Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-Up Comedy
Silman-James Press, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In Good condition with light wear to wraps. 286pp. More
Humor
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The Bedside Book of Humor: Many of the World's Funniest Stories, Poems, Ski ts and Cartoons
Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1948. Over 40 b/w Illustrations. First Thus. 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. More
The Maxims of Methuselah
N.Y. Frederick A. Stokes [1907]. 4 color illus/plts; decs. 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..... More
Brain Droppings
New York, New York, U.S.A. Hyperion Press, 1997. Later Printing. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light overall wear, scuffing to covers, page turned down. More
Cogswell's Almanac : for the Year 1938
Glendale CA: 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
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Reprint. Hard Cover. 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..... More
Sexy Birds of the South
Highlands, NC: Merry Mountaineers, 1982. Dwyer, Bil. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some soiling to wraps; fading along stapled spine. More
The Consolidated Wagster's Unexpurgated Dictionary of Humor and Wit
Peter Pauper Press, 1990. Later Printing. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Very good hardcover in jacket. More
O Ye Jigs & Juleps!
New York: Macmillan Company, 1969. Kuskin, Karla. Later Printing. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very good hardcover in jacket (ink inscription on endpaper reading "This is a delightful book", minor wear). A later printing. Very funny glimpse of life in 1904 America by ten-year-old Virgina Hudson..... More
The best in offbeat humor II: An eclectic work
Seattle: Crowne & Lurie, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. 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
Seattle: Paul B. Lowney, 1993. Drawings By Frank Renlie. Third Printing. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author: "To Mary Madly, Paul 23 June '96 p. 81". Minor wear. More
A Very Stable Genius: @realDonaldTrump
ECW Press, 2018. Paperback. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" (oblong). A good used copy (minor reading wear). More
Barbed Wit & Malicious Humor
New York: Citadel Press, 1956. None. 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. More
The Little Pun Book
Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1960. Martin, Henry R. First Edition Presumed. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. One small nick to edge of binding; small tears and some nicks to price-clipped jacket. More
Mrs Fry's Diary
Hodder & Stoughton, 2010. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A good used hardcover (light wear). More
The Little Limerick Book: [An Uncensored Collection]
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1959. Illustrated by Henry R. Martin. First Edition Presumed. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Very good copy in original jacket (jacket darkened with minor wear). More
Peter Pauper's Limerick Book: A Collection from Many Sources
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1954. about 10 duotone illus. First Edition Presumed. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very good copy in good example of publisher's slipcase (book has faded spine; slipcase has small chip and rubbing). 93+[1] pages. Illustrated by Herb Roth. More
Some Notes on Lifemanship ... With a Summary of Recent Researches in Gamesmanship ...
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. Wilson, Frank (illustrator); 28 b/w Illustrations (including frontispiece); 1 b/w Advertisement (rear). Later Printing. 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..... More
Ether and Me : Or, "Just Relax"
New York / London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. Natwick, Grim (illustrator); Over 20 b/w Illustrations. First Edition, Later Printing. 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..... More
The Bosses' Songbook: Songs to Stifle the Flames of Discontent
New York: Richard Ellington, 1959. Second Edition. Saddle-stapled Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 36pp., with printed cardstock covers, and a few b/w illustrations throughout. A collection of humorous satirical folksongs gathered by Van Ronk and Ellington. Age toning to the covers, handling wear in place, and faint ink..... More
Male Menopaws: The Silent Howl
Berkeley, California, U.S.A. Ten Speed Pr, 1998. First Thus. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Light wear to wraps. More
Security is a Thumb and a Blanket
San Francisco: Determined Productions, 1963. Schulz, Charles [illustrator]. First Thus. Pictorial Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book is very good. Jacket has tear to front cover, entirely separating from cover of jacket. More
Say it with Scotchograms
New York: John Day Company, 1928. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition - very scarce. Jacket darkened with some chips and wear; book has minor shelfwear. More
How to Win a Pullet Surprise : The Pleasures & Pitfalls of Our Language
New York: Franklin Watts, 1982. Decorative title Page. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [12], 260 pages. Contains 37 choice excerpts from the author's column in the Los Angeles Times, plus his introduction. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Smith in blue ink on front free..... More
Jewish Humor: What the Best Jewish Jokes Say About the Jews
William Morrow Paperbacks, 1998. Later Printing. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very good used copy. More
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