Item 2367Forty Modern Fables
Grosset and Dunlap, 1902. hardcover. 12mo 303pp. Reprint edition. humorous short stories. #02432.
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Item 1612Transcendental 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 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 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 3242The Food Lover's Book of Lists
New York: New American Library, 1979. first thus. softcover. 8vo 224pp. first printing March 1979. see pictures for synopsis. #03307.
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 3766My Friend GOD
New York: New American Library, 1972. first thus. mass market paperback. 16mo. 159pp. Signet Q5172. first printing October 1972. see pictures for synopsis. #03832.
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 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 1763Selected Specimen of Hippocrates' Oaf
Springfield, MO. Berkely Square Publishing, 1980. hardcover. 16mo 113pp. from front flap: "In his first book, the self acclaimed super-star of the famous Singing Doctors of Springfield, Mo., proves for once and all that medical men can be human, sometimes, and extremely funny, too. The Doctor of Mirth has written.....
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 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 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 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.
Item 3014A Hat on the Hall Table
New York: Harper and Row, 1967. Susan Perl. first edition. hardcover. 12mo 152pp. stated first edition. from front flap: "If you've ever wondered what it's like to be married to a minister, this light-hearted tale will inform and enchant you at one and the same time. Here you'll find the.....
Item 1424Farces
1906. first thus. hardcover. 8vo 332pp. + photographs illustrations from productions of the plays. published October 1906. collection of three plays The Dictator / The Galloper / Miss Civilization from American journalist, novelist, and playwright. #01488.
Item 2982The Tents of Wickedness
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1959. Book of the Month Club edition. hardcover. 8vo 276pp. Book of the Month Club edition. From rear flap: "Written in a dozen styles, this is a gem of parody as well as another narrative treat by "the most reliably funny comic novelist now at.....
Item 2985Mrs. Wallop
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1970. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 310pp. from front flap: "The title heroine of Peter DeVries' new novel is a fugitive from a couple of other novels. Emma Wallop feels she has been unjustly pilloried as a character in a best seller written by a former.....