Bennett Cerf's Book of Laughs

New York: Beginner Books, a Division of Random House, 1959. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/near fine. Carl ROSE. First edition. 8vo; 61 [4]pp; glazed yellow pictorial boards featuring a giraffe; color illustrated endpapers; color illustrations with text; light scuff to head and tail of spine; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking price, rear panel features a publisher's ad for "I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books" with an image of the Cat in the Hat, "0275" on bottom right; near fine in near fine dj. The illustrated story of a young boy named Marvin and his adventures. The illustrator, Carl Rose, was a cartoonist who contributed to The New Yorker magazine. The author, Bennett Cerf, was a co-founder of Random House publishing company, a columnist for King Features and a panelist on the TV show, "What's My Line?".