The Pocket Book of Boners [SEP] publisher
The Pocket Book of Boners
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. At the time of its writing, the term "boner" was commonly used to mean a silly
mistake, without any sexual connotation.
"The Pocket Book of Boners" contains 22 illustrations of boners 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