Omar the Beggar. The Panhandler’s Handbook.

(New York, NY): Kensington Publishing Corp., 1977.  First edition.  Paperback original.  175 pages.  Omar’s School for Beggars was a fictional school for professional panhandlers created by Alan Abel an American prankster, hoaxer, writer, and mockumentary filmmaker.  The book was issued as a satirical commentary on the rise of unemployment and homelessness in the U.S. but became an underground classic that was re-issued in an edition of 500 copies in 2010.  A very good copy in wrappers.  Rare, surprisingly OCLC locates no copies of this original edition in the U.S.