The Humor Gazette (1968 Hallmark Editions) - Illustrated Country Humor Anthology
Language: English
Published by Hallmark Cards Inc., 1968
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Archives, Manassas, VA, U.S.A.The Archives
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The Humor Gazette: Funniest Stories from Country Newspapers. Edited by John M. Henry; illustrated by John Trotta; introduction by Harry Golden. Kansas City: Hallmark Editions, 1968. Hardcover in printed cloth boards patterned with antique newspaper advertisements, in matching illustrated dust jacket priced $2.50. A charming mid-century gift edition celebrating small-town Americana through wry, often tender selections from local newspapers across the United States. With sections on 'Life and Other Pleasures,' 'Love Before and After Marriage,' and 'The School of Experience,' the volume reflects the wit and neighborly humor of rural editors from the early 20th century onward. Illustrated throughout with Trotta's nostalgic cartoons in black, gray, and sepia tones. Jacket shows minor edgewear and a small closed tear at the upper front corner; book itself Near Fine, tight binding, clean pages, and beautifully preserved decorative endpapers. A delightful piece of literary Americana - part humor anthology, part cultural time capsule - produced during Hallmark's brief but high-quality publishing period of the late 1960s. Harry Golden (1902-1981) was a celebrated journalist and humorist best known for Only in America and his witty social commentary on American life. John M. Henry was an Iowa-based editor, radio speaker, and columnist for Cosmopolitan, recognized for collecting rural newspaper humor. John Trotta was a commercial illustrator active in the 1960s, whose clean line style and muted palette captured the genial tone of Golden's Americana.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Humor Gazette (1968 Hallmark Editions) - Illustrated Country Humor Anthology
- Author
- Edited by John M. Henry
- Publisher
- Hallmark Cards Inc.
- Publication year
- 1968
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- John Trotta
- Seller catalogs
- Non-Fiction
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