The Library of Wit and Humor

Book

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Name/Title

The Library of Wit and Humor

Entry/Object ID

1996.1.1

Secondary Title

Prose and Poetry selected from the literature of all times and all nations. Volume V

Description

Book bound with blind-stamped dark blue cloth, with a floral or organic pattern around the outside; title stamped in gold in the center with a stamped illustration depicting two men on either side of a table laden with various bottles. The spine is also guilt stamped, with the title and the image of a reclining man. The fore edge is guilt. The back cover is stamped with identical design and text as the cover but it has no color. "Illustrated with fifty choice etchings engraved expressly for this work". It includes a variety of short stories and excerpts of larger ones by a wide variety of authors.

Cataloged By

Carl Patterson

Acquisition

Accession

1996.1

Source or Donor

Pearl Adams

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Given in memory of my loving father

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Books, Bookbinding, Literature

Book Details

Editor

A. R Spofford, Rufus E. Shapley

Volume/Number/Issue

V

Publisher

Gebbie & Co., Publishers

Place Published

City

Philadelphia

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1886

Time Period

19th Century

Publication Language

English

Spine Label

The Library of Wit and Humor Vol. V.

Location

Cabinet

W. Adams Display 1

Room

North Gallery

Building

Museum Main

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Jul 12, 1996

Examined By

Carl Patterson

Notes

Some fraying of the edges of the spine, wear on the front and back cover

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wesley Adams

Notes

Wesley purchased this book in 1887 and had it until his death.

Provenance

Notes

Per Pearl Adams, this is the first book her father purchased when he arrived as an immigrant in New York in 1887. He carried it with him across the country and read it cover to cover. He used to read from it to her and her siblings regularly when they were children.

Exhibition

Wesley Adams: From England to Oakland!

Created By

Daniel Rael

Create Date

January 28, 2018

Updated By

Daniel Rael

Update Date

August 23, 2023