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How to be Funny: Discovering the Comic in You
by Steve Allen (AUTHOR SIGNED), Jane Wollman
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0070011990
- ISBN 13
- 9780070011991
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£17.42£12.19
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About This Item
New York, NY: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1987 McGraw Hill Book Company, New York. 1987. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light foxing to textblock edges; scant shelfwear. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95); light foxing to DJ reverse; light wear to flap folds. Gray paper over boards with red cloth overlay on the spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 290 pp 8vo. The author is an expert on humor and in this book he covers all the basics to bring out the comic in the reader through; telling jokes, ad-libbing, writing humorously, performing comedy, and emceeing. An entertainer as well as a teacher, the author takes the reader inside the fascinating world of comedy, discussing changing styles in humor from Mark Twain to today's mass-produced, assembly-line jokes. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016187
- Title
- How to be Funny: Discovering the Comic in You
- Author
- Steve Allen (AUTHOR SIGNED), Jane Wollman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0070011990
- ISBN 13
- 9780070011991
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- humor, Steve Allen, jokes, telling jokes, ad-libbing, writing humor, performing comedy, public speaking, emceeing, Tonight Show, television, movie star.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Autobiography; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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