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VINTAGE HUMOR JOKE BOOKS

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A Fine Mess!: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Crazy World of Laurel & Hardy – HCDJ. Will Rogers: The Man and His Times. Encyclopedia of Humor – HCDJ. The Brass Ring: A Sort of Memoir – by Bill Mauldin, HCDJ. 10,000 Jokes, Toasts, & Stories. The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley. Shake Well Before Using – by Bennett Cerf. Everything but Money – Sam Levenson, HCDJ. New York, New York Who’s in Charge Here?

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Image 1:

WILL ROCERS Richard M. Ketchum
The A Sort of a Memoir
ADAMS
VERBAL AND VISUAL GEMS FROM
THE CRAZY WORLD
Everything But Money
The Benchley Roundup
hake
Well
Before
Sam Levenson
Using
BY
BENNETT
CERF
NATHANIEL
BENCHLEY
Simon and
Schuster
MAULDIN
Over 1000 photos!
Simon and Schuster
HARPER
Edited by
RICHARD J.ANOBILE
NEW YORK
WHO’S
IN
CHARGE
HERE?
BestsellingAuthor
GARDNER
WILL
ROCERS
Richard
M.
Ketchum
The
A
Sort
of
a
Memoir
ADAMS
VERBAL
AND
VISUAL
GEMS
FROM
THE
CRAZY
WORLD
Everything
But
Money
The
Benchley
Roundup
hake
OF
LAUREL
HARDY
Well
Before
Sam
Levenson
Using
BY
BENNETT
CERF
NATHANIEL
BENCHLEY
Simon
and
Schuster
MAULDIN
Over
1000
photos!
Simon and
Schuster
HARPER
Edited
by
RICHARD
J.ANOBILE
NEW
NEW
YORK
WHO’S
IN
CHARGE
Here
he
folks
HERE?
BestsellingAuthor
GARDNER

Image 2:

or
of
d in
the
ms t
THE CRAZY WORLD
OF LAUREL & HARDY
eople
A Hal Roach-Jay Ward Production
Jay Ward, Bill Scott
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
Hal Roach
PRODUCER:
Raymond Rohauer
ny ma
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER:
Bill Scott
SCENARIO:
his fat.
Skip Craig, Roger Donley
FILM EDITORS:
were,
Jerry Fielding
MUSIC:
Garry Moore
NARRATED BY:
83 minutes
LENGTH:
a hous
in the e
This feature motion picture can be viewed and enjoyed in
its entirety at your local theatre or on your television screen.
A DARIEN HOUSE BOOK
For
or
of
d
in
the
ms
t
THE
CRAZY
WORLD
OF
LAUREL
&
HARDY
eople
A
Hal
Roach-Jay
Ward
Production
Jay
Ward,
Bill
Scott
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS:
Hal
Roach
e
PRODUCER:
Raymond
Rohauer
ny
ma
ASSOCIATE
PRODUCER:
Bill
Scott
SCENARIO:
his
Skip
Craig,
Roger
Donley
FILM
EDITORS:
were,
Jerry
Fielding
MUSIC:
‘t
Garry
Moore
NARRATED
BY:
here,
83
minutes
LENGTH:
a
in
the
e
This
feature
motion
picture
can
be
viewed
and
enjoyed
in
every
its
entirety
at
your
local
theatre
or
on
your
television
screen.
A
DARIEN
HOUSE
BOOK
For

Image 3:

COPYRIGHT © 1971 BY WILLIAM MAULDIN
393 07463 3
SBN
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 78-152671
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published simultaneously in Canada
by George J. McLeod Limited, Toronto
Drawings
Copyright 1944-45, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
Copyright 1941-51, Bill Mauldin
Copyright 1945, Time, Inc.
Copyright 1940-41, Arizona Highways
Copyright 1944, The University of Oklahoma Press
Photographs
Copyright 1945 by John Phillips
Copyright 1941 by A. Y. Owen
Copyright 1971 by Mrs. C. F. Moore
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
COPYRIGHT
©
1971
BY
WILLIAM
MAULDIN
393
07463
3
SBN
Library
of
Congress
Catalog
Card
No.
78-152671
ALL
RIGHTS
RESERVED
Published
simultaneously
in
Canada
by
George
J.
McLeod
Limited,
Toronto
Drawings
Copyright
1944-45,
United
Feature
Syndicate,
Inc.
Copyright
1941-51,
Bill
Mauldin
Copyright
1945,
Time,
Inc.
Copyright
1940-41,
Arizona
Highways
Copyright
1944,
The
University
of
Oklahoma
Press
Photographs
Copyright
1945
by
John
Phillips
Copyright
1941
by
Y.
Owen
Copyright
1971
by
Mrs.
F.
Moore
PRINTED
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES
OF
AMERICA

Image 4:

INCLUDING ALL THE RIGHTS RIGHT RESERVED OF REPRODUCTION
PUBLISHED IN COPYRIGHT, WHOLE BY OR SIMON 1948, IN PART BY AND BENNETT IN SCHUSTER, ANY CERF FORM INC.
Contents
AVENUE
ROCKEFELLER NEW CENTER, YORK 20. 1230 N. SIXTH Y.
The Comic Supplement
Page 6
SECTION 3
FOREWORD
Book Review-I
AUTHOR, AUTHOR!
Page VII
Page 83
SECTION
SECTION
The Front Page
Book Review-II
PUBLISHERS WEAKLY
Page
Page 114
SECTION 2
SECTION 5
The Theatre
Hollywood
Page 29
Page 137
MANUFACTURED IN THE STATES OF AMERICA
THE BENCHLEY by Nathaniel ROUNDUF Benchley
1954, 1927
1928,
INCLUDING
ALL
THE
RIGHTS
RIGHT
RESERVED
OF
REPRODUCTION
PUBLISHED
IN
COPYRIGHT,
WHOLE
BY
OR
SIMON
1948,
IN
PART
BY
AND
BENNETT
IN
SCHUSTER,
ANY
CERF
FORM
INC.
Contents
AVENUE
ROCKEFELLER
NEW
YORK
1230
N.
SIXTH
Y.
The
Comic
Supplement
Page
6
SECTION
3
FOREWORD
Book
Review-I
AUTHOR,
AUTHOR!
Page
VII
Page
83
SECTION
SECTION
The
Front
Page
Book
Review-II
PUBLISHERS
WEAKLY
Page
Page
114
SECTION
2
SECTION
5
The
Theatre
Hollywood
Page
29
Page
137
MANUFACTURED
IN
THE
STATES
OF
AMERICA
WOLFF
BOOK
MFG.
NEW
YORK
THE
BENCHLEY
Nathaniel
Benchley
1954,
1928,

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