Today's ephemera: I'll Bet You Can't

I'll Bet You Can't: The Know How of Easy challenge Tricks: No skill - No make-ready - Every trick sure-fire

I've always liked this cover. The inside isn't so great, mostly simple bar or party gags. illustrated by the author.

I found an ad for the book in a 1947 issue of Boy's Life, and other ads in Polular Mechanics and Popular Science. It's the only book I can find from Lewis Kohrs or the Lewis Kohrs Company in Berkeley. 

Lewis Paul Kohrs was a sociology student at Cal, and I'll bet his dissertation, The social theory of Sir Matthew Hale's The primitive origination of mankind considered and examined according to the light of nature (1677), is almost certainly a classic.

 

Comments

[Christopher]

He was my grandfather. We still have copies of his books in the attic. I was surprised anyone still has references to it.

Christopher
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