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The rise and fall of the mustache : and other "hawk-eyetems." / by Robert J. Burdette, the humorist of the Burlington "Hawk-eye" ; illustrated by R.W. Wallis.

Accession number
PML 88961
Creator
Burdette, Robert J. (Robert Jones), 1844-1914.
Published
Burlington, Iowa : Burlington Publishing Company, 1877.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"Copyright. Burlington Publishing Company, 1877"--verso of t.p.
"Bound by A.J. Cox & Co., Chicago"--verso of t.p.
"The Lakeside Press"--verso of t.p.
"To Frank Hatton, Editor-in-Chief, and my associates on the Hawkeye, in happy remembrance of our pleasant fellowship, this volume is inscribed"--p. [5]
Twelve engraved illustrations, including frontispiece, mostly signed R.W. Wallis, RWW, or Baker.
"D.B. Jenney Jan 1882"--inscription in pencil on fly-leaf.
Description
[2], 328, [2] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 19.5 x 13.5 cm
Provenance
D.B. Jenney, inscription ; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's brown diagonal rib-grain cloth, blocked in gold, black, and blind; with yellow end-papers, bound by A.J. Cox & Co.
Classification
Department