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Lawson, J. Gilchrist.
THE WORLD'S BEST HUMOROUS ANECDOTES. Wit and Repartee Selected from Many Sources and Arranged Topically.
275p. Blind stamp ownership. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, spine faded. First Edition. HUMOR 6
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Leslie-Judge Company.
CARICATURE. (Thirteenth Edition.) Wit and Humor of a Nation in Picture, Song and Story.
n.p. Profusely illustrated by many well known artists of the era. Text stained red from binding. 4to. 4to. Original full red cloth binding. Spine torn. Very worn and damp stained. Lacks end papers? HUMOR 4
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Levenson, Sam.
EVERYTHING BUT MONEY.
285p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. Tenth Printing. HUMOR 3
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Loomis, Charles Battell.
CHEER UP!
pp. viii, 237 + Plus frontis. Title page framed and printed in black and red. 8vo. Original full blue cloth backed binding, gold stamped spine. Front cover embossed in gold, blue and white. Embossed pictorial of man sitting on mountain fishing for the moon. Very nice copy. Very nice binding. First Edition, First Impression. HUMOR 8
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Lott, Noah.
THE SILLY SYCLOPEDIA. A Terrible Thing in the Form of a Literary Torpedo which is Launched for Hilarious Purposes Only Inaccurate in Every Particular Containing Copious Etymological Derivations and Other Useless Things.
pp. 159 + Plus frontis depicting a library with a scholar, a painter and a cat. Numerous text illustrations by Louis F. Grant. Decorated title page. Tall 16 mo. Original full embossed blue cloth binding decorated with gold and white clown reading and two black owls. Binding scuffed and somewhatworn but still interesting. Bindings NW59 Far Rt F
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(Lowell, James Russell); and (Putman, George P.).
A FABLE FOR CRITICS; Or, Better, (I like, as a thing that the reader's first fancy may strike, an old-fashioned title-page, such as presents a tabular view of the volume's contents). A Glance At a Few Of Our Literary Progenies (Mrs. Malaprop's word) From
pp. v, 80. Title page printed in red and black. Paste downs and end papers foxed. Slight browning. 8vo. Original full embossed purple cloth binding. Extremities worn. Second Edition. "A Fable for Critics is a book-length poem by American writer James Russell Lowell, first published anonymously in 1848. The poem made fun of well-known poets and critics of the time and brought notoriety to its author." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! HUMOR 8
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Mad Magazine.
MAD FOR KEEPS. A Collection of the Best From Mad Magazine. With an Introduction by Ernie Kovacs.
128p. Illustrated. 4to. Original full cloth binding, spine darkened with small loss. Sixth Printing. HUMOR 5
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McCallister, Richard. (Editor).
GEO. PRICE GOOD HUMOR MAN.
n.p. Diary and sketch pad illustrated with cartoons plus many pages of cartoons. Paste downs and end papers stained. Folio. Original full cloth binding, soiled at edges. Original dust jacket, spine darkened. HUMOR 5
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McCutcheon, John T.
BIRD CENTER CARTOONS. A Chronicle of Social Happenings at Bird Center, Illinois.
n.p. Profusely illustrated by the author. End papers foxed. Some staining. Folio. Original full cloth backed binding with pictorial front cover. Worn and soiled. A fictitious chronicle in newspaper prose with cartoon illustrations satirizing society in a small mid-west community. HUMOR 6
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Miller, Joe.
JOE MILLER'S COMPLETE JEST BOOK: Being a Collection of the Most Excellent Bon Mots, Brilliant Jests, and Striking Anecdotes, in the English Language.
pp. iv, 500. Slight foxing. 12mo. Original full red gold decorated cloth binding. Old repair. Spine mounted on red buckram with some loss. Extremities worn. HUMOR 6
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Nesor Publishing Company.
ANECDOTA AMERICANA. Five Hundred Stories for the Amusement of the Five Hundred Nations That Comprise America.
192p. Tall 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding. Paper spine label has some wear. Slight dust spotting to binding. Otherwise a very good copy. First Edition. Very slightly naughty tales. Exceptionally tame by today's standards. Full of stereotypes, especially of jews. HUMOR 4
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New Yorker.
THE NEW YORKER TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM. 1925-1950.
n.p. Illustrated with twenty-five years of cartoons in the New Yorker. Title page foxed. Text clean. Folio. Original full cloth backed binding, stained. Some loss of spine. HUMOR 5
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Nye, Bill.
FORTY LIARS, AND OTHER LIES.
301p. Full page illustrations by Hopkins. Worn with some staining. Inner hinges cracked. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, worn. First Edition. HUMOR 6
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Patten, William (Editor).
AMONG THE HUMORISTS AND AFTER-DINNER SPEAKERS. A New Collection of Humorous Stories and Anecdotes. Two Volumes.
Two volumes. Frontis. 8vo. Original full silver and black decorated cloth bindings, worn. Spines faded. First Edition. HUMOR 6
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Phoenix, John. (Pseud. of George H. Darby).
PHOENIXIANA; OR, SKETCHES AND BURLESQUES.
pp. 274, (14)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus engraved frontis. Signatures loose. Dampstained. foxed. Four pages of index and first chapter missing. Replaced with early purple ink typed sheets. From the library of Chaplain Ruter and Gertrude Springer with their paper label location. Springer library stamp on title page and inked ownership on paste down. 8vo. Original full gold decorated brown cloth binding, spine torn with slight loss. Very worn copy. HUMOR 8
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Potter, Stephen.
SUPERMANSHIP. Or, How To Continue To Stay Top Without Actually Falling Apart.
128p. Illustrated by Lt. Col. Frank Wilson. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. First American Edition. HUMOR 1
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Potter, Stephen.
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GAMESMANSHIP. Or The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating.
128p. Illustrated by Lt. Col. Frank Wislon. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slightly chipped. Price clipped. Fourteenth Impression. HUMOR 1
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Robinson, James M.
ROBINSON'S BOOK OF MODERN CONUNDRUMS.
n.p. 1025 Conundrums. 12mo. Original printed wraps, very worn and torn. Very scarce and ephemeral. HUMOR 1
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Rowsome, Frank Jr.
THE VERSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD: The Story of the Burma-Shave Signs and Jingles.
121p. Drawings by Carl Rose. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Corner clipped. Texts of all Burma-Shave signs. HUMOR 8
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Schulz, Charles M.
ALL THIS AND SNOOPY, TOO. Selected Cartoons from "You Can't Win, Charlie Brown, Vol. 1".
n.p. Cartoons. 8vo. Fawcett paper back. HUMOR 8
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Short, Robert L.
THE PARABLES OF PEANUTS.
328p. Illustrated with cartoons. 8vo. Fawcett Paperback. HUMOR 8
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Shulman, Max.
SLEEP TILL NOON.
191p. Cartoons by Bill Crawford. Pictorial title page. 8vo. Original full grey cloth binding. HUMOR 1
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Star Publishing Company.
WIT AND HUMOR OF THE AGE. Comprising Wit, Humor, Pathos, Ridicule, Satires, Dialect, Puns, Conundrums, Riddles, Charades, Jokes and Magic by Mark Twain, Robt. J. Burdette, Josh Billings, Alex. Sweet, Eli Perkins, With the Philosophy of Wit and Humor by M
776p. + Frontis and full page plates. Marbled edges. Inked ownership. Small 4to. Original full embossed cloth binding, slightly worn. Hinges weak. HUMOR 5/4
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Thomas, Lowell.
TALL STORIES. The Rise and Triumph of the Great American Whopper.
pp. xi, 245 + Plus frontis. Full page drawings by Herb Roth. Tall 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding, spine faded. Third Printing. HUMOR 8
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Ward, Artemus. (Charles Farrer Browne).
ARTEMUS WARD. His Book.
pp. 262, (6)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus frontis and full page plates printed on color paper. Foxed. Dampstain. Old bookseller's label. 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth binding, worn. Stained with slight tears on spine. HUMOR 1 x2
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Ward, Artemus. (Charles Farrer Browne).
ARTEMUS WARD'S LECTURE. (As Delivered at the Egyptian Hall, London.). Edited by His Executors, T.W. Robertson & E.P. Hingston. With Numerous Illustrations from the Panorama.
pp. 213, (4)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus portrait frontis and numerous full page plates printed brown paper. All edges gold. Gutters stained. Some text staining. 8vo. Original full green gold decorated cloth binding, extremities worn. Inner hinges cracked. Manuscript inscription of Hamilton Fish's son, Urlliston Fish, 1929. HUMOR 1
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Willis, N. Parker.
FUN-JOTTINGS; OR, LAUGHS I HAVE TAKEN A PEN TO.
371p. Some signatures loose. Old staining. Foxed. Original worn full brown publisher's cloth binding, publisher's initials embossed on front board. First Edition. HUMOR 8
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Twain, Mark. (Samuel Clemens, 1835-1910).
THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT ETC.
pp. 306, (12)[Publisher's catalogue]. XLib call number stamped on page 51. 8vo. Original full cloth binding decorated in gold and red with pictorial of an elephant. Spine darkened with some loss. Binding soiled. HUMOR 3
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Fields, W. C.
FIELDS FOR PRESIDENT. Introduction and Commentary (and Photograph Selection) by Michael M. Taylor.
pp. xxiii, 163. Illustrated with photos from Field's movies, state acts, and vaudeville routines. Fist issued in 1940, a presidential year, and Fields at the height of his popularity. The incumbent, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, had very little to worry about from Fields the candidate. But Fields certainly offered a few nuggets of political wisdom in his book for the public to chew on. For example, he poked fun at one of FDR's major policies with this statement: "I shall, my fellow citizens, offer no such empty panaceas as a New Deal, or an Old Deal, or even a Re-Deal. No, my friends, the reliable old False Shuffle was good enough for my father and it's good enough for me." The book's chapters closely followed the typical issues that the on-screen Fields delighted in: 'My Views on Marriage'; 'How to Beat the Federal Income Tax - and What to See and Do at Alcatraz'; 'My Rules of Etiquette'; 'The Care of Babies'; 'How I have Built Myself into a Physical Marvel'; 'How to Suceed in Business'; Etc. An example from 'The Care of Babies': "I always carried a number of sterilized blindfolds, which I would casually place over a baby's eyes before I kissed it. This prevented its growth from being stunted through terror." The photos in this edition are quite remarkable. First photo illustrated edition. HUMOR 8
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Murphy, Arthur.
ALL IN THE WRONG, A COMEDY. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By Mr. Murphy.
pp. (1) [Title page], (1) ["Advertisement"], (1) ["Dramatis Personae" - a list of the 7 male actors and the 6 women actors, and the roles they play], 106, (2) [Advertisement by the publisher/printer Paul Vaillant offering for sale 24 plays, including four by David Garrick]. 8vo. 5.25 x 8". Some page repairs. Disbound. Arthur Murphy (1727-1805), Irish actor and dramatist, first became an actor in 1754, playing many important roles. He then wrote and produced a series of farces (which were almost all adaptations from the French) that were very successful, securing for their author both fame and wealth. Murphy edited a political periodical, called the Test, in support of Henry Fox, by whose influence he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, although he had been refused at the Middle Temple in 1757 on account of his connection with the stage. Murphy also wrote a biography of Fielding, an essay on the life and genius of Samuel Johnson and translations of Sallust and Tacitus. FIRST EDITION. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W140
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Dunn, Seymour.
THE COMPLETE GOLF JOKE BOOK. Illustrated by Al Ross.
128p. Cartoon illustrations by Al Ross. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. Rainbow paperback. Original color pictorial wraps slightly worn at extremities. Nice copy. GAMES BOX 4
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New Yorker.
THE NEW YORKER WAR ALBUM.
n.p. Illustrated with numerous cartoons from the New Yorker. First and last few signatures foxed. Folio. Original full paper boards binding, cloth backed. Binding somewhat stained and worn. HUMOR 5
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Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.
WIT AND HUMOR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.
32 p. Illustrated. Text printed in English. 8vo. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. Very good PA GER-ENG PAMP BX2/BAG 33 x3
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Eisenberg, Frances.
MY UNCLE NEWT.
320 p. Illustrated with drawings by Pete Boyle. . Small 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, with printed paper labels. Dust jacket, worn. The back of the DJ has an appeal from the author (Frances Eisenberg) to buy War Bonds and savings stamps. The illustrator of this book was Pete Boyle, an artist and popular children's show host in Philadelphia. He was the father of "Everybody Loves Raymond" star Peter Boyle (who may have a longer lasting legacy as the monster in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. Hardbound. Very Good. First Edition. HUMOR 4
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(Hook, Theodore Edward) [1788-1841].
SAYINGS AND DOINGS. A Series Of Sketches From Life. In Two Volumes.
Two Volumes bound in one: pp. 323; 347. Engraved bookplate of Macaulay. 12mo. 185 mm. Later 19th century binding. Leather spine over marbled covered boards. Spine decorated and lettered in gold gilt, worn and repaired. Hardbound. Good. Hook was an English man of letters and composer, and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1810. The world's first postcard was received by Hook in 1840, which he probably posted to himself. While he was confined in a debtors sponging-house from (1823-1825), he wrote the nine volumes of stories afterwards collected under the title of Sayings and Doings. After various successes Hook returned to his old habits and a prolonged attempt to combine industry and dissipation resulted in the confession that he was done up in purse, in mind and in body. His estate was seized by the Treasury. He never married but lived with Mary Anne Doughty and they had six children. Hook was one of the most brilliant figures of Georgian times. He inspired the characters of Lucian Gay in Benjamin Disraeli's novel Coningsby and Mr Wagg in Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Coleridge praised him as being 'as true a genius as Dante'. First American edition. SCARCE. S&S/AI 16576. PAIMP 23
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Lennart Breitholtz
Die Dorische Farce Im Griechischen Mutterland Vor Dem 5. Jahrhundert. Hypothese Oder Realität?
Un volume di 258 pagine, tela editoriale con sovracoperta. Dimensioni: 15,5x23 cm. Minime tracce d'uso alla sovracoperta, firma di possesso alla pagina bianca, per il resto ottime condizioni. 22 illustrazioni in b/n fuori testo. In lingua tedesca. Nella collana “Studia Graeca et Latina Gothoburgensia”, X.
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Farce a .iii. personnages c'est a scauoir: deulx gallans et vne femme qui se nomme Sancte
PARIS, Se vend place du Louure, chez Techener, libraire., 1835 - In-8 - Broché - couverture muette - Edition numérotée, Tirage à 76 exemplaires, Celui-ci N° 45 - 15 pages - Propre - Envoi rapide et soigné
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George, Peter
Doctor Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (20th Century Classics)
Name crossed out on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight sunning to page edges and no bumping to corners. 145pp. The novel that made the Stanley Kubrick file starring Peter Sellers possible - a hilarious, serious, savage farce. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Mason, Matt (editor)
Q Music Magazine : February 2016 : Stone Roses on front Cover
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 130pp. Britain's biggest music magazine with features on Stone Roses, Savages, Lush, Kanye West, Father John Misty, Richard Hawley, Killing Joke, Guy Garvey, Vhvrches, Suede, Rick Ross, U2, Bring Me the Horizon and lots more.
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HENRY, G.
Rabelais.
in-8°, 311 pages, ill. hors texte N&B, relie cartonnage ed., jaquette ill. plast. Jaq. leg. us. [CA26/0]
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DAHL, Andre.
Mon curé chez Vautel. Farce litteraire avec 23 dessins d'Henri BROCA.
in-12, 191 pages, broche, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire. [CA2/3]
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DE CRAC, A.
Guide des Farces et Attrapes.
In-8 étroit, 221 p., dessins in-t., relié cartonnage illustré. Défauts d'usage. [P-19]
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PLAYBOY
Playboy Book of Party Jokes 1966.
Paperback in-8, 189 pp - Some spine wear. Small moisture stain on cover. Good. No dust jacket as issued. [P-16]
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Pavesi - Foppa
Un avvertimento ai gelosi
Libretto originale della farsa giocosa rappresentata nel Teatro Re di Milano nell'estate del 1831. In condizioni discrete ma raro. Brossura
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Andrew, J. V. (Jock)
Enought! - Wake Up English Canada! Enough of This Absurdity!
176 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. Are we and our children being bulldozed into extinction, or have we had enough of this farce? I and others like me have had more than enough. Will you join us? Small piece of masking tape at top of spine. Moderate wear. Light yellowing. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Treasure Magazine - Vol. 11 No. 10 October 1980
66 pages. Features: The incredible Red Hill treasure; Al Spencer's outlaw loot still missing; fantastic Utah gold mine awaits; silver 'funny money' no joke; New York City coin bonanza; The great silver slabs; The Simplex detector. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Airforce Magazine January-February-March 1993, Volume 16 Number 4
44 pages. Features include: 50 years in an icy tomb - P-38; Air Force buys Airbus; Last Launch - Tracker departs from the Bonaventure; A British Yank in the RCAF; You shouldn't have joined if you can't take a joke; Drug-net - cocaine bust; Air Force engineers and Florida; Flight plan snafu; Dieppe 50 years after. Light wear. Address label upon back cover. Nice clean copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, April 1942
Stories: The Female of the Species; A Weighty Problem; The Town of Ghosts; The Judge's Joke; On Patrol; The Djimat; Adventure Ahoy; The Doctor's Jacket; A New Zealand Man-Hunt; Rough Luck; The Phantom Gunman; The Taxi-Cab Murder Mystery. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Air Stories - Flying Thrills and Aerial Adventure: June 1937, Vol. 4, No. 6
96 pages. Features: Thriller - The Frog that Fell out of the Sky; Modern Adventure - Four R.A.F. Planes disappeared before Flying Officer Vickers unmasked the treachery that was to set the frontier aflame with Revolt; The Sky Clown - a joke costs a brave man his courage and makes a fighter of a fool; Call Me Jennie - Major Sharpness made Tigers out of Rabbits - but his first Creation won a most Untigerish name; True Story - The Epic Story of Famous R.F.C Unit - No. 56 Squadron; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Saturday Evening Post, October 21, 1961 *TELEVISION USA - WASTELAND OR WONDERLAND?*
Features: Is Abstract Art a Private Joke? - Roger Burlingame; Television USA - John Bartlow Martin's close-up report on the controversial side of TV; People on the Way Up - Brigid Bazlen, Thomas Eagleton, Shelagh Delaney, Jack Heberlig; The Spreading Ocean Floor - Dr. Robert S. Dietz; Many Top-Rated Football Pros were once casual rejects - does their success prove that a coach is no better prophet than anyone else?; The Strange Affair of the Vasa - this unlucky warship sank on her maiden voyage but was found and raised three centuries later; Doctor in the White House - a revealing portrait of Dr.Travell, the first female physician ever entrusted with the President's health; Washington Views Berlin - the strategy Government experts are mapping out to deal with Krushchev. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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