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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Facsimile Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A Facsimile Edition copying the 1936 first edition. b/w Illustration (illustratore).

Trade paperback. First edition. Unabridged. Trade paperback (US). 512 p. A rich compost heap of glittering parlor, bedlam and bath tricks, games and whoopee to amaze and conquer every social gathering. America-as-apple pie--practical jokes, sight gags, exploding cigars, puzzles, guns, fireworks, card tricks, false teeth, stink bombs, lucky charms, magic. "The epitome mail-order America. A magnificent smudgy thumbprint of a totally lusty, vibrant, alive, crude, post-frontier-society.an exotic mixture of moralistic piety and violent primitive humor and it is impossible to find a single dull page."-Jean Shepherd Good. would be very good but for a two inch closed tear to the back cover and a corner crease to the back cover, some page toning, first printing. …