Wit and Humor of the age comprising wit, humor, pathos, ridicule, satires, dialects, puns, conundrums, riddles, charades, jokes, and magic by Mark Twain, Josh Billings, Robt. J. Burdett . With the philosophy of wit and humor by Melville D. Landon

Landon, Melville D.

Published by Star Publishing Company, n.d., Chicago, 1883

About this Item

8vo, pp. [4], 9-774, 32 full-page illustrations in the text including the frontispiece; page of facsimile signatures; contemporary full sheep, black leather labels on spine; scuffed and rubbed, the rear joint partially cracked, clean tear in p. 516-17; a good, sound copy. See BAL 3633 listing one contribution by Twain but according to the index there are 9; other contributors listed include Robert J. Burdett (BAL 1966); Bret Harte (BAL 7325); also Mary Mapes Dodge, James Russell Lowell, Eugene Field, Susan B. Anthony, Poe, Turgenev, Uncle Remus, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. BAL lists the publisher as Western Publishing House but this is a reprint, likely ca. 1890.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wit and Humor of the age comprising wit, humor, pathos, ridicule, satires, dialects, puns, conundrums, riddles, charades, jokes, and magic by Mark Twain, Josh Billings, Robt. J. Burdett . With the philosophy of wit and humor by Melville D. Landon
• Publisher: Star Publishing Company, n.d., Chicago
• Publication Date: 1883
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  • American Literature