New York: Coward-McCann, 1941 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1941 copyright date, no other dates. Near Fine oatmeal buckram boards with gilt titles over burgundy background at spine. No dust jacket. Clean, tight edition. PO's bookplate on inner front cover "Mrs. W.J. Coffield". 814 pages, including 10 pages of Author/Title index. 1941 Anthology of contemporary U.S. humor writers. Both editors were contributors of The New Yorker. Kurt Vonnegut (author of Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five and Breakfast of Champions) said in 1976 that an awful lot of work is rooted in this single book..

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Bookseller: Supercalifabulistic Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000071
Title: A Subreasury of American Humor
Author: E.B. White, K.S. White
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Coward-McCann
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1941
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: American Humor, Kurt Vonnegut, Anthology, The New Yorker
Bookseller catalogs: Antiques & Collectibles; Comedy;

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