"The Wit and Humor of America" edited by Marshall P. Wilder, complete 10 Volume Set published by Funk and Wagnalls, New York, 1911.

Marbled hard boards, green cloth spines [a little wear]; paper labels on spines [paper labels soiling, small damages: see photo]; 5.1/2" x 8.1/2"; c.10" shelf space; monochrome frontispiece on glossy paper in each volume; some staining on title pages due to the glossy coating of the frontispiece paper, 2042 pages including Index in the tenth volume + c. 6 pages with publisher's ads, very good condition.

This large collection includes short humorous prose and verse by such writers as Benjamin Franklin, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Carolyn Wells, James Whitcomb Riley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Bill Nye, Bret Harte, John Philip Sousa, Wilbur Nesbit, Henry Ward Beecher, O'Henry, Ironquill, Samuel Clemens / Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris, Thomas Bailey Aldrich and many more.

"In this complete 10 Volume set are selections from the pen of "this company of fun-makers" as well as many more, including a number by clever women humorists. This collection is made up of "poems, stories, humorous articles, fables, and fairy tales offered for your choice, with subjects as diverse as the styles ; but however the laugh is gained, in whatever fashion the jest is delivered, the laugh-maker is a public benefactor, for laughter is the salt of life, and keeps the whole dish sweet."

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US: Media (c.2-8 days) ------------ $20.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ---- $76.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $140.50