Irvin S. Cobb, "Here Comes the Bride" And So Forth
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Cobb, Irvin S. “Here Comes the Bride” And So Forth. Reprint Edition (Grosset & Dunlap). 1925. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition—there is a small stain on pages 44-45.
This book of seventeen essays spans cradle to grave, with particular attention paid to weddings. “Here Comes the Bride,” the first chapter, meanders into various asides, but the inspiration was a society wedding then in the news. Other topics include Christmas, travel, bores, public dinners, etc. The author was an early 20th Century humorist, a contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, The Country Gentleman, and Hamptons Magazine. Uncommon in dust jacket, particularly as well preserved as this one.
“It is a curious phase of human nature that at a funeral most of us are ready on any excuse to laugh, but at a wedding … we want to cry.”
--Irvin S. Cobb
This book of seventeen essays spans cradle to grave, with particular attention paid to weddings. “Here Comes the Bride,” the first chapter, meanders into various asides, but the inspiration was a society wedding then in the news. Other topics include Christmas, travel, bores, public dinners, etc. The author was an early 20th Century humorist, a contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, The Country Gentleman, and Hamptons Magazine. Uncommon in dust jacket, particularly as well preserved as this one.
“It is a curious phase of human nature that at a funeral most of us are ready on any excuse to laugh, but at a wedding … we want to cry.”
--Irvin S. Cobb
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