Foxing on book ledge Small spots on cover Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., 1949 First Edition, 316 pages a Treasury of Reader's Digest Wit and Humor is a best-selling publication of Reader's Digest. The original 1949 edition was produced in collaboration with Bob Hope. Fun Fare comprises 300 pages of short comic stories illustrated in color by cartoonist Robert James Day. The book was still one of the best selling general titles three years later in 1952.