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Books
Berton Braley wrote 21 books with his name on them, most containing his poems and stories. He also "ghosted" half a dozen other books (titles are still unknown to me). Also listed is a posthumoulsy published sample of his works.
Availability: All of the Braley book titles are out of print. Some of them can however still be purchased. Please check the ' Market ' section for the avialbility of used copies of your favorites.
1) Sonnets of a freshman, illustrations by C.R. Freeman; 1904, published by Wisconsin State Journal, copyright Berton Braley, 59 pages - available for research
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2) The Oracle on smoke: being a few utterances in a simple and not at all delphic style, with certain so-called poems there among scattered; all reported and writ by ....; 1905, published by The Sphynx, copyright Berton Braley, 28 pages - available for research
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3) Sonnets of a suffragette; including also Love sonnets of a manicure, Love lyrics of a shop girl, Love Lyrics of a chauffeur; 1913, published by Browne & Howell Company, copyright Browne & Howell Company - available for research
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4) Songs of the workaday world, 1915; published by George H. Doran Company, New York, copyright George H. Doran Company, 160 pages - available for research
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5) Things as they are: ballads, 1916; published by George H. Doran Company, New York, copyright George H. Doran Company 117 pages - available for research
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6) A Banjo at Armageddon, 1917; published by George H. Doran Company, copyright George H. Doran Company, pages 124 - available for research
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7) In camp and trench: songs of the fighting forces, 1918; published by George H. Doran Company, New York, copyright George H. Doran Company, pages 84 - available for research
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8) Buddy Ballads - songs of the AEF, 1919; published George H. Doran Company, New York -
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9) The Sheriff of Silver Bow, 1921; published by three different publishers: Jacobsen, A.L. Burt Co and Bobbs-Merrill (original publisher), copyright The Bobbs--Merrill Company, pages 338. - available for research (3 different copies)
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10) The enchanted flivver, 1926; illustrated by Reginald Birch; published by The Century Co., New York and London, copyright The Century Company, pages 255 - available for research
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11) Hurdy-gurdy on Olympus, 1927; illustrated by De Alton Valentine; published by D. Appleton and Company, New York and London, copyright D. Appleton and Company, pages 214 - available for research
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12) I ought to know that, compiled with George B. Hill , 1927 - not available for research
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13) Delia demonstrates, 1927; published by The Century Co., New York, copyright The Century Company, pages 349 - available for research
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14) Tales of the Hot Dog Tavern, 1929; published by The Marchbanks Press, New York; limited edition of 100 copies which are all numbered and autographed; this is Number 78, copyright Berton Braley, pages 62 - available for research
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15) Shoestring, 1931; published by Sears Pub. Co., New York - - available for research
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16) Bonehead Bridge - or Contract in cement circles, 1932; illustrations by D'Alton Valentine; published by Sears Publishing Company, New York, copyright Sears Publishing Company, pages 107 - available for research
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17) Pegasus pulls a hack; memoirs of a modern minstrel; 1934, autobiography published by Minton, Balch and Company, New York, copyright Berton Braley, pages 329 - available for research
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18) Morgan sails the Caribbean; 1934, published by The MacMillan Company, New York, copyright Berton Braley, pages 118, dedicated on front page to Ian - available for research (three copies of which one with handwritten poem and two autographed)
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19) New deal ditties: or, Running in the red with Roosevelt, 1936; published by Greenberg, New York; most poems were published in the New York American newspaper - available for research
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20) Quaker Fortress; 1939 - not available for research
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21) Stand fast for freedom; 1940, published by The John C. Winston Company, copyright The John C. Winston Company, pages 313, written together with Lowell Thomas - available for research
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22) Virtues in Verse: The Best Of Berton Braley; 1993, published by The Atlantean Press, selected and arranged by Linda Tania Abrams, copyright Linda Tania Abrams - available for research
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