Laughter and Life ( By an Ulsterman )
by W. HUTTON
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Fair
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
83pp + photographic frontispiece of the author. Good+ condition, with spotting to the title page, and closed page edges dusty though otherwise clean throughout with no inscriptions. In rare original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped, with edge tears and chips, with loss of approx 20% of the plain rear panel.
The title page describes Hutton as "Member of Belfast City Y.M.C.A. Literary and Debating Society, and Ex-Principal, Dunbar Memorial School, Banbridge". The dustwrapper flap advertises the volume thus;
"The Audience ROCKED and ROCKED and ROCKED with laughter when the author delivered the contents of this Book as Lecturettes".
The contents are in three parts; The Psychology of Laughter, Wit and Humour, and Cheerfulness.
The title page describes Hutton as "Member of Belfast City Y.M.C.A. Literary and Debating Society, and Ex-Principal, Dunbar Memorial School, Banbridge". The dustwrapper flap advertises the volume thus;
"The Audience ROCKED and ROCKED and ROCKED with laughter when the author delivered the contents of this Book as Lecturettes".
The contents are in three parts; The Psychology of Laughter, Wit and Humour, and Cheerfulness.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 477
- Title
- Laughter and Life ( By an Ulsterman )
- Author
- W. HUTTON
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth covered boards, lettered in red to the spine. In original dustwrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Quota Press
- Place of Publication
- Belfast
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Humour, Humor, Comedy, Northern Ireland, Irish, Ulsterman, Ulster
Terms of Sale
Itchen Books
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About the Seller
Itchen Books
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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