082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
817.5 Ben |
Item number |
14 |
090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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2360 |
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2360 |
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
Classification number |
817.5 Ben |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Benchley, Robert frey50 |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Chips off the old Benchley |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Robert Benchley; Intoduction by Frank Sullivan; Drawings by Gluyas Williams |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Harper & Brothers Publishers |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1949 |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
360 p. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Introduction - The new bone dust theory of behavior - Bayeux Christmas presents early - The last of the Heath Hens - on or before March 15 - The menace of buttered toast - A belated tribute - Art revolution No. 4861 - Ding Dong, School Bells - My five (or Maybe Six) year plan - Boost New York! - Advice to gangsters - "He travels fastest" - "Greetings from" - So you're going to New York - Future man: Tree or Mammal? - Encore - Sporting life in America watching - Sporting life in a America Turkish bathing - Take a letter, please - The mysteries of radio - your boy and his dog - Good luck - safety second - Tiptoeing down Memory Lane - What time is it - Do I hear Twenty Thousand - Imagination in the bathroom - Music heavenly maid - Perrine's return - Books and other things - Browsing through the passport - Memoirs - looking at picture books - Old days in New bottles - The lure of the rod - Good luck, and try and get it - The letter box - How to travel in peace - Down in front - confession - on saying little at great length - The dying thesaurus - Brain Fag - Plans for Eclipse day - In the beginning - Are you an old master? - Bid lore - The United States Senate Chamber - The first Pigeon of Spring - Vox Populi _ Why I am pale - My own arrangement - Hey, Waiter! - How to get things done - Morale in Banking - The questionnaire craze - Home sweet home - Literary notes - The correspondent school linguist - Learn to write - Knowing the flowers - A warning note in the Matter of Preparedness - My subconscious - Professional Pride - A writers' code - Doing your bit in the garden - Picking French Pastry: a Harder game than chess - Teh perfect audience - Writers, Right or wrong! - Your change - Inter office Memo - The dear dead table dHote Days - Mea Culpa - "One hundred years ago today" - A word about hay fever - A bas the military censor - Why does nobody collect me? |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
Chips off the Old Benchley represents some of the most inspired writing the Old Master ever die; it is Benchley at his best, in his most wayward, unpredictable and hilarious moods. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
American wit and humor |
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Relator code |
Intro. |
Personal name |
Sullivan, Frank |
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Relator code |
Ill. |
Personal name |
Williams, Gluyas |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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AJML |
Koha item type |
800 - 899 |
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817.5 Ben |
961 WL - |
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14 |