Ogden Nash order 4 Volumes of Poetry. 1938 to 1953

Set of 4 volumes of Ogden Nash Poetry
Each volume size: 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Hard covers.
Printed in the USA
Boston Little, Brown and Company
Condition: light fading of covers. No writing No missing pages. Occasional light browning.
Stored in pet and smoke free care.
Shipped with USPS Media Mail
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Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry. Wikipedia
Born: August 19, 1902, Rye, NY
Died: May 19, 1971, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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Books in this set:

1. I'm a Stranger Here Myself -1938 - 283 pages

Yes and No
(last verse)
"Sometimes with secret pride I sigh
To order think how tolerant am I;
then wonder which is really mine:
Tolerance, or a rubber spine?"

2. Good Intentions 1942 - 180 pages

The Fly
"God in His wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why"

Assorted Chocolates
"If some confectioner were willing
to let the shape announce the filling,
We'd encounter fewer assorted chos,
Bitten into and returned to the box"

3. The Private Dining Room 1953 - 369 pages

The Snake, Without Whom Adam Would Never Have Looked at the Lady Once:
"Girls cry, upon the sight of snakes,
Faugh, Ugh, also, For heaven's sakes!
Thus many, many boys get kissed,
Which without snakes, they might have missed"

4. Many Long Years Ago 1945 - 333 pages

"I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance."

The Rabbits
"Here's a verse about rabbits that doesn't mention their habits"