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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover is in very good condition (Ex-Library, Library card-holder pocket with the previous owner's sticker is located on the inside of the front cover, bumped on the bottom of the spine, the bottom corner of several pages are crinkled and faded corners). Dust jacket is in very good condition (multiple tears at the creases, spine and edges, the letters "JN" are written in purple marker on the bottom of the back cover, soiled, yellowed, rubbed and edge wear). Brodart protected. 431 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A lifetime collection of favorite jokes, anecdotes, and limerick's with copious notes on how to tell them and why. (from the front cover)

Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 431 pp., 24 cm. Subjects; English wit and humor. Humorous prose in English, 1945 Anthologies. 1 Kg.

9.25 x 6.25", grey cloth, 431pp with index, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, ink name of former owner on front fly, ink numbers on rear endpapers, textblock edges spotted, pages a bit toned, in a rubbed, edge-torn/chipped and tape repaired (now browned) dustjacket. A well used copy, but FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ISAAC ASIMOV, ON HALF-TITLE PAGE.