Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, 1993
Pelican Publishing, April 1993. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. G+ Rubbing and light wear to spine and wraps.B&W Cartoons. More
Humor
The Mammoth Book of Great British Humor
Running Press, November 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In Good condition with some wear (minor bumping to corners; minor soiling to bottom edge of text block; very minor damp damage to text block); else a clean copy. 564pp. More
Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-Up Comedy
Silman-James Press, September 2001. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In Good condition with light wear to wraps. 286pp. More
The Bedside Book of Humor: Many of the World's Funniest Stories, Poems, Ski ts and Cartoons
Peoples Book Club, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good (sl stains/rubbing to cloth). 8vo xii+[2]+433 Compiled by Mathilda Schirmer; contributors include Robert Benchley, Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, Mark Twain, et al.Over 40 b/w Illustrations. More
You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice
Vintage, April 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Clean, tight, good reading copy. Wear to wraps. More
Murphy's Law and Other Reasons Why Things Go Wrong
Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc., March 1978. Trade Paperback. Light shelfwear, else a Very Good copy. 12mo - over 6¾' - 7¾'. More
Don't Forget to Write
Forum Books / World Publishing Company, 1963. First Thus. Paperback. Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper: 'To Michael Cheers Art Buchwald 1976.' A good copy of the first Forum paperback printing (stated), spine creased, minor wear. More
The Maxims of Methuselah
Frederick A. Stokes [1907], 0000. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. small 8vo [2],108pp+plts 'Being the advice given by the patriarch in his ni ne hundred sixty and ninth year to his great grandson at Shem's coming of a ge in regard to women' (title page)..... More
Brain Droppings
Hachette Books, May 1997. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light overall wear, scuffing to covers, page turned down. More
Cogswell's Almanac : for the Year 1938
LA : IMPRENTA, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Presentation copy from publisher (or perhaps author), to noted author/editor/reviewer Paul Jordan-Smith: 'to Paul Jordan-Smith Esq. with the compliments of the perpetrator...'. More
Fables for the Fair
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A very good- copy with rubbing, scuffing and some nicks to boards; bumping and wear to edges and corners; browning to text. Includes such fables as 'The Woman Who was not Athletic', 'The Woman Who Understood Opera', and 'The..... More
Literary Greats Paper Dolls (Dover Paper Dolls)
Dover Publications, June 2011. Trade Paperback. A Near Fine copy. Book has shelfwear. Interior is tight, clean, & bright. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾' (oblong). More
Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
Villard, August 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. A very nice signed copy of the First Printing with a complete numberline. A Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with some creases on the inner back flap. More
The 47th Snail
Gasworks Press, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G+ trade paperback 217 pp in wraps. Collection of columns from the Seattle Times humor columnist. Well read copy with wear and light staining to wraps and light soiling to the page edges. Signed by the..... More
The Gabriel Papers
Gateways Books Tapes, January 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. The scarce hardcover edition. Original black imitation leather stamped in gilt (slight wear, nick to top of rear hinge adjoining spine). More
Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture
Scribner, May 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First Edition! Very good used copy; clean and unmarked. More
Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die
William Morrow Paperbacks, October 2006. Reprint. Trade Paperback. In Very Good condition with moderate wear; (slight curl to front cover and bumping to corners; minor rubbing to edges); else a clean, tight copy. More
The pocket Gleeb
P.B. Lowney, January 1991. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author: 'To Mary Madly, Paul 23 June '96 p. 81'. Minor wear.Drawings By Frank Renlie. More
A Very Stable Genius: @realDonaldTrump
ECW Press, September 2018. Trade Paperback. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" (oblong). A good used copy (minor reading wear). More
Parodies: An Anthology from Chaucer to Beerbohm--and After
Modern Library. Hardcover. Light shelfwear, else a Very Good copy, with no markings to text. Dust jacket is Good, with some rubbing and mild chipping on bottom of the back. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. More
Barbed Wit & Malicious Humor
Citadel Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good to fine (rear eps browned). 8vo 190 Collection of humorous stories in various performing arts. Signed/inscribed by Mahony on ffep, November 1958.None. More
Pure Drivel
Hachette Books, October 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In Very Good condition with light wear to wraps (minor scuffing to edges and bumping to corners) else a clean, tight copy. More
Pure Drivel
Hachette Books, September 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition w/ complete number line. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, and scattered smudges. Book has edgewear, a slightly cocked spine, toning to pages, and an ink stamp..... More
Newt!: A Paper Doll Book (Macmillan Humor Book)
Macmillan General Reference, September 1995. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An As New copy. More
Holidays in Hell
Atlantic Monthly Pr, September 1988. Later Printing. Hardcover. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has shelfwear; DJ has shelfwear, sunning, toning, & edgewear. Interior is tight, clean, & unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. More