HENRY (JOSH BILLINGS) SHAW - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 18339
Price: $90.00
JOSH BILLINGS (HENRY WHEELER SHAW).
Source of the expression, "Are you Joshing me?"
Signature: "Josh Billings", 3x1¾ card. Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885),
writing under the name Josh Billings, was a popular 19th century American
humorist. Shaw's works include: Josh Billings: Hiz Sayings (1865) and
Josh Billings Farmers' Allminax (published annually, 1869-1880). Examples
of his aphorism include: "Love looks through a telescope; envy through a
microscope," and "There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a
sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister." Fine
condition.
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