The American jest book [electronic resource] : containing a choice selection of jests, anecdotes, bon mots, stories, &c.

Published: Harrisburgh [Pa.] : printed [by John Wyeth] for Mathew Carey, 1796.
Physical Description: 118 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates (frontispiece) ; 17 cm (12mo)
Additional Creators: Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 and Wyeth, John, 1770-1858

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American wit and humor

Note

See Evans 29971 and 32470; Clarkin, W. M. Carey bib., 303 and 241.
Signatures: A-K¡ (K6 blank).
Sometimes bound with The merry fellow's companion; or American jest book, printed by John Wyeth for M. Carey in 1797.
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Bound as issued in original boards with The merry fellow's companion, Harrisburgh, Wyeth for Carey, 1797: bound second.
Imperfect: lacking K6.
LCP AR 1971 p.20-21; AR 1983 p.19

Reproduction Note

Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa.: NewsBank, inc., 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to Readex Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922: From the Library Company of Philadelphia subscribers.

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Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 528

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