Before he went on to fame writing comic novels like Topper, Topper Returns, and Night Life of the Gods, Thorne Smith spent some time in the Navy and wrote some comic stories for The Broadside, the Naval Reserve Journal as J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
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Before he went on to fame writing comic novels like Topper, Topper Returns, and Night Life of the Gods, Thorne Smith spent some time in the Navy and wrote some comic stories for The Broadside, the Naval Reserve Journal as J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
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Add this copy of Biltmore Oswald: The Diary of a Hapless Recruit to cart. $5.62, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Add this copy of Biltmore Oswald-The Diary of a Hapless Recruit to cart. $8.95, fair condition, Sold by Something Special 8192 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Acworth, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1919 by frederick A Stokes.
Add this copy of Biltmore Oswald; the Diary of a Hapless Recruit to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by The Book Bin rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Salem, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
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Good. 87 pages. Pictorial white paper-covered boards. Illustrated with B&W cartoons by Dick Dorgan. Book is in Good condition with average wear and soiling on the covers, heavier wear on the corners and spine ends, chipping on the spine head and a long split on the front hinge but the board is holding. Pages are clean and unmarked, and the binding is sound. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6 3/4 in-7 3/4 in tall. Year: 1918.
Add this copy of Biltmore Oswald: the Diary of a Hapless Recruit to cart. $23.01, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by CreateSpace Independent Publis.
Add this copy of Biltmore Oswald: the Diary of a Hapless Recruit to cart. $25.00, good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Frederick A. Stokes Co.
Add this copy of Biltmore Oswald the Diary of a Hapless Recruit to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Xerxes Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Glen Head, NY, UNITED STATES.
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NY 1918 1st Stokes. 12mo., 87pp., 31 monochrome illustrations by Richard Dorgan, original illustrated hardcover (colored cartoon-like picture on front board of seaman swabbing the deck of a ship). Owner signed (Lincoln S. Jones, USN, 1918). VG, cover lightly browned and slightly worn.
Add this copy of Biltmore Oswald. the Diary of a Hapless Recruit to cart. $45.00, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Frederick A. Stokes.
Edition:
1918, Frederick A. Stokes
Hardcover
Details:
Edition:
First edition
Publisher:
Frederick A. Stokes
Published:
1918
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
9022176935
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Extremities of spine and two corners bumped; but a fresh, bright copy. 87 pp. 8vo, Author's first book.
Add this copy of Biltmore Oswald: the Diary of a Hapless Recruit to cart. $50.00, like new condition, Sold by Old Book Shop of Bordentown rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bordentown, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Stokes.
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Fine. First edition of THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Illustrated paper covered boards. 87 pp. with 31 black and white humorous illustrations in black and white. by Richard Dorgan. A tight, bright, generally fine example (and rather unusual thus), with a tiny stain to the upper front tip. Humorous anecdotes of a World War One Navy recruit. The sketches originally appeared in a Naval Reserve magazine then collected here in book form. Thorne Smith (1892-1934) would go on to become one of the foremost American humorists of the first half of the 20th century; he was best known for his "Topper" novels, books that retained their popularity long after his death and were the basis both for the 1937 movie with Cary Grant and Constance Bennett and the mid 1950s TV series starring Leo G. Carroll as Cosmo Topper.
Add this copy of Biltmore Oswald; the Diary of a Hapless Recruit to cart. $60.00, fair condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
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Richard Dorgan. Fair. Format is approximately 5 inches by 7.75 inches. viii, 87, [1] pages. Name of previous owner written in ink on fep. Decorative front and back covers. Covers worn, soiled, edges rubbed and chipped. With 31 Illustrations in Black-and-White by Richard Dorgan. Includes Dedication: To my buddies, an unscrupulous, clamorous crew of pirates, as loyal and generous a lot as ever returned a borrowed dress jumper with dirty tapes; to numerous jimmy-legs and P. O, 's whose cantankerous tempers have furnished me with much material for this book; and also to a dog, an admirable dog whom I choose to call Mr. Fogerty, with apologies to this dog if in these pages his slave has unwittingly maligned his character or in any way cast suspicion or in any way cast suspicion upon his moral integrity. James Thorne Smith, Jr. (March 27, 1892-June 20, 1934) was an American writer of humorous fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking and ghosts. With racy illustrations, these sold in the 1930s and were equally popular in paperbacks of the 1950s. Smith was born in Annapolis, Maryland, the son of a Navy commodore, and attended Dartmouth College. Following hungry years in Greenwich Village, working part-time as an advertising agent, Smith achieved meteoric success with the publication of Topper in 1926. Richard William Dorgan (September 24, 1892-May 5, 1953) was an American cartoonist, writer, and illustrator. His first known published work appeared in The New York Call in 1913. A wide variety of his early work was published in The Broadside: A Journal for the Naval Reserve Force, 1918-1920. He is remembered as the illustrator of Thorne Smith's first two novels, Biltmore Oswald (1918) and Out o' Luck (1919), as well as for his work as a columnist for Photoplay Magazine and newspaper artist in the 1920s and '30s. During World War I, Dorgan was a Seaman Second Class in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force, stationed at Pelham Bay, New York. On his World War I draft registration card (dated June 5, 1917), Dorgan reported his occupation as "Cartoonist." Biltmore Oswald is the compilation of a weekly series that Thorne Smith wrote for the Naval Journal Broadside. It's the diary of Biltmore Oswald, a hapless naval recruit, and his day to day adventures during World War I. Oswald, a naive innocent, finds himself in many a compromising situation: Showering in the hotel room of the wife of a murderous, jealous man; observing French men greeting each other with kisses, and being pursued by beautiful women, much to the displeasure of his sweetie, Polly. This, as Thorne Smith's first attempt at writing, proved to be quite successful for its time, yielding a sequel, "Out 'o' Luck."
Add this copy of Biltmore Oswald, the Diary of a Hapless Recruit to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Gils Book Loft rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1918 by Frederick A. Stokes.
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Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Book Wear top spine. 1918 presentation by Captain L. C. Smith (author'srelative? ). Attractive illus. Richard Dorgan b/w artwork. very good, good+ worn chipped rare dj, pict. bds. Tight 87 pgs.
