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AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 42

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Group of seven Jewish Joke-Books: Yankee, Hebrew and Italian Dialect Readings and Recitations. 1891. * Wehman's Budget of Jewish Jokes. 1905. * Combination Prize Joker No. 1. 1906. * Hebrew Jokes No. 1. 1906). * Hebrew Jokes and Characteristics. Cleveland, 1908). * Hebrew Jokes No. 2. 1910. * Hebrew Yarns: Jokes and Stories. 1919 Original pictorial wrappers, some wear. 12mo and 8vo

New York: v.d

Est: $400 - $600

Rudolf Glanz in his “The Jew in Early American Wit and Graphic Humor” (1973), restricted his study to “highbrow” publications such as Life and Puck, neglecting a vast underclass of literature such as the Jewish joke-books offered in the present Lot