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Laughing Stock: Over Six-Hundred Jokes and Anecdotes Of Uncertain Vintage
by Cerf, Bennett – Editor
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Carl Rose. introduction by editor and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Carl Rose. Red coloured cloth covered boards with green coloured illustration to the front panel and green and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Dark red coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Title says it all. Softening to the back strip edges and the top edge is slightly frayed. Bumping and rubbing to the book corners with rubbing of the lower book edges. Flecking of the book edges and there is quite significant fading of the back strip along with some foxing. Light browning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Offset tanning to the end pages and previous owner's name to the free front endpaper. There is a stain on the front fore edge of the free front endpaper and half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 244 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Carl Rose. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Inventory No: 0120713. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0120713
- Title
- Laughing Stock: Over Six-Hundred Jokes and Anecdotes Of Uncertain Vintage
- Author
- Cerf, Bennett – Editor
- Illustrator
- Carl Rose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- BZDB2 humour, 1940s, compilation, anecdotes, Carl Rose – Illustrator Humour; Carl Rose Unbranded Cerf, Bennett – Editor Laughing Stock: Over Six-Hundred Jokes and Anecdotes Of Uncertain Vintage
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humour;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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