing company. The staff takes a kitchen sink approach: zodiac readings, gardening hints, bios of the rich and famous like Heddy Green and Teddy Roosevelt. Sophisticated illustrations. Cover pastedown on green, rough-weave patterned cloth. Printed at The Plimpton Press. Provenance is the Choate

• Binding: Hardcover

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