Cape Cod Humor

First Edition. Softcover / Pictorial Card Wrappers. Octavo. Original white card wrappers illustrated with an archival photograph of a shipwreck breeches-buoy rescue with a comedic speech bubble ("How do I get to the beach?"), bearing the printed "Signed First Edition" publisher seal at upper left. Illustrated throughout with vintage New England cartoons, humorous archival maritime photographs, historical anecdotes, and comic dialogue capturing Cape Cod culture. Flat-signed by the author, regional historian and humorist Noel W. Beyle, on the preliminary page. A solid, clean copy in Very Good condition: binding is tight, square, and firm. Wrappers show gentle handling, mild rubbing along the spine fold, and faint age-toning to the borders, but remain clean with no major creasing or splits (no mylar). Interior pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked throughout, free of marginalia, underlining, or remainder marks aside from the author's signature. A classic slice of Yankee wit and coastal folklore by Noel W. Beyle, one of Cape Cod's most prolific independent chroniclers. Compiling deadpan local jokes, tourist interactions, fishing tales, beachcomber humor, and coastal New England eccentricities, this collectible chapbook offers an affectionate look at Outer Cape character and maritime life.