" Generations of readers have delighted in the work of the great American humorist Don Marquis, who was frequently compared to Mark Twain. These free-verse poems, which first appeared in Marquis's New York newspaper columns, revolve around the escapades of Archy, the philosophical cockroach who was once a poet, and Mehitabel, a streetwise alley cat who was once Cleopatra. Reincarnated as the lowest creatures on the social scale, they pro ..."
Archy and Mehitabel(Reprint) by DonMarquis Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1987 by Anchor Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-385-09478-8, ISBN: 0-385-09478-7
"Of all the literary genres, humor has the shortest shelf life--except for Archy and Mehitabel, that is. First published in 1916, it is a classic of American literature. Archy is a cockroach, inside whom resides the soul of a free-verse poet; he communicates with Don Marquis by leaping upon the keys of the columnist's typewriter. In poems of varying length, Archy pithily describes his wee world, the main fixture of which is Mehitabel, a ..."
archyology(1st Edition) the long lost tales of archy and mehitabel by DonMarquis, Jeff Adams, Ed Frascino Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2009 by Upne ISBN-13: 978-1-58465-806-1, ISBN: 1-58465-806-1
""This sweet, sweet volume brings Marquis (and his cockroach and cat) back to us. It's such an unexpected treat ...Readers (and children and grandchildren of readers) of Don Marquis will dearly love and welcome this book."--Washington Post.America's beloved archy and mehitabel finally return in these entrancing uncollected stories.."Archy and his racy pal Mehitabel are timeless," noted E. B. White in his essay on Don Marquis and his famo ..."
Best of Archy and Mehitabel by DonMarquis Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2011 by Everyman Paperback Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-84159-791-1, ISBN: 1-84159-791-0
"Language:Chinese.HardCover. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 300 in Publisher: Everyman A poet in a former life. Archy has been reincarnated as a cockroach who types by diving headfirst onto a typewriter (and is famously unable to operate the the shift key to produce capital letters); his side-kick Mehitabel is an alley cat who claims to have once been Cleopatra. Archy's poems irresistibly evoke 'Jazz Age New York' - as seen from the alley; funny. ..."
Pack Saddles And Rolling Wheels The Story Of Travel And Transportation In Southern Oregon And Northwestern California From 1852 by DonMarquis Chase, Marjorie Neill Helms Paperback, 66 Pages, Published 2012 by Literary Licensing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-258-51324-5, ISBN: 1-258-51324-2
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Archy and Mehitabel (Hardcover) by DonMarquis Hardcover, Published 2023 by Galileo Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-915530-01-1, ISBN: 1-915530-01-6
"The stories centre on archy, a philosopher cockroach who types messages to the author in lowercase letters (he is unable to use the typewriter's shift key), and mehitabel, a free-spirited alley-cat whose motto is "Toujours gai." archy and ..."
"A selection of the best of the hilarious free-verse poems by the irreverent cockroach poet Archy and his alley-cat pal Mehitabel. Don Marquis's famous fictional insect appeared in his newspaper columns from 1916 into the 1930s, and he has delighted generations of readers ever since. A poet in a former life, Archy was reincarnated as a bug who expresses himself by diving headfirst onto a typewriter. His sidekick Mehitabel is a streetwise ..."
Archy's Life of Mehitabel by DonMarquis Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1991 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-06616-2, ISBN: 0-571-06616-X
"Archy is a cockroach with the soul of a free verse poet who, by headbutting the typewriter keys, writes these poems that chronicle the adventures of his friend Mehitabel, a cat with the soul of Cleopatra. Don Marquis' creations have been constantly in print since 1934."
The Revolt of the Oyster (Classic Reprint) by DonMarquis Hardcover, Published 2018 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-0-483-56911-9, ISBN: 0-483-56911-9
Dreams and Dust (Paperback) by DonMarquis Paperback, Published 2018 by Amazon Digital Services Llc - Kdp Print Us, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-987613-39-1, ISBN: 1-987613-39-2
The Revolt of the Oyster (Classic Reprint) by DonMarquis Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2015 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-1-331-43375-0, ISBN: 1-331-43375-4
"Excerpt from The Revolt of the Oyster"Our remote ancestor was probably arboreal." - Eminent scientist.From his hut in the tree-top Probably Arboreal looked lazily down a broad vista, still strewn with fallen timber as the result of a whirlwind that had once played havoc in that part of the forest, toward the sea. Beyond the beach of hard white sand the water lay blue and vast and scarcely ruffled by the light morning wind. All the world ..."
Out of the Sea A Play in Four Acts by DonMarquis Hardcover, Published 2013 by Literary Licensing, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-258-55576-4, ISBN: 1-258-55576-X
Dreams and Dust (Dodo Press) by DonMarquis Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2009 by Dodo Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4099-1799-1, ISBN: 1-4099-1799-1
"Don/Donald Robert Perry Marquis (1878-1937) was an American humourist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, cartoonist, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is best remembered for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humourous verse. Marquis joined The Evening Sun in 1912 and edited for the next eleven years a daily column "The Sun Dial". In 1922 he left The Evening Sun (shortened ..."
The Cruise of the Jasper B. (Dodo Press) by DonMarquis Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2009 by Dodo Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4099-3024-2, ISBN: 1-4099-3024-6
"Don/Donald Robert Perry Marquis (1878-1937) was an American humourist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, cartoonist, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is best remembered for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humourous verse. Marquis joined The Evening Sun in 1912 and edited for the next eleven years a daily column "The Sun Dial". In 1922 he left The Evening Sun (shortened ..."