"Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things" is like "The Daily Show" of its time, 1919. Business partners Abe Potash and Morris Perlmutter trade zingers about the news of the day. And such news! -- the end of World War I, peace talks, and wartime President Woodrow Wilson's idea of the League of Nations. But not for Abe and "Mawruss" are the affairs of ...
The garment business is full of woes, what with strangling bank fees, designer problems, changeable Paris fashions, and the high cost of "oitermobiles" . . . but worst of all are partnerships. "If Andrew Carnegie would come to me and tell me he wants to go with me as partners together in the cloak and suit business, I would say 'No, ' so sick and ...
Montague Marsden Glass (1877-1934) was an English playwright and humourist. He moved to The United States with his family at a young age. His works revolve around the characters of two funny jewish businessmen in the American society at the beginning of the twentieth century. Amongst his most famous works are: Potash and Perlmutter (1913), Abe and ...
The garment business is full of woes, what with strangling bank fees, designer problems, changeable Paris fashions, and the high cost of "oitermobiles" . . . but worst of all are partnerships. "If Andrew Carnegie would come to me and tell me he wants to go with me as partners together in the cloak and suit business, I would say 'No, ' so sick and ...
Montague Glass was an early-twentieth-century American humorist and attorney who specialized in humorous stories based on New York City's garment trade. As the garment industry in New York at this time was primarily run by Jewish immigrants, much of Glass's humor derived from their nature and characters. The first stories were published as "Potash ...
Montague Glass was an early-twentieth-century American humorist and attorney who specialized in humorous stories based on New York City's garment trade. As the garment industry in New York at this time was primarily run by Jewish immigrants, much of Glass's humor derived from their nature and characters. The first stories were published as "Potash ...
1910. Contents: The Truth About Potash and Perlmutter; Two Tales of Ingratitude; Something Just as Good; And the Greatest of These; How Education Paid; and Shopping in Naples.
This was an allusion to the circumstance that Philip Noblestone had once been Pesach Edelstein and the resounding bang with which the broker closed the door behind him was gratifying evidence to Abe that his parting shot had found its target.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
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Theophilus Cossart, Montague Glass, Bruce Rogers, Marchbanks Press, Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress), Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: International Magazine Company
Date Published: 1929
Description: Good. -Fourth--290 pages. Interior is clean and tight. Boards are nice overall. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: International Magazine Company
Date Published: 1929
Description: Good. -4th Edition--290 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The boards have normal signs of aging w/ light mildew. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Description: Good. First Edition. Ex-Library-Stated First Edition--320 pages. Interior-nice overall condition w/ ex-library referencing and light signs of wear/aging. The boards and spine have light surface/edge wear. -Publish Place: Garden City, New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Curtis Publishing Company
Date Published: 1911
Description: Fair. Fair to good copy, some chipping around the edges, address label at upper front. Contains: "Two Men and a Chance, " Will Payne; "Nil Nisi Bonum, " Montague Glass; "Artemis Quibble, LL.B., " Arthur Train; "The Glory of Clementina, " William J. Locke. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Marchbanks Press.
Date Published: 1928
Description: Octavo (9in x 5.25in) brown cloth spine and tan boards with black titling to top board. v, 19pp. Introduction is a short satirical Life of Father Burke by Montague Glass. This is followed by a witty versification on Father Burkes Academy and several pages of amusing annotations. Boards are lightly worn and darkened to top edge. Internally tight and clean. Near Vg. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Marchbanks Press
Date Published: 1928
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 19 p. Includes illustrations. Hardcover, FIRST EDITION, black cloth spine/tan boards, covers clean with only minor wear, previous owner names on ffeps o/w a clean unmarked copy. B/w illustrations, 19pp. Born in Dublin where his father was proprietor of the Harp and Crown Hotel, young John Burke took an interest in two ladies, Belfast Annie Thompson and French Kate, which led to his emigration to Boston. From the Introduction: "Unquestionably what caused him ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition, 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran
Date Published: 1930
Description: Very Good. No Dj. 320 pages, uncommon book. Nice copy: spine nice and square but a little darkened/lettering a little faded, binding has very light fading, extremities just a little bumped else the book is very nice with NO highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. NOT an ex-library, NOT a book club, NOT a remainder. Very Good, no dj. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Published by the Author
Date Published: 1922
Description: Very Good- No Jacket. Normal exterior age wear, including scuffs, soils, and light edge wear; text block is clean and tight; a decent copy. 78 pages. read more
Binding: HARD BACK BURGUNDY
Publisher: GROSSET & DUNLAP
Date Published: 1925
Description: FAIR+ 5 ¼ X 7 ½ Boards: title on spine and cover, mild to moderate wear, rubs, corner bumps, soil marks, front hinge cracked, slightly shelf cocked. Interior: pages browning, ink name/address of the previous owner on the front free end paper, tiny price sticker on the back paste-down paper. _PAB_ read more
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