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
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
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
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
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
Highlands, NC: Merry Mountaineers, 1982. Dwyer, Bil. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some soiling to wraps; fading along stapled spine. More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1930. caricatures by Jan Stanislas de Junosza-Rosciskewski. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall. A good- copy with rubbing, scuffing, smudging, staining and sticker to cloth; bumping to edges and corners; light foxing to endpapers; browning to some corners of text. More
Peter Pauper Press, 1990. Later Printing. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Very good hardcover in jacket. More
U.S.A. Oxford University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (oblong). Clean, tight copy. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Los Angeles: Price Stern Sloan, 1964. Illustrated By Ed Powers. First Edition. Paperback. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Light gray pictorial wraps (minor wear; sticker residue on cover). More
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
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
Berkeley, California, U.S.A. Ten Speed Pr, 1998. First Thus. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Light wear to wraps. More
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
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
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
William Morrow Paperbacks, 1998. Later Printing. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very good used copy. More
