A BOOK OF AMERICAN PROSE HUMOR BEING A COLLECTIONOF HUMOROUS AND WITTY TALES, SKETCHES, ETC.; COMPOSED BY TE BESTKNOWN AMERICAN WRITERS

MELVILLE E. STONE JR. (EDITOR) - MARK TWAIN - BILL NYE - FINLEY PETER DUNNE - G EORGE ADE

Language: English

Published by HERBERT S. STONE & CO., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1904

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THERE ARE OLIVE GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GOLD STAMPED TITLES IN A DOUBLE RULED GILT BOX ON THE FRONT COVER. THERE IS SUN FADING AND A SMALL LINEAR STAIN ON THE SPINE CLOTH. THERE ARE GILT TOP PAGE EDGES. THERE ARE THIRTEEN AUTHORS WHO PROVIDE 26 HUMOROUS PROSE ESSAYS. THE AUTHORS INCLUDE MARK TWAIN, BILL NYE, GEORGE ADE, FINLEY PETER DUNNE (MR. DOOLEY) AND OTHERS. THE BOOK WAS EDITED BY MELVILLE E. STONE, JR. THE BOOK WAS PRINTED BY THE LAKESIDE PRESS OF R. R. DONNELLEY AND SONS OF GHICAGO. THE BOOK IS LISTED IN KRAMER'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STONE AND KIMBALL AS NUMBER 303.

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Title
A BOOK OF AMERICAN PROSE HUMOR BEING A COLLECTIONOF HUMOROUS AND WITTY TALES, SKETCHES, ETC.; COMPOSED BY TE BESTKNOWN AMERICAN WRITERS
Author
MELVILLE E. STONE JR. (EDITOR) - MARK TWAIN - BILL NYE - FINLEY PETER DUNNE - G EORGE ADE
Publisher
HERBERT S. STONE & CO., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Publication year
1904
Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
First Edition.
Printing
1st Printing
Dimensions
4 3/8" X 6 7/8"
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Aah! Rare Chicago specializes in collections of Chicago authors such as David Mamet, Ben Hecht, Vincent Starrett,James T. Farrell, Eugene Field, George Ade, Studs Terkel and many others along with collections of Chicago Publishers such as Stone and Kimball and Way and Willams. We have hundreds of books about Chicago dating back to the early 1800s including Crime, Prostitution, Banking, Mayors, Architecture, Newspapers, Sports, the 1968 Democratic convention riots including posters and the subsequent conspiracy trial, Prefire imprints and Business. Much of the material is very difficult to find material such as in early in magazines and other ephemera.

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