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Country United States Publication date June 23, 1931 Pages 120 Genre Humour Cover artist Dr. Seuss | 4.1/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print (paperback) Originally published 23 June 1931 Page count 120 Publisher Viking Press | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Pocket Book of Boners is a book illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), originally published as four separate books in 1931–32 by The Viking Press. In 1941, Readers' League of America compiled these four books and published the Pocket Book of Boners. It was one of the bestselling paperback books of World War II, with 1.34 million copies in print by 1945.
The Pocket Book of Boners contains 22 illustrations of bloopers by Dr. Seuss. The rest of the volume consists of short jokes and humorous observations with most being no more than four lines long, and is notable for its early examples of Dr. Seuss' illustration style..
Boners series
The first book was released in February 1931. A short positive review in The New York Times described Dr. Seuss's illustrations as "hilarious." The pseudonym "Alexander Abingdon" was used as the author of the series, which was originally released in order as follows.
Many compilations of Boners content were subsequently released, including The Omnibus Boners (1931) and The 2nd Boners Omnibus (1938) (pictures by Galdone).