The Wit and Humor of America: 10 Volume Set of Books

by Wilder, Marshall P. (Editor)

$40 · Offered by Biblio

Funk Wagnalls, 1907 Hard cover. Good. Good. No dust jacket. No dust jackets. 10 volume set of hardcovers in red cloth covers. All 10 have some minor soiling on covers, centers of front covers scuffed on all. Page edges lightly smudged, texts clean bright, no writing. Vol. 9 pink stain on front endpaper. Very solid books, tight spines with little wear. Volume 3 has a weak front hinge, volume 5 a small tear along rear hinge. Covers have only minor fading, still quite bright red. 10 Volume set of books, The Wit and Humor of America. Cover pages say Funk Wagnalls. All copyright pages show 1907 Bobbs Merrill. And also 1911 The Thwing Company. Happiness and laughter are two of the most beautiful things in the world, for they are of the few that are purely unselfish. When people are happy they present a cheerful spirit, which finds its reflection in every one they meet, for happiness is as contagious as a yawn. Of all the emotions, laughter is the most versatile, for it plays equally well the role of either parent or child to happiness. The can we say too much in praise of the men who make us laugh? God never gave a man a greater gift than the power to make others laugh, unless it is the privilege of laughing himself. We honor, revere, admire our great soldiers, statesmen, and men of letters, but we love the man who makes us laugh. No other man to-day enjoys to such an extent the close personal affection, individual yet national, that is given to Samuel L. Clemens. He is ours, he is

• Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls
• Year: 1907
• Binding: hardcover

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