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Without a stitch in time;: A selection of the best humorous short piecesVries, Peter De
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Without a stitch in time;: A selection of the best humorous short pieces


Vries, Peter De

Hardcover. US, Little, Brown, 1st, 1972-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 328 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 461588


Price: $15.00 

Wonderful Contraptions & Extraordinary InventionsRobinson, Heath
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Wonderful Contraptions & Extraordinary Inventions


Robinson, Heath

Softcover. Gloucestershire, England, Amberly Publishing, 1st Edition, 2015, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Pages clean and bright. In beautiful condition. Whacky machines and bemusing solutions to everyday problems are brought to life in this hilarious collection of cartoons from Heath Robinson.

Record # 32835


Price: $19.00 

 

Woody Allen: New Yorker


McCann, Graham

Hardcover . Cambridge, Polity Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages. Hardcover. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469357


Price: $13.00 

 

World of Li'l Abner, The


Capp, Al

Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus and Young, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Intro. by John Steinbeck. 175 pages of some of Capp's classic comic strips. Some edge wear to front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 65764


Price: $41.00 

Wreckage begins with W: cartoons of the Bush administrationDanziger, Jeff, Illust. by: Jeff Danziger
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Wreckage begins with W: cartoons of the Bush administration


Danziger, Jeff, Illust. by: Jeff Danziger

softcover . Hanover, N.H., Steerforth Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Extensive b&w illustrations by Danziger throughout. Slight curl to front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468994


Price: $38.00 

 

Writer; A Series of Original Essays, Moral and Amusing - By a Gentleman of Massachusetts, The


Boston Spectator

Hardcover. Boston, Boston Spectator, 1st, 1822, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 131 pages. Ex-library copy. Original board covers repaired with library tape along spine. Library bookplates and marking to endpapers and preliminary pages. Front cover spine fragile. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 610522


Price: $44.00 

 

Yankee Storekeeper


Gould, R. E.

New York, McGraw-Hill/Whittlesey House, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: Good, Previous owner's notation on half-title page. Dust jacket edgeworn, chipped.

Record # 301153


Price: $15.00 

 

Yoo-Hoo, Prosperity! - The Eddie Cantor Five-Year Plan


Cantor, Eddie/David Freedman

Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 3rd Printing, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 56 pages. Hardcover. Features black & white illustrations, some of African American stereotyping. Dust jacket missing large chunk of paper from bottom left corner of front cover, smaller chips missing along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612539


Price: $23.00 

 

You Call this Living?: A Collection of East European Political Jokes


Bane, C. and Dundes, Alan

Softcover. Athens, GA, University of Georgia Press, reprint, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 184 pages. Light shelf wear and pencil underlining. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855665


Price: $13.00 

 

You Can't Be Serious


Boothroyd, Basil

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 95 pages, blue cloth covers, bright dust jacket. Clean.

Record # 406469


Price: $19.00 

 

You Know What People Are


Lucas, E. V.

Boston , Little Brown , 1st U.S., 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, B&W illustrations by George Morrow.

Record # 302327


Price: $18.00 

 

Young Man of the House


Hunt, Mabel Leigh

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 171 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Louis Slobodkin. 3.5" closed tear on page 13-14. Overall, a nice clean copy.

Record # 611047


Price: $31.00 

 

Young Performing Horse, The


Yeoman, John, Illust. by: Quentin Blake

Hardcover. NY, Parents Magazine Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illust. by Quentin Blake. Library binding. Light rubbing to edges.

Record # 63191


Price: $12.00 

 

Zeke Zookeeper


Kaufman, Joe

Hardcover. New York, Golden Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Text and full color illustrations by Joe Kaufman. A 'Golden Busy People Book' which measures: 6 5/8" X 16 1/4". Front cover with 7" separation along hinge. Rear cover is detached from book. Light wear along edges. Pages are clean, unmarked and bound tight to spine.

Record # 612142


Price: $50.00 

Zooful of Animals, ACole, William/Lynn Munsinger, Illust. by: Lynn Munsinger
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Zooful of Animals, A


Cole, William/Lynn Munsinger, Illust. by: Lynn Munsinger

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 88 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY LYNN MUNSINGER ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Full color illustrations. Dust jacket with darkening along spine, edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612643


Price: $100.00 

Animail by: Amory, Cleveland
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Animail by: Amory, Cleveland

Hardcover. New York, Windmill Books, 1st US , 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, Windmill Books, 1st US , 1976, Book: Good, Dust jacket: Good, Blind stamp on cover. Small tear to dust jacket repaired with tape. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 210 pages. Record # 467718 Record # 467718
Price: $12.00 

Anything Can Happen in Vermont [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Wolf, Marguerite Hurrey
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Anything Can Happen in Vermont [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Wolf, Marguerite HurreyAnything Can Happen in Vermont [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Wolf, Marguerite Hurrey

Anything Can Happen in Vermont [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Wolf, Marguerite Hurrey

Hardcover. Coral Gables, FL, Wake-Brook House, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 151 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Handmade book with gorgeous floral decorative cloth cover boards and paper spinal label. Binding is solid. This book is a collection of humorous essays about the secrets of country living, as told by an urban transplant. Author's inscription on the first end page reads: "To Dick, with best wishes, Marguerite Wolf." Clean copy. Record # 33714
Price: $18.00 

Behind the Spitfires by: RAFF
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Behind the Spitfires by: RAFFBehind the Spitfires by: RAFF

Behind the Spitfires by: RAFF

Hardcover. London, England, Methuen & Co. LTD., 2nd, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 106 pages, hardcover. Orange cloth covers are in generally good condition, though the spine has been sunned and is no longer square. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is slightly loose, but the pages still turn well. Contains many B&W illustrations throughout. This humorous volume introduces a commoner to the lives of the aircraft men who were responsible for servicing and flying the machines of aerial war in Britain during WWII. Clean copy. Record # 34058
Price: $12.00 

Brave Coward, The by: Buchwald, Art, Illust. by: Tomi Ungerer
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Brave Coward, The by: Buchwald, Art, Illust. by: Tomi Ungerer

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 211 pages, illustrated in b&w by Tomi Ungerer. Dust jacket price-clipped. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 602224
Price: $12.00 

By The Seat Of My Pants by: Smith, Dean C.
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By The Seat Of My Pants by: Smith, Dean C.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book follows the story of the author's life as a flying cadet in WWI, an airmail pilot in the 1920's, and lastly as the lead aviator in Admiral Byrd's 1928 Antarctic expedition. Told in a self-deprecating style with a matter of fact sense of humor, it is an engaging read from start to finish. Stamped by previous owner on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33901
Price: $18.00 

Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up by: Barry, Dave
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Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up by: Barry, Dave

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This memoir is a hilarious ride from childhood to adulthood, a celebration of life, rich with humor, absurdity, joy, and sadness. Clean copy. Record # 33927
Price: $16.00 

David Claypool Johnston: American Graphic Humorist, 1798-1865 by: Johnson, Malcolm
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David Claypool Johnston: American Graphic Humorist, 1798-1865 by: Johnson, Malcolm

Softcover. Boston, MA, Malcolm Johnson, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with white illustrated covers. Minor rubbing but otherwise in excellent condition. Staple wrappers are tight, pages clean and crisp. 11 b/w plates of paintings, lithographs, sketches, and illustrations. 235 items listed for exhibition. Extensive biographic introduction given, emphasis on artist's satiric style. 47 pages. Record # 807432
Price: $12.00 

Depth Takes a Holiday - Essays From Lesser Los Angeles by: Loh, Sandra Tsing
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Depth Takes a Holiday - Essays From Lesser Los Angeles by: Loh, Sandra Tsing

Hardcover. NY, Riverhead, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 226 pages, minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright. Record # 53434
Price: $12.00 

Don't Forget to Write by: Buchwald, Art
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Don't Forget to Write by: Buchwald, Art

Hardcover. Cleveland, OH , World Publishing Company, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages. Buchwald's first book. Blue cloth covers with black lettering on spine and cartoon design on front. Dust jacket edges worn, otherwise clean. Record # 802558
Price: $12.00 


  
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