Esar's Joke Dictionary

by Evan Esar

1945 hardbound edition in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked and binding is tight. No dust jacket. A very nice copy. We ship immediately.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1945

About the author

Evan Esar (1899–1995) was an American humorist who wrote Esar's Comic Dictionary 1943, "Humorous English" in 1961, and 20,000 Quips and Quotes in 1968. He is known for quotes like "Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions." He also wrote The Legend of Joe Miller, which was privately printed for members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco by the Grabhorn Press in 1957.

His quotes are commonly found in Crossword puzzles.