The Consolidated Wagster's Unexpurgated Dictionary of Humor and Wit
Peter Pauper Pr, September 1990. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Very good hardcover in jacket. 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 Classics Reclassified
McGraw-Hill, 1960. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and inscribed with a long inscription by author on half-title to noted children's author Sam Sebesta on half title: 'For Sam Sebesta, after a good visit in Claremont, with thanks for his appreciation of the Armour books, indicative of..... 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
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
How to Eat Like a Child & Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-Up
Viking Adult, November 1978. Hardcover. A Very Good copy. Book has shelfwear, smudges to covers, a gift inscription on the front endpaper in pen, and bumped corners. Interior is otherwise clean, unmarked, and tight. 16mo (oblong). 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 best in offbeat humor II: An eclectic work
Crowne and Lurie Publishers, January 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Book is tight and clean; jacket has some rippling and minor discoloration from damp to rear panel. 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
Some Notes on Lifemanship ... With a Summary of Recent Researches in Gamesmanship ...
Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Good copy of the 1959 London printing in original jacket (jacket price-clipped and chipped with wear; some fading and wear to edges of cloth; minor foxing). Sequel to the successful volume on 'Gamesmanship' (with further advice on that subject as..... More
Clifford and John's Almanack: Containing a Great Variety of Useful and Entertaining Pieces Pertaining to Hut Happiness
The Reilly & Lee Co, January 1921. Hardcover. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A Good copy. NO DUSTJACKET. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, bumped corners, smudges to covers & edges of text block, toning to pages, and a bookplate on the front endpaper. More
My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
Trusted Media Brands, April 2013. Reprint. Trade Paperback. In Good condition with some wear (light dampstaining to front loose endpapers); else a clean, tight copy. More
Ether and Me : Or, 'Just Relax'
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" VG/VG- [4], 77 pages. Later issue of the short routine concerning the noted humorist's hospital stay, originally published in the Saturday Evening Post, 1927, and in book format in 1929. Small chip at foot of jacket spine;..... More