| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
817 Ame |
| Item number |
14 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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585 |
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585 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
817 Ame |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
20160731 frey50 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
American Humor |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
E. B. White and Katharine S. White Editors |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
A subtreasury of American Humor |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1941 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Coward- McCann, Inc. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
814 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Table of Contents -- Benny and the bird-dogs / Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings -- Christopher Kaplan / Leonard Q. Ross -- The Casting away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine / Frank R. Stockton -- Gentleman Prefer Blondes / Anita Loos -- George F. Babbitt starts the day / Sinclair Lewis -- Lady's room / John Mosher -- Two letters from a Rookie to his girl / Edward Streeter -- Glory in the daytime / Dorothy Parker -- Boggains in the Bronx / Arthur Kober -- Mrs. Heywood Cox Broun / Heywood Broun -- His grandfather's old ram / Mark Twain -- Alibi Ike / Ring Lardner -- Fables for our time / James Thurber -- Fables in slang / George Ade -- Fable of the iron dogs / Don Marquis -- Ferry-tail from Keeng Mitas for Nize Baby / Milt Gross -- Fantastic fables / Ambrose Bierce -- The Parable of the family which dwelt apart / E.B. White -- Confessions of a gallomaniac / Frank Moore Colby -- An Affix for birds / St. Clair McKelway -- An Invitation to a party / Frederic S. Cozzens -- A Very dangerous invitation / Max Adeler -- A Ride with Ralph / Francis Steegmuller -- A Watch that wanted cleaning / James T. Fields -- It's a wise parent / Cornelia Otis Skinner -- Large coffee / Ring Lardner -- Doucement, doucement / Donald Moffat -- The Most horrible battle ever recorded in poetry or prose / Washington Irving -- The Latest improvements in artillery / Orpheus C. Kerr -- Sumthin in the pastoral line / James Russell Lowell -- The Great presidential excursion / Petroleum V. Nasby -- The Hunting of the cow / Mark Twain -- Mr. Dooley on the power of music / Finley Peter Dunne -- The Governor / James M. Cain -- A Weekend at Lady Astor's / Frank Sullivan -- Excerpts from the tribune primer / Eugene Field -- Christmas afternoon -- Happy childhood tales -- The Blue sleeve garter -- More songs for meller / Robert C. Benchley -- Odd's bodkins / Ring Lardner -- A Garland of ibids / Frank Sullivan -- The Whiskey rebellion / Donald Ogden Stewart -- Dusk in fierce pajamas / E.B. White -- Selections from the diary of our own Samuel Pepys / Franklin P. Adams. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
A collection of humorous pieces based mainly on family life in contemporary America. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
American wit and humor |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Relator code |
Ed. |
| Personal name |
White, E. B. -- (Elwyn Brooks) |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Relator code |
Ed. |
| Personal name |
White, Katharine S. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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AJML |
| Koha item type |
800 - 899 |
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817 Ame |
| 961 WL - |
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14 |