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Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Monday, May 5, 2014

Mark Twain, Collector Of Compliments

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by Stephen J. Gertz Little Montana Girl's Compliment "She was gazing thoughtfully at a photograph of Mark Twain on a neighbor...
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Friday, March 28, 2014

The Man Who Refused To Laugh (And The Book That Laughed At Him)

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by Stephen J. Gertz On March 9, 1748 Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694-1773), 4th Earl of Chesterfield, wrote to his son: ...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Great Rare Book Gifts For Recent Ex-Convicts

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by Stephen J. Gertz New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932. First American Edition. . What's the matter, friend?...
Monday, March 3, 2014

The 36 Miseries Of Reading And Writing In 1806

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by Stephen J. Gertz "TO THE MISERABLE CHILDREN of Misfortune, wheresoever found, and whatsoever enduring — ye who, arrogating t...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

James Thurber Illustrates Poetry

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by Stephen J. Gertz The four original illustrations by celebrated American humorist, cartoonist, author, and journalist, James Thurber (...
Monday, January 6, 2014

Caution: When Books Review Readers

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by Stephen J. Gertz Beware of the Tattling Tome. How long does it take for someone to complete a book? When reading steamy erotica, ...
Friday, December 6, 2013

Mark Twain a Bore?

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by Alastair Johnston If, like me, the steps to your bookshelf are paved with good intentions, you probably have Mark Twain's fat A...
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Monday, November 11, 2013

The Bible Of Unconscious Buffoonery

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by Stephen J. Gertz Extra engraved titlepage. Imagine that you've written a book that no one will publish; it's considered o...