Bennett Cerf, Book of Laughs, 1959, Carl Rose illustrated, Beginner Books
"Book of Laughs" by Cerf Bennett, illustrated by Carl Rose, published by Beginner Books A Division of Random House, 1959. Stated Book Club Edition. The “Beginner Books. I Can Read It All By Myself” with Cat in the Hat logo was a book club for the early readers founded and edited by Dr. Seuss himself (Theodor Seuss Geisel). Points of the early printing: copyright 1959 without any other printings listed, no isbn, no barcode.
Illustrated hard boards [some wear and soiling]; 6.3/4" x 9.1/4"; illustrated endpapers, 64 pages, fully illustrated, a little soiling and wear, the former owner, Edith Harris, age seven, attempted to wright and draw her own funny jokes on the endpapers [see photos]; good condition.
Bennett Alfred Cerf (1898-1971) was an American writer, publisher, and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House. Cerf was also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his weekly television appearances for over 17 years on the panel game show What's My Line?
Carl Rose (1903-1971) was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in The New Yorker, Popular Science, The Saturday Evening Post, and elsewhere. He received the National Cartoonists Society's Advertising and Illustration Award for 1958.Rose created one of the most famous New Yorker cartoons, published December 8, 1928, with a caption by E. B. White. In the cartoon, a mother at dinner says to her young daughter, "It's broccoli, dear." Her daughter answers, "I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it." (The phrase "I say it's spinach" entered the vernacular; in 1932, Irving Berlin's popular Broadway revue Face The Music included the song "I Say It's Spinach (And The Hell With It)".) Elizabeth Hawes adopted it for her critique of the clothing design industry: Fashion is Spinach (1938).
Rose illustrated Bennett Cerf's best-selling book Try and Stop Me and its sequel Shake Well Before Using. Rose also illustrated Have Tux, Will Travel, the supposed autobiography of actor Bob Hope (actually ghost-written by journalist Pete Martin). Between 1958 and 1961 he also illustrated the educational comic strip Our New Age, written by Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-7 weeks) ----- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-10 weeks) ----- $42.50
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"Book of Laughs" by Cerf Bennett, illustrated by Carl Rose, published by Beginner Books A Division of Random House, 1959. Stated Book Club Edition. The “Beginner Books. I Can Read It All By Myself” with Cat in the Hat logo was a book club for the early readers founded and edited by Dr. Seuss himself (Theodor Seuss Geisel). Points of the early printing: copyright 1959 without any other printings listed, no isbn, no barcode.
Illustrated hard boards [some wear and soiling]; 6.3/4" x 9.1/4"; illustrated endpapers, 64 pages, fully illustrated, a little soiling and wear, the former owner, Edith Harris, age seven, attempted to wright and draw her own funny jokes on the endpapers [see photos]; good condition.
Bennett Alfred Cerf (1898-1971) was an American writer, publisher, and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House. Cerf was also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his weekly television appearances for over 17 years on the panel game show What's My Line?
Carl Rose (1903-1971) was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in The New Yorker, Popular Science, The Saturday Evening Post, and elsewhere. He received the National Cartoonists Society's Advertising and Illustration Award for 1958.Rose created one of the most famous New Yorker cartoons, published December 8, 1928, with a caption by E. B. White. In the cartoon, a mother at dinner says to her young daughter, "It's broccoli, dear." Her daughter answers, "I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it." (The phrase "I say it's spinach" entered the vernacular; in 1932, Irving Berlin's popular Broadway revue Face The Music included the song "I Say It's Spinach (And The Hell With It)".) Elizabeth Hawes adopted it for her critique of the clothing design industry: Fashion is Spinach (1938).
Rose illustrated Bennett Cerf's best-selling book Try and Stop Me and its sequel Shake Well Before Using. Rose also illustrated Have Tux, Will Travel, the supposed autobiography of actor Bob Hope (actually ghost-written by journalist Pete Martin). Between 1958 and 1961 he also illustrated the educational comic strip Our New Age, written by Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-7 weeks) ----- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-10 weeks) ----- $42.50
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