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Coward-McCann, Inc., 1941. American humor at its best from Ben Franklin to the present-day wits, chosen by experts-a publishing event of real importance to all who cherish the comic spirit. Dj is worn at edges, . Book Club. Cloth. Good Plus/Worn-torn.

Modern Library, 1953. VG/VG. Spine tiny bit cocked; trace of shelfwear/soiling; POS inked ffep. DJ w/ some rubbing/edgewear; few small dings/chips; in new Brodart protector. 000020470

New York: The Modern Library, 1941. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 814 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear. An Ex-Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University-Library -Book with all the usual and standard signs (stamps, stickers, envelope, etc.) present. Pen and pencil markings throughout book.

Coward-McCann, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Good. Heavy book, white cloth, gilt on red background at spine top very slightly rubbed, 814 pages. 99 authors from F.P. Adams to Alexander Woollcott. DJ front red background with illustration of pen and inkwell, slight wear to top front edge, badly worn at spine top edge with two tiny tears, very slight wear at spine bottom edge, three very tiny tears at top back edge, light brown spots tiny at top back, tiny tear at back inner hinge. Near Good DJ/Near Fine book.

Coward-McCann, 1941. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Some light foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:

New York: Coward McCann Inc, 1941. hardcover. Book VG-: mild wear to boards and spine, offset/toning to endpapers, writing on FFEP, text clean, binding tight./DJ Fair: tear/loss on bottom of spine, closed tears and chipping, edge wear, NOT clipped ($3.00). 8vo from front flap: "While other people were collecting stamps, matchbooks, autographs, and other dross, E.B. White and Katharine S. White have for some years been saving the finest and funniest pieces written by American humorists. They have now assembled their wits between covers. The book is called A SUBTREASURY OF AMERICAN HUMOR, and the title itself suggests indestructible value." #01624.

NY: Coward-McCann, 1941. 8vo, pp. 814. Donor's presentation on flyleaf, o/w VG. Selections in verse and prose: parodies, stories, fables, newspaper reports, essays, fiction. (What was funny in 1941 is not necessarily funny in the current century.).

New York: Coward-McCann, 1941. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good or better, price-clipped dust jacket with shallow chipping, mostly along the upper extremities. A splendid and important anthology of humor, not ignoring the humor of the past, but also representing the more modern, *New Yorker*-type humor. Signed copies are exceptionally uncommon.