Author: LINSCOTT, ROBERT N. (EDITOR)
Title: The Best American Humorous Short Stories (Modern Library #87. 2)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1962]. Hardcover. A collection of humorous stories by 31 noted American authors such as Mark Twain, S. J. Perelman, Dorothy Parker and O. Henry (43 stories in all) in a Modern Library edition. Edited and with an introductory note by Robert N. Linscott. Jacket features color caricatures of five of the authors represented. --- In Toledano spine 8 / grey cloth / gilt titling on burgundy spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso advertises 408 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1962 (though 1945 date appears in book). ML #87.2. --- An about-Near Fine copy: unmarked, bright and tightly bound but with a faint odor of a lady's perfume. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.95) with mild creasing to lower part of spine, else bright, intact and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); x, 436 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Modern Library Editions >>Humor, Puzzles, Diversions