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Best American Humorous Short Stories: An Anthology by Jessup, Alexander; Edited by - 1944

Best American Humorous Short Stories: An Anthology

by Jessup, Alexander; Edited by

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New York: Modern Library, 1944 Modern Library, 1944. Very Good. Modern Library, 1944. Very Good. This is a collection of humorous American short stories by masters of the genre including Poe, Twain, Bret Harte, O. Henry and others; all were written between 1830 and 1914. Number 87 in the Modern Library series. Blue cloth binding with gold lettering light blue block on front board and spine, Toledano 8 binding (1939-1963). Binding tight and square, clean and bright with no marking other than minor foxing at front and back. Unclipped dust jacket (Toledano 8g used from 1939-1944) is chipped at all extremities, but is still bright and clean. Book list on reverse side of jacket lists 291 titles. Repairs and restoration have been made.
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  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1944
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The Best American Humorous Short Stories

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The Best American Humorous Short Stories

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NY: Modern Library, 1945. Blue boards rubbed with edgewear, faded on front. Pgs clean, tight and unmarked. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Best American Humorous Short Stories

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Boni and Liveright, 1920. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1920. No Edition Remarks. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Tearing to front pastedown. Light brown staining to pages 122 and 123. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Bubbling to boards.
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The Best American Humorous Short Stories

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East Bridgewater, MA: Signature Press Editions. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2007. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 199 pp., Edited & with an introduction by Alexander Jessup, An anthology of short stories by 19th- and very early 20th-century authors,many largely unknown today, including Caroline M.S. Kirkland, Richard Malcolm Johnston, George Poep Morris, Eliza Leslie and many others. Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, O. Henry, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Frank Stockton & Edward Everett Hale are also represented. .
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The Best American Humorous Short Stories: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition

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THE BEST AMERICAN HUMOROUS SHORT STORIES

by Alexander Jessup

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New York: The Modern Library. Leather. 276p. A small, flexible hardcover book bound in brown leatherette. Good condition. Spine and boards crinkled and lightly rubbed. Binding a little weak between pages 60-61. Faint musty smell inside. Text unmarked. Modern Library edition with Rockwell Kent endpapers. Undated; ca. 1920s. Measures approx. 6.7" x 4.4
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