The Compleat Practical Joker
by Smith, H. Allen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn and soiled, pages toned.
- Seller
-
Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn and soiled, pages toned.. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth binding. Classic of vintage humor, revealing stories of famous practical jokes and their authors, less famous jokes, and secrets of why some pranks work better than others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45614
- Title
- The Compleat Practical Joker
- Author
- Smith, H. Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn and soiled, pages toned.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- PRACTICAL Jokes, Vintage Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- First Edition
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- Fair
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- Soiled
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- Cloth
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