(no dust jacket) [bumping/softening to bottom corners and base of spine, gilt lettering rubbed but still readable on both spine and front cover, faint stain on top edge of text block with slight bleed-through at top edges of a number of pages; all in all a solid reading/reference copy]. The noted radical/critic/journalist/poet/activist expounds (quite perceptively) on various types and philosophies of humor, following a brief preface in which he quotes George Bernard Shaw, who said: "There is no more dangerous literary symptom than a temptation to write about wit and humor. It indicates t... View More...
[beautiful copy, no significant wear to either book or jacket]. "In this book [the editor] brings together the best and most important studies and a new essay written for this volume to giv a comprehensive view of the range of Warren's work. A list of Warren's published works, 1929-1980, and a useful checklist of critical works on Warren's writing supplement this rich and balanced colletion of essays." View More...
(corner-clipped, although printed price is still present) [good solid book, minor shelfwear to bottom edge, vintage price sticker from San Francisco department store The White House on rear pastedown; jacket lightly worn along bottom of front panel and at both ends of spine, short tear with minor paper loss at top rear foldover]. (frontispiece caricature, photo, facsimile ads The book is "the story of a novel, from the moment it is conceived in the author's brain until it reaches the reviewers' hands. Mr. Straus ... writes as novelist, publisher, and literary critic, exploiting every sid... View More...
(no dust jacket, as issued) [ex-library book but virtually unworn; typical markings (incl. stamping on top/bottom edges, call number in small white letters on spine, pocket on rear pastedown)]. View More...
