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 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
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
Yours Till Niagara Falls: A Book of Autograph Verses
T.Y. Crowell Junior Books, September 1990. Hardcover. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. Book has shelfwear; DJ has shelfwear. Interior is tight, clean, & unmarked. 24mo, oblong. 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
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
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Man
William Morrow & Co, April 1989. Later Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author on front endpaper. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, a cocked spine, & soiling to covers & edges of text block; DJ has shelfwear, soiling, & toning. Interior is tight, clean, &..... 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
Laugh Book, The
Doubleday Books for Young Readers, September 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good; a nice clean copy, tight uncreased spine, with no markings to text. More
Microcosmographia Academica: Being A Guide for the Young Academic Population
Bowes & Bowes, 1933. Hardcover. Original blue & white decorative boards. Classic satire of Cambridge undergraduate life, first published in 1909. A Very Good copy. Book has shelfwear, sunning to spine, & chipping to top & bottom of spine. Interior is tight, clean, & unmarked. 16mo. 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
Amphigorey Too
TarcherPerigee, May 1980. Trade Paperback. [ca. 200] pages (unpaginated). Sequel to 'Amphigorey'; further compilation of 20 more illustrated books (all but one hitherto privately published under the author/illustrator's name or various anagrammatic pseudonyms). Light wear to wraps. very clean and attractive copy.Gorey, Edward (illustrator); Over 200 b/w Illustrations. 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
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