week end book humor von wodehouse scott meredith (2 Ergebnisse)

21 cm, Hardcover/Pappeinband. 251 Seiten , das Buch ist ein Dachbodenfund, gebräunt, fleckig, die Rückenschrift ist abgegriffen, Einbandkanten teils mit Bestoßungen, aus dem Inhalt: INTRODUCTION by P. G. Wodehouse - "TAKE THE WITNESS!" by Robert Benchley - GROUCHO: THE MAN FROM MARX by Leo Rosten, Comments by Groucho Marx - SOMEWHERE A ROSCOE . . . by S. J. Perelman - FATHER WAKES UP THE VILLAGE by Clarence Day - SONG TO BE SUNG BY THE FATHER OF INFANT FEMALE CHILDREN by Ogden Nash - CAPSULE CRITICISM by Alexander WooUcott - TWO BUMS HEBE WOULD SPEND FREELY EXCEPT FOR POVERTY by John McNulty - THE SNATCHING OF BOOKIE BOB by Dämon Runyon - THOUGHTS by John O'ReÜly - ART SECTION R. Taylor, 69; Charles Addams, 70; Robert Day, 71; Mort Walker, 72; Mischa Richter, 73; Jeff Keate, 73; Don Tobin, 74; Salo Roth, 75; George Price, 75; Roy L. Fox, 76; Richard Decker, 77; Irwin Caplan, 78; AI Ross, 79; Vip (Virgil Partch), 80; Syd Hoff, 81; Clyde Lamb, 82; Henry Sylverson, 82-83; Tom Hudson, 83; Emest Marquez - YVONNE by Frank SuUivan - ADVENTURES WITH THE ANGELS by H. Allen Smith - TWENTY-FIVE BY CERF A Selection of Bennett Cerf Jokes - CHOCOLAIE tuti itiK WOODWORK by Arthu* Kober - RÉSUMÉ by Dorothy Parker - LOVE IS A FALLACY by Max Shulman - THE LADY ON THE BOOKCASE by James Thurber, Illustrated with ten cartoons by Mr. Thurber - NEW JOE MILLER JOKE BOOK by Earl Wilson - ON THE VANITY OF EARTHLY GREATNESS by Arthur Guiterman - THE ETIQUETTE OF COURTSHIP by Donald Ogden Stewart - CONFETTI ON THE BRAIN by Billy Rose - MADAME DU BARRY by WiU Cuppy - MONEY by Richard Armour - HERR OTTO BRAUHAUS by Ludwig Bemelmans - GUINEA PIG by Ruth McKenney - THE MAN WHO GAME TO DINNER by George S. Kauf man and Moss Hart - TROUBLE DOWN AT TUDSLEIGH by P. G. Wodehouse Beschreibung vom Antiquariat Ardelt 4b5a Antiquariat Ardelt Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Wodehouse to his biographer and bibliographer Jasen on the front free endpaper, "To David from Plum, P. G. Wodehouse". Only Wodehouse's close friends and family knew him as "Plum". David A. Jasen (1937-2022) was the dedicatee of Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963). A ragtime scholar and performer, he shared a passion for music with Wodehouse, a famed musical lyricist. Wodehouse edited and wrote the introduction for this collection of stories by such fellow humourists as Robert Benchley, Leo Rosten, and S. J. Perelman. Jasen p. 257; McIlvaine B10a. Octavo. Illustrations throughout. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. Minor rubbing to spine lettering, spine ends bumped, wear to one lower corner; jacket slightly rubbed but bright, ends and corners chipped, couple of short closed tears to edges, price-clipped: a very good copy in like jacket.