Item #29421 THE BEST OF MODERN HUMOUR. Signed. Mordecai Richler, edit.

THE BEST OF MODERN HUMOUR. Signed.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1983.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition of this compendium of humour Signed by editor Mordecai Richler on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over black paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a just about fine dustwrapper. Thick 8vo. 542 pp. A definitive look at American humour through the writings and musings of, James Thurber, S. J. Perelman, E. B. White, A. J. Liebling, Ring Lardner, Stephen Leacock, Woody Allen, Nora Ephron, Calvin Trillin, Garrison Keillor et al.

Item #29421    Price: US$145.00