A Subtreasury of American Humor by White, E.B. and Katharine S. White: Editors - 1941

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1941. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hard cover in good condition with beige weave-like texture boards; red panel with gold gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner bookplate pasted to top right of verso of front board. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Gutter between sub-title and title page (the first signature) cracked but all pages tightly intact. Mellow age toning to the papers. Top stained red, deckled side edges. Dust jacket good with shelf & edge wear, chips, loss at head and heel of spine. * From the cover, ""American humor at its best from Ben Franklin to the present-day [1941] wits, chosen by experts - a publishing event of real importance to all who cherish the comic spirit.""