Josh Billings on Ice, and Other Things. by Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) - 1968.

New York, NY E.W. Carleton and Company, Publishers, 1968. Hardcover Good: Shows moderate use: considerable rubbing along the outside of both hinges and also to a lesser extent to the outside edge of the front panel; fairly heavy wear to the corner tips, where the underlying boards have been exposed; moderate rubbing and scuffing to the panels; the pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging; former owner's florid inscription and date at the front free endpaper; the binding is square and remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome moderately-used copy, but one that remains structurally sound and tightly bound, showing some wear and several flaws. Remarkably well preserved over its century-and-a-half of existence. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.2 x 1 inches). ix, 263 pages. Comic duotone illustrations by J.H. Howard scattered throughout the text. Brown cloth over boards with emboseed designs to both panels and gilt titles at the backstrip. Language: English. Weight: 14 ounces. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'. Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818 – 1885). He was a famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States, perhaps second only to Mark Twain, during the latter half of the 19th century.