Limericks [the Famous Paris Edition, Complete and Unexpurgated

Secaucus, NJ, Castle Books. 1992, Reprint. (ISBN: 1555217834). Cloth, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover, Lengthy ffep gift inscription; Textblock very clean and tight; Covers slightly edge and corner rubbed; Dust jacket lightly edge and corner rubbed; 1700 examples with Notes, Variants and Index. 517p. The largest collection of limericks ever published, erotic or otherwise. Near Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar).

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Book number: EW6191

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Limericks, Humor, Ribald Humor, Off-Color Rhymes, Adult Humor 1555217834

ADDAMS, CHARLES; INTRODUCTION BY WOLCOTT GIBBS

Addams and Evil: An Album of Cartoons

NY, Simon & Schuster. 1947, Thirteenth Printing. Illustrated Boards, 4to - Over 9 " - 12" Tall. Ill.: Charles Addams Cartoons. Hardcover, Textblock is very clean and very tight. Some moisture spotting to the fore-edge and bottom page edges. Very scuffed and rubbed spine, chipped at the head and foot; Lightly character-soiled covers, bumped corners. No pagination. Very Good.

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Book number: SB16519

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Cartoons, Addams Family Cartoons, Cartoon Fiction, Addams Family Fiction Charles Addams Cartoons

BETZNER, ERA (COMPILED & REVISED BY)

Parties & Stunts Around the Year

NY, The Woman's Press. 1924, 2nd Printing. Illustrated Boards, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Former owner's inked name on ffep, small pamphlet laid in between pages 10 & 11 which has caused toning to those two pages, else no other markings or wear throughout. Chipped head of spine, lightly bumped corners, dented foot of spine. 94pp. Very Good.

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Book number: SB9242

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Entertainment, entertaining, Throwing Parties, Party Ideas, Stunt Ideas, Planning Special Occasions, Games

BILLINGTON, RAY ALLEN (PLAGIARIZED, ARRANGED, ANNOTATED AND SOME WRITTEN BY)

Limericks Historical and Hysterical

NY & London, W. W. Norton & Company. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0393014533). Quarter Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, Light penciled marginalia on approx. half a dozen pages, faint age toning to the end papers, else textblock is clean and tight; Cloth spine bumped at the head and foot, paper boards. Price-clipped dust jacket, minimally shelf worn, some soiling to the covers, mylar sleeved. 127p. including bibliography and index. Very Good+/Very Good+ (in mylar).

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Book number: SB15793

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Limericks, Historical Limericks, Adult Rhymes Literary Collections & Poetry 0393014533

BOWLER, PETER

The Superior Person's Book of Words

Boston, David R. Godine. 2000, Nineteenth Printing. (ISBN: 087923556x). Boards, 8vo - 9 '' Tall By 11 and 3/4 '' Wide. Ill.: Drawings. Hardcover, Large crease to upper corner of pg. 4. else textblock is very clean and tight. Minimally edge-rubbed binding; Price-clipped dust jacket, lightly worn; 118p. Near Fine/Very Good (in mylar).

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Book number: SB17436

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Vocabulary, English Language, Word Books Language Arts & Disciplines 087923556x Drawings

COBB, IRVIN S.

Cobb's Bill-of-Fare

NY, George H. Doran Co. 1913. Embossed Brown Boards, 12mo - over 6 " 7 " Tall. Ill.: Peter Newell; James Preston. Hardcover, Nice looking copy; Textblock clean and tight; Binding edge and corner worn; Spine sunned and faded; Unpaginated. Good+.

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Book number: EW6995

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Humor and Satire, Social Science Social Science Peter Newell; James Preston

FORRESTER, IZOLA L. (TEXT BY)

"Us Fellers"

Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs & Company. 1907, First Printing. Illustrated Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Pictured by B. Cory Kilvert. Hardcover, aged and fragile textblock through the first 20 pages, but the rest of the leaves are nice and clean, still tightly bound; previous owner's bookplate (dated 1914) on the moderately yellowed and weathered fep; shaken at front gutter; the boards are worn, character-soiled, and aged; no dust jacket; 50pp. Good.

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Book number: SB629

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Childrens Reading, Childrens Story, Us Fellers, Juvenile Reading, Childrens Literature Children's Pictured by B. Cory Kilvert

GORDON, RALPH

"Hello Bill!" an Historical Compendium of the World's Greatest Gang of Good Fellows

Seattle, Frank McCaffrey Pub. 1931. Purple Boards, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Ralph Gordon. Hard Cover, owner's ink notation on ffep, otherwise textblock is clean and tight. binding is torn at the top front gutter, with overall light to moderate edge and corner wear; no dust jacket; unpaginated. Good+.

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Book number: SJ5093

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Seattle, Seattle Washington, Good Fellows, Elk Good Fellows Ralph Gordon

BARING-GOULD, WILLIAM S.

The Lure of Limerick: An Uninhibited Story

UK, Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 1989. (ISBN: 1853269379). Green Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: William S. Baring-Gould. Hardcover, Usual age toning along the edges, else textblock is clean and tight. All page edges are straight and sound. Light bumping to the head and foot of spine. Unclipped dust jacket, illustrated and mylar sleeved. 246p. including sources. Very Good+/Near Fine (in mylar).

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Book number: SB15791

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Limerick, Chapbooks, Limerick Collections Literary Collections & Poetry 1853269379 William S. Baring-Gould

GRANT, DONALD

Diabolo Stick Grinds and Suicides - Advanced Diabolo Techniques

Tallahassee, FL, Infinite Illusions Juggling Supplies. 1992, North American Edition. (ISBN: 0952030004). Stapled Wraps, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Donald Grant Drawings. Paperback, Diabolo tricks, not for the complete beginner; Textblock very clean and tight; Covers lightly edge-rubbed; 48p. Near Fine.

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Book number: 25079

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Illusions and Tricks, Games, Diabolo 0952030004 Donald Grant Drawings

GRANT, DONALD

Diabolo 2: Crazy Cradles and Baffling Body Moves - More Advanced Diabolo Techniques

Tallahassee, FL, Infinite Illusions Juggling Supplies. 1993, North American Edition. (ISBN: 0952030012). Stapled Wraps, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Donald Grant Drawings. Paperback, Diabolo string tricks; Textblock very clean and tight; Covers lightly edge-rubbed; 52p. Near Fine.

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Book number: 25080

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Illusions and Tricks, Games, Diabolo 0952030012 Donald Grant Drawings

HART, HAROLD H. (EDITOR) MUSICAL NOTATION BY ESTHER BOTWIN

Th Bawdy Bedside Reader

NY, Bell Publishig Co. 1971, Reprint. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Lindi. Hardcover, Textblock immaculate and tight; Binding lightly edge and corner rubbed; Price-clipped dust jacket lightly edge and corner-worn and scuffed; 475p. including index. A compendium of the bawdy: Riddles, Verse, Songs, Graffiti, Parodies and Limericks. Near Fine/Very Good (in mylar).

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Book number: EW6194

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Limericks, Humor, Ribald Humor, Off-Color Rhymes, Adult Humor Lindi

IRWIN, WALLACE

More Letters of a Japanese Schoolboy

NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1923, First Edition. Boards, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Ralph Barton. Hardcover, Textblock is aged but very clean and tight. Bumped corners and spine extremities, a couple light smudges on spine; illustrated front cover. Unclipped dust jacket with chipped corners, creased spine extremities, inked writing on back panel. Beautiful Robert Wang handmade slipcase in great condition. 137p. Very Good/Very Good (in mylar).

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Book number: SB8895

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Japanese Schoolboy Fiction, Japanese Memoir, Japan, Asian Studies Asian Studies Ralph Barton

LEAR, EDWARD

Teapots and Quails and Other Nonsenses

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press. 1954, Early Reprint. Cloth, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Ill.: Black and White Illustrations. Ex-Library Hardcover, Minimally marked library copy; Textblock clean and tight; Plain brown cloth binding, edge and corner worn, hand soiled and overall dingy. 61p. Humorous cartoons, Limericks, Stories, Poems. Good.

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Book number: EW7150

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Poetry, Literature, Children's Poetry Social Science Black and White Illustrations

MARTIN, JANET; TODNEM, ALLEN

Cream and Bread

Hastings, MN, Redbird Productions. 1985, Sixth Printing. (ISBN: 0961343702). Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Allen Todnem. Paperback, Textblock very clean and very tight. All page edges are straight and sound. Light reading crease along the spine. 123pp. Very Good+.

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Book number: SB16484

Catalogue: Games & Humor

Keywords: Cooking, Bread Cooking, Scandinavian Cooking Cooking 0961343702 Allen Todnem