An encyclopedia of modern American humor / edited by Bennett Cerf ; drawings by Doug Anderson.
An encyclopedia of modern American humor / edited by Bennett Cerf ; drawings by Doug Anderson.
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Publisher
Garden City, N.Y. : Hanover House, Doubleday, [1954]
Date
[1954]
Call Numbers
T0330285
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
688 p. : illus. ; 22 cm.
Contents
An innocent in Texas / Frank Sullivan -- A Texas sampler / the editor -- An ingenue of the Sierras / Bret Harte -- Strictly from hunger / S.J. Perelman -- Life among these unforgettable characters / John O'Hara -- It's time somebody said a word for California / Will Rogers -- An excerpt from W.C. Fi...
Hell's bells / Margaret Fishback -- Attention : sunburn enthusiasts / Margaret Fishback -- Infant prodigy / Margaret Fishback -- Anthologistics / Arthur Guiterman -- Poems in praise of practically nothing / Samuel Hoffenstein -- Thais / Newman Levy -- Highboy, lowboy, oboy! / David McCord -- Epitaph...
On skating / Cornelia Otis Skinner -- The sexes / Dorothy Parker -- By any other name / Joe H. Palmer -- The odds were right / Joe H. Palmer -- How to guess your age / Corey Ford -- The office party / Corey Ford -- Excerpts from Father of the bride / Edward Streeter -- Ladies' wild / Robert Benchley...
Song of one of the girls / Dorothy Parker -- Parable for a certain virgin / Dorothy Parker -- Bohemia / Dorothy Parker -- The last scene from The front page / Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur -- The opening scene from The man who came to dinner / Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman -- A scene from act II...
Publication information
Publisher
Garden City, N.Y. : Hanover House, Doubleday, [1954]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[1954]
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Full title
An encyclopedia of modern American humor / edited by Bennett Cerf ; drawings by Doug Anderson.
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Notes
General note
Transferred from N817.08/2.
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Call Numbers
T0330285
Record Identifier
74VKmexjygwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKmexjygwX
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DDC
817.008
MMS ID
991020745879702626
