1907 Sayings Maxims Of Methuselah 969 Years Old Illustrated Gelett Burgess First
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1907 SAYINGS MAXIMS OF METHUSELAH 969 YEARS OLD ILLUSTRATED GELETT BURGESS FIRST. By humorist Gelett Burgess, illustrated by Louis D. Fancher, and published by Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York. 108 pages. From 1907, this is the first edition of The Maxims of Methusaleh, Being the advice given by the Patriarch in his 969th year, to his Great Grandson at Shem's Coming of Age. By humorist Gelett Burgess, illustrated by Louis D. Fancher, and published by Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York. Sized 7x5 inches, Bound in green cloth at the spine, with illustrated boards. 108 pages. Frank Gelett Burgess (January 30, 1866 – September 18, 1951) was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. He was an important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, and association with The Crowd literary group. He is best known as a writer of nonsense verse, such as "The Purple Cow", and for introducing French modern art to the United States in an essay titled "The Wild Men of Paris." He was the illustrator of the Goops murals, in Coppa's restaurant, in the Montgomery Block and author of the popular Goops books. Burgess coined the term "blurb."
