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Chicago: College Humor, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Very unique and interesting promotional book sent by College Humor magazine to advertisers and agencies in 1927 promoting the magazine, which was first published in 1920. This book was owned by Charles Wadsworth Camp, perhaps most well known as the father of Madeleine L'Engle, but an author in his own right. Laid in is a typed form letter from the advertising director, which was once mounted to the first blank page, asking the recipient (agencies) what would they give today to talk to themselves at twenty. It goes on to explain the appeal of the magazine to college youth of the time, and extol their great buying power and influence. The letter is signed by a very important individual, H. N. Swanson, first editor of the magazine and agent of F. Scott Fitzgerald and others. He writes a short note to camp at the bottom of the letter asking if he might send in something new. The book itself contains snippets of stories, art, and other works… Read More