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New York: (the author), 1950. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Volume one: [3], 127 leaves; volume two: unpaginated by about 100 leaves. Printed rectos (front side) only. 8-1/2 by 11 inches; bradbound in paper covers. A collection of stag party jokes "strictly for men who are not so strict! For stags, barrooms, taverns, golf links, toilets, mens' rooms, cellars, dives, joints, cess-pools, sewers, etc. etc." A rare record of raunchy statndup comedy in the immediate post-War era. Not located on OCLC. Undoubtedly issued in very small quantities. Unlike other Glason joke volumes, which were mimeographed, these are carbon copies, made on a typewriter, suggesting a print run of 4 to 6 copies at a time. The jokes are mild by modern standards, and many invoke euphemisms, double entendres, and elisions to evade censors (e.g., "She has an even disposition. She wants to F... all the time"). The jokes are also predictably racist and misogynist. These two collections of jokes were produced by the former vaudeville… Read More