Terse Verse by Walt Mason - SIGNED

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Description: "Terse Verse" by Walt Mason

Signed on his picture page

Inside page inscribed:
For John M. Siddall
with best wishes of Walt Mason
If all our days were sunny
And skies were always blue,
We'd soon be blowing money
To buy a cloud or two. 1917
Chicago
A.C. McClurg & Co.

Hardback - 176 pages

In good condition. Cloth cover with gilt embossed title on the cover and title on the spine. There is minor wear on the corners of the covers and the top and bottom of the spine have wear.

Pages and binding are tight with the exception of the front cover and first page are beginning to separate. The pages are free from any markings and are very clean.

THhere are few people to-day who have not, at some time or other, heard of Walt Mason. For the benefit of those few it might be well to explain that Walt Mason, familiarly known as "Uncle Walt," is the Emporia, Kan., poet, whose inimitable wit has brought him national reputation. William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, some years ago called Mr. Mason the "poet laureate of American democracy," and admirers of Mr. Mason's work have voiced their approval of the title. While Walt Mason has restricted himself almost wholly to the writing of prose poems, he has done considerable other newspaper writing. For a time he was connected with the Washington (D. C.) News. His book called "Uncle Walt's Book" and his "Rhymes of the Range" were published several years ago and are still in great demand.

I am listing this book and a large collection of books by noted authors (many inscribed) from the estate of John and Jean Siddall. John Siddall was the editor of "The American Magazine" in the mid to late 20's. A little information about John Siddall and "The American Magazine".

In June of 1906, muckraking journalists Ray Stannard Baker, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida M. Tarbell left "McClure's Magazine" to help create "American Magazine". Ray Stannard Baker contributed articles under the pseudynom David Grayson. Under John S. Phillips, who served as editor until 1915, the monthly magazine departed somewhat from the muckraking style and focused on human interest stories, social issues, and fiction. Initially published by his Phillips Publishing Company of Springfield, Ohio, it later was taken over by Crowell Publishing Company then merged to become Crowell-Collier who published it until its closure in 1956. With the changes in 1915, the magazine's editor was John M. Siddall (1915-1923) and it expanded its market considerably by concentrating on female readership. The "American Magazine" ceased publishing in August of 1956. Among the noted authors who contributed regular were P.G.Wodehouse, David Grayson, Ida Tarbell, Walter Lippmann, H.G. Wells, Edna Ferber, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ellis Parker Butler, Upton Sinclair, Booth Tarkington, Harold Bell Wright, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., Zane Grey and many, many more.

Status: For Sale	Reference#: N114
Condition: Very Good	Year: 1890
Height: 8 in. (20.32 cm)
Width: 5.5 in. (13.97 cm)
Title: Terse Verse by Walt Mason - SIGNED

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