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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 98 pages. Illustrated by William Gropper. Several corners and spine ends starting to fray, else very good condition. A tight and bright copy. (P5).
Published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1931
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First Printing, with correct code of 'G-F' to copyright page. 12mo. (17cm); maroon cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 98pp; illus. Some trivial wear to spine ends and lower corners, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $1.25); moderate, even toning overall, with light edgewear, a few short tears and two small stains to right margin of front panel; Very Good. A compilation of pieces written by early American humorists (Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Eugene Field, Edgar Nye, and Artemus Ward, et al). Illustrated throughout by William Gropper, who has designed a vivid two-color frontispiece following the jacket illustration.