Best American Humorous Short Stories by Miscellaneous - 1945

New York: Modern Library, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Modern Library No. 87 in unclipped jacket. Later edition (1945 - 1966), with "A Modern Library Book" on front panel of dustjacket beneath "43 stories by 31 authors." Toledano binding no. 8. Gray cloth boards with burgundy title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. Slight fraying at top spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with pink top-stained upper page edges. Clean Kent illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Edited, with an Introductory Note, by Robert N. Linscott. 43 stories by 31 authors. 436 pages with index. Clean bright color illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped (1.95), has corner chips. 393 titles listed on verso of dustjacket. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Includes stories by Dorothy Parker, Mark Twain, Robert Benchley, James Thurber, S. J. Perelman and more..