Item 2367Forty Modern Fables
Grosset and Dunlap, 1902. hardcover. 12mo 303pp. Reprint edition. humorous short stories. #02432.
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Item 1613Transcendental Wild Oats
Harvard, Massachussetts: Harvard Common Press, 1981. J. Streeter Fowke. first thus. hardcover. 12mo 92pp. with introduction by William Henry Harrison. from front flap: "In a twilight drizzle, a large wagon bearing an ill-assorted load of visionaries, philosophers, and children approaches the red farmhouse where transcendental salvation lies: Fruitlands. True, the.....
Item 5436Without Feathers
New York: Ballantine Books, 1983. mass market paperback. 16mo. 221pp. see pictures for synopsis. #05518.
Item 1683Limber Limericks
Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, 1971. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 99pp. from front flap: "If you are looking for laughs and chuckles, you will find them in this book, written by a retired Philadelphia lawyer who is an outstanding limerick crafttsman." #01746.
Item 3193Letters Fables and Sayings of "Amicus"
New York: Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1897. hardcover. 12mo 194pp. humorous letters to the editor of The Weekly Statement by pseudonymous "Amicus" #03258.
Item 1590Vanity Fair Selections from America's Most Memorable Magazine
New York: Viking Press, 1960. first edition. hardcover. 4to 327pp. A collection of pieces that originally appeared in Vanity Fair during the 1920s and 1930s, with pictures and illustrations. Includes contributions from P.G. Wodehouse, Dorothy Parker, T.S. Eliot, W. Somerset Maugham, Gertrude Stein, G.K. Chesterton, Edna St. Vincent Millay, many.....
Item 1041Kings Don't Carry Money
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1981. Charles Barsotti. first edition. hardcover. 12mo (7.25" x 9.25") unpaginated. from front flap: "For more than twelve years cartoonist Charles Barsotti's drawings of kings, clowns, struggling artists, and small dogs have been cheering readers of The New Yorker. His desk and bar turns.....
Item 4807Bottlenecks Are at the Top
Rocky Mount, NC: Falls of the Tar Publications, 1988. Mae Woods Bell. softcover. 12mo. 110pp. see pictures for synopsis. Inscribed by author on title page: "For Glo and Bill, my kind of people . . . . Brevity is the soul of wit -- or perhaps just a sugar overload.....
Item 3901101 Elephant Jokes
New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1966. William Hogarth. mass market paperback. 16mo. 96pp. see pictures for synopsis. scarce copy. #03967.
Item 1296The Expectant Reader
New York: Sterling Publishing, 1951. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 256pp. from front flap: "In this tenderly-compiled selection, the emphasis is naturally on babies, romance, love and marriage. Appealing stories and tales culled from all the world's literature, from ancient times to the present, have been chosen with a delicate consideration.....
Item 4575Aunt Erma's Cope Book
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 180pp. see pictures for synopsis. #04657.
Item 2006The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. hardcover. 8vo 175pp. from front flap: "It is only a matter of time before Erma Bombeck will be officially designated a national treasure, nominated for President, and coined by the Franklin Mint. She is our reigning humorist of foible and frustration in everyday life.....
Item 2629Don't Go Near the Water
New York: Signet, 1957. mass market paperback. 16mo 318pp. fourth printing December 1957. Signet D 1458. See pictures for synopsis. #02694.
Item 380Seems Like Yesterday
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. first edition. hardcover. A suspenseful, hilarious account--from both sides--of the Buchwalds' courtship and marriage begins with their first meeting in Paris and chronicles their life in the City of Lights in the 1940s and '50s. #00201.
Item 3287Down the Seine and Up the Potomac
New York: Fawcett Crest, 1977. mass market paperback. 16mo 553pp. see pictures for synopsis. #03352.
Item 3259A Gift From the Boys
New York: Pocket Books, 1959. first thus. mass market paperback. 16mo 183pp. first printing June 1959. Cardinal Edition C-350. #03324.
Item 4664How Much Is That In Dollars?
New York: Crest Book, 1962. mass market paperback. 16mo. 224pp. see pictures. #04747.
Item 3960Mother Goose for Antique Collectors
New York: Payson and Clarke Ltd., 1927. Dwight Taylor. hardcover. 12mo. 64pp. stated first printing. #04026.
Item 1679The Secret Life of Mother Wonderful
New York: Beaufort Books, 1980. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 220pp. from front flap: "There she sits in her Philadelphia brownstone, an ordinary woman. Ordinary? Alvin's wife? Steven's mother? Spot's owner? Not she. Mother Wonderful Myra Chanin describes herself as a frog princess who never got off her lily pad--[....
Item 5172The Gardener's Friend and Other Pests
New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1931. H.W. Haenigsen. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 291pp. see pictures for synopsis. #05255.
Item 1633The Nylon Safari
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. Rehna Cloete. hardcover. 8vo 276pp. from front flap: "This is the reasonably accurate story of a girl who got a great big diamond as an anniversary present. It was a rough diamond in the human shape of a White Hunter--the guide, philosopher, and friend of.....
Item 4472A Plea for Old Cap Collier
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1921. Tony Sarg. hardcover. 12mo. 56pp. #04554.
Item 4473Speaking of Operations
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. hardcover. 12mo. 64pp. #04555.
Item 2722The Ecstasy Business
New York: Signet Books, 1968. mass market paperback. 16mo 191pp. first printing October 1968. See pictures for synopsis. #02787.
Item 2148How to Become Extinct
New York: Dover Publications, 1964. William Steig. softcover. 8vo 114pp. Dover T1273. see pictures for snyopsis. #02213.