Esar's Comic Dictionary by Evan Esar - 1943

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday. Good+/No Jacket. 1943. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Used In deep red boards with raised titling, minor wear and darkening, hints of foxing to edges. .

Harvest house, January 1943. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable/No Jacket. Spine covering is torn and loose. This is a stated first edition but it is very aged. Serious shelf wear on spine and boards. Pages yellowing with age.

Harvest house, 1943-01-01. hardcover. Collectible - Good. 8x5x1. As pictured. 1st edition. Some wear. Jacket shows edgewear.

Doubleday, 1983. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Front endpaper top is clipped, remainder mark on bottom edge, otherwise unmarked. DJ has light edge wear.

NY: Harvest House Publishers. Good. 1943. Ex LIBRARY HARDCOVER; FIRST EDITION". HARDCOVER. 5x8". GOOD CONDITION..CLEAN ,SOLID, BUT SEVERAL STAMPS (DISCARDED") FROM OLD RELIGIOUS CHURCH SCHOOL LIBRARY..O/W SHOWS ONLY MINOR SIGNS OF USE.. ; 313ps pages; "Laughing Webster". Funny Definitions, Quips, Epigrams, Puns..Humor..Provides humorous and tongue-in-cheek definitions for thousands of common English words and expressionsEvan Esar (1899-1995) was an American humorist, whose writings ranged from comic folklore to satiric literature, and combined both popular and scholarly appeal. He edited joke books and humorous dictionaries and pioneered in humor tests, statistical methods, and comparative joke lore. Among his many writings are Esar's Comic Dictionary, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, and 20,000 Quips and Quotes. .

New York: Bramhall House, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 315pp. A very nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" Tall

Horizon Press. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. Red boards, gilt titling. Solid binding with split beginning at front gutter. Edgewear. Unmarked. DJ damp stained with chips and tears, in clear cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages .

New York: Harvest House Publishers, 1943. Red cloth boards are scuffed and mottled. Prior owner name on fep. No markings in text, binding sound.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New York: Harvest House, 1943. Faint small tape stains on end papers, where dust jacket was once secured. Light wear extremities.. First Edition. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Bramhall House, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 8vo.. 315 pages; red boards. This book is in very good+ condition and has a very good- dust jacket.