Fisher’s Comic Almanac. 1870.
Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother, No. 9 N. Sixth Street, 1869; Astronomical calculation by Lawrence J. Ibach, Sheridan P.O., Lebanon Co., Pa. 12mo (7.5” x 6.25”) pictorial wood engraved wrappers. [2], 34 pp., including wrappers. A scarce comic almanac featuring monthly astronomical data, accompanied by witticisms and advice. E.g.: “What kind of essence does a young man like when he pops the Question? Acqui-essence.” Or, “What is the cause of many a bender? Too much Whiskey Straight.” Data includes Aspects of Planets, Latitudes, Moon’s Signs, Weather Conjectures, Church Festivals and Eclipses. The striking wood engraving on the front-wrapper portrays a robust fisherman straddling a boat in the form of a globe and forming the word ‘Fisher’s’ above his head using fish for letters; a sail appears in background, and sharks in the foreground. Publishers James, Abraham, and William R. Fisher were successors to Turner & Fisher ca. 1849. Just one copy separately recorded in Worldcat, at AAS. Others may appear in bound volumes of almanacs. CONDITION: Wrappers nearly detached, light soiling, wear to extremities, offsetting to text.
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