| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | English wit and humor: classified under appropriate subject headings, with, in many cases, a reference to a table of authors
| | | | Creator: | Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), 1848- | | | | Publication: | G.W. Jacobs & Co, Philadelphia,1898. | | | | Notes: | Preface signed: W. H. Howe. Published originally in London in 1891 under title: Everybody's book of English wit and humour. List of known works and authorities quoted: p. 4-5. | | | | Call #: | PN6175 H6 | | | | Extent: | 220 p. : front. (port.) ; 16 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | An evening from among the thousand evenings which may be spent with "Punch": being a selection, from the "First fifty years of 'Punch,'"...to which are added...notes and comments
| | | | Alt. Title: | Punch (London, England)
| | | | Publication: | Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London,1900. | | | | Call #: | AP101 P8E | | | | Extent: | 189 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Tarlton's jests, London, 1638: from the rare original in the collection of Henry Huth, Esq
| | | | Alt. Title: | Tarltons jests
| | | | Creator: | Tarlton, Richard, d. 1588 | | | | | McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) | | | | Publication: | E.W. Ashbee, London,1876?] | | | | Notes: | "Facsimile reproduction, superintended by Edmund W. Ashbee ... for private circulation only." Facsim. of: Tarltons iests : drawne into these three parts : 1. His court-witty iests, 2. His sound city iests, 3. His countrey pretty iests : full of delight, wit, and honest mirth. London : Printed by I. H[aviland] for Andrew Crook ..., 1638. [40] p. (4to) Signatures: A-Ep4s. STC 23684. "Strictly limited to 100 copies"--P. 1. LC has copy no. 5, signed by Ashbee. Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, Oct. 12, 1955. | | | | Call #: | B 3000 | | | | Extent: | [44] p. ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor | Chapbooks -- England
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