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Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the eleventh issue of Espionage Magazine. Featured are 12 short stories The F.B.I. by Rose M. Poole, The Red Boxes by Leo Whitaker, Churchkill by Chuck Meyer, Betrayal by K.L. Jones, Trouble in Tinseltown by William Schoell, Last Time Out by Rolle R. Rand, A Spy is Born by Gene KoKayKo, Black Light by Bill Knox, Puff the Magic Dragon by Michael W. Masters, Hello Again by David P. Grady, Holy War by Frank Laffitte, Who Dares Tell The President? By Charles Naccarato. Light age toning to the pages. In near fine condition.

Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various authors, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 291 pages. In Near Fine condition, still wrapped in publisher's paper covering. Blue leather spine with gilted gold lettering and designs covered by paper wrapping. Signed flat by editors Jonathan Santlofer and S. J. Rozan on publisher's tipped in limitation page, limited edition #10/250. Signed flat by contributing authors on tipped in pages before each story. Shelved in Case 5. 1384785. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Condición: Minor rubbing. VG. orig.boards Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, ix,115 pp.