{"id":864,"date":"2007-01-15T11:59:46","date_gmt":"2007-01-15T11:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1stedition.net\/posts\/2007\/01\/15\/the-funny-thing-1929\/"},"modified":"2007-01-15T11:59:46","modified_gmt":"2007-01-15T11:59:46","slug":"the-funny-thing-1929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2007\/the-funny-thing-1929\/","title":{"rendered":"The Funny Thing (1929)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Wanda Gag First Edition Identification<\/h3>\n<p><em>The Funny Thing<\/em>; written and Illustrated by Wanda G&aacute;g; Coward-McCann, 1929.<\/p>\n<h4>Children&#8217;s Picturebook Price Guide Value &#8211; $940 VG+<\/h4>\n<h3>Essential Identifying Points &#8211; Book<\/h3>\n<p>Copyright page has four lines, as follows:<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Copyright 1929 by<br \/>Coward McCann , INC.<br \/>All rights reserved.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Printed in U.S.A.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" height=\"177\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/thefunnythingcopyrightpage.jpg\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>The title page ends with three lines as follows: <\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">PUBLISHED IN NEW YORK<br \/>by COWARD-McCANN, Inc.<br \/>IN THE YEAR 1929<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"479\" border=\"0\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/thefunnythingtitlepage.jpg\" \/><\/h4>\n<h3>Essential Identifying Points &#8211; Dust Jacket<\/h3>\n<p>The front and back dust jacket flaps are blank.<\/p>\n<p>The back dust jacket has four paragraph&#8217;s framed in a black rectangle.<\/p>\n<p>The first paragraph is a short biography of Wanda G&aacute;g. The second paragraph is a quote from Rockwell Kent. The third paragraph is a critic&#8217;s acclaim for <em><strong>Millions of Cats<\/strong><\/em>. The fourth paragraph is a quote from Anne Carroll Moore.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"444\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/thefunnythingbackdj.jpg\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>A similar back DJ composition was used on both the first printing of Wanda G&aacute;g&#8217;s <strong><em>The Funny Thing<\/em><\/strong> (1929) and <strong><em>Snippy And Snappy<\/em> <\/strong>(1931).<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"473\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/thefunnythingfrontdj.jpg\" \/><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wanda Gag First Edition Identification The Funny Thing; written and Illustrated by Wanda G&aacute;g; Coward-McCann, 1929. 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