Tuesday, February 9, 2016

It's Fat Tuesday! Here's two postwar comic romps from The Big Easy



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Kane, Harnett T., Queen New Orleans: City By The River (William Morrow, 1st ed., 1949). “The Poet Laureate of Louisiana” pens a raucous, affectionate portrait of The Big Easy. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, Brodart cover, very good condition, inscribed to Charlotte NC arts maven Gladys Lavitan. HBB price: $60.

Tallant, Robert, Mrs. Candy Strikes It Rich (Doubleday & Co., 1954, 1st ed.). LOC 54-7663. Comic Mardi Gras romp featuring the social-climbing, nouveau-riche Mrs. Eustacia Candy Petit of Cairo Street, N’awlins. Third of a series of Mrs. Candy comedies. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, good condition, inscribed to Charlotte NC arts maven Gladys Lavitan.  HBB price: $50.

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