Author: Newton, Harry L
Title: A Bundle of Burnt Cork Comedy : Original Cross-Fire Conversations, Gags, Retorts, Minstrel Monologues and Stump Speeches
Publication: Chicago: T S Denison, 1905.
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good with no dust jacket.
Description: Dampstained fore-edge with red stain, title page nearly detached, well toned, 1/2" spine covering peel at head and tail, edgewear, cover stain, otherwise light wear. Solid stapled paperback. ; "It is hard to make some people laugh part of the time; still harder to make some people laugh all of the time; no book can make all the people laught all the time, but "A Bundle of Burnt Cork Comedy" comes a little nearer to doing it than anything ever written for the use of stage folks. It is also excellent reading matter for the layman. Buy it, take it home to the loved ones and let them read it. There is nothing which will offend; nothing but bright, original, clean, up-to-the-minute-humor, the kind you have been looking for." - publisher's introduction. ; 107, 14 ad pages.
Seller ID: 15874
Subject: Fiction