(Pullen, Henry William)

The Fight at Dame Europa's School

New York, Francis B. Felt & Co. 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Thomas Nast. 34pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. A very clean, unworn copy, contents age-toned, small spot in margin of 4 pages, otherwise unblemished. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004435

Catalogue: History, Humor, Military

Keywords: Satire "Franco-Prussian War" "Thomas Nast"

(Roby, John)

Jokeby, A Burlesque on Rokeby. A Poem, In Six Cantos. By an Amateur of Fashion

London, Thomas Tegg, 1813. Fifth Edition, Enlarged, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 216p. Printed blue paper over boards, color frontispiece. Wear to corners and spine ends, spine sunned and lightly chipped, owner's bookplate and glue residue on front free endpaper, chip to lower front endpaper, but the text is clean and crisp, and the binding and hinges are sound. Very Good.

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Book number: 002365

Catalogue: Poetry, Humor

Keywords: Satire

(Jerrold, Douglas William)

Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures.

Hartford, S. Andrus & Son. 0. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Hardcover. 156pp. No date, circa 1850s. Brown stamped cloth, gilt spine lettering. Covers faded, light wear to corners, some chipping along spine, binding is tight and hinges are sound, contents moderateley toned and occasionally foxed. These stories were originally published in Punch in 1845. Good.

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Book number: 003107

Catalogue: Humor, Short Stories

Keywords: Punch

(Nast, Thomas)

Nast's Illustrated Almanac

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1873. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 48+8pp ads. Chipping to edges, spine missing, contents are complete and mildly age-toned, binding loose. Humor items by various authors including "A Deception" by Mark Twain. Also almanac for the year 1874. Good.

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Book number: 004829

Catalogue: Humor, Short Stories

Keywords: "Mark Twain" anecdotes poems "Josh Billings"

Ainsworth, Ed (and W.Parker Lyon)

Pot Luck; Episodes in the Life of W. Parker Lyon

Hollywood, California, George Palmer Putnam, Inc. 1940. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 201pp. Orange cloth. Bottom edge rubbed, some discoloration to endpapers, text is sound. Dust jacket is soiled and has been taped along edges. Inscribed, stamped and signed by W.Parker Lyon, foreword by Irvin S. Cobb. Includes a handwritten 1942 letter by W. Lyon Parker, and a W. Parker Lyon Narrow Gauge Railway ticket from Arcadia to Santa Anita along the Haw Haw Route, plus addressed envelope. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 003731

Catalogue: Biography, Signed, Humor

Anonymous

Story of Esquire Brown and His Mule

Unknown, Unknown, 1880. Soft cover. 24pp. No date circa 1880s. Grey illustrated wraps. Very minor wear, text sound, some pages loose. Promotional booklet exalting the benefits of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, and an amusing illustrated story about Mr. Brown's mule. Very Good.

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Book number: 003453

Catalogue: Medicine, Humor

Keywords: Quackery Remedies

Arnac, Marcel

Thirty-six Inches of Adventure

New York, The Planet Press, 1930. Hardcover. 20 Hrs. 40 Min.; Our Flight in the Friendship. 245pp. Blue cloth. Limited edition of 2,000 copies. Covers clean and unworn, binding is tight and contents are clean. Clipped dust jacket is chipped and worn at edges, somewhat darkened. Amusing adventures of a baby from embryo to birth with comic illustrations throughout. Translated by Louis Colman. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001555

Catalogue: Humor

Keywords: Conception Birth Risque

Augur, C.H.

Half-True Tales; Stories Founded On Fiction

New York, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1891. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 203pp. blue cloth, silver scroll-like decoration, gilt lettering. Extremities lightly rubbed, lettering and decoration very bright, contents are clean. Vignette illustrations throughout by C.J. Taylor. An attractive little book. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003457

Catalogue: Humor, Short Stories

Keywords: Puck

Bailey, James M.

LIfe in Danbury: Being a Brief but Comprhensive Record of the Doings of a Remarkable People...

Boston , Lee and Shepard, 1873. 1st Edition, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 303pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Clean and sound both inside and outside, inscription on front free endpaper reads "Ella with the regards of the author Oct.27, 92'" in the author's handwriting. A wonderful collection of sketches and anecdotes. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004767

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor, Short Stories

Keywords: Danbury Connecticut Anecdotes Humor "Short Stories"

Baker, George M.

A Baker's Dozen. Original Humorous Dialogues

Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1876. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 137pp+6pp ads. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Wear and spotting to covers. Contents age-toned, scattered foxing, inscription and owner's name on front free endpaper. Dialogues originally published in Oliver Optic's Magazine. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001552

Catalogue: Humor, Performing Arts

Keywords: Theatre Performance

Blanding, Don

Pilot Bails Out

New York, Dodd Mead & Company, 1943. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Don Blanding. Signed by Author(s). 85pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Book is in clean, unworn condition. Boldly INSCRIBED to Suzie AND SIGNED on the front free endpaper. Laid-in is a typed letter SIGNED "Don", in pencil, to Susie [sic]. In the letter he enthusiastically discusses the promotion of his book. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly chipped and rubbed along edges and folds and slightly darkened. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 002789

Catalogue: Poetry, Signed, Humor

Keywords: "World War I" "World War II" Verse

Cadet, Coquelin

Le Monologue Moderne

Paris, Paul Ollendorf, 1881. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. Luigi Loir. 34pp. Couverture souple. Stitched binding. Soiling to covers, spine missing, binding loose but holding, text is age-darkened and is complete. Fair.

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Book number: 003642

Catalogue: Humor, Performing Arts

Elgin National Watch Co.

The Elgin Almanac Illustrated; Elgin National Watch Co.

Chicago/New York, Elgin National Watch Co. 1876. Soft cover. Frederick Stuart Church. Pictorial wraps, unpaginated. Water staining to cover, contents unaffected and clean, margin tear to one leaf with no loss of text. Cleverly illustrated by Frederick Stuart Church. Whimsical poetry, fascinating anecdotes and stories, and illustrations of Elgin Watch movements. Good.

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Book number: 004809

Catalogue: Business, Literature and Fiction, Humor

Keywords: Watches Timepieces

Derleth, August

It's a Boy's World

Sauk City, Wisconsin, Stanton and Lee, 1948. Limited Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Clare Victor Dwiggins. Signed by Artist. 107pp. Grey pictorial boards. Spine very slightly faded, endpapers age-darkened, book is clean and sound. Unclipped dust jacket is torn along folds, darkened and chipped, but is overall complete. A comics-like pencil sketch by Clare Dwiggins INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "Dwig" on front pastedown. Text is profusely illustrated throughout by Dwiggins. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 004304

Catalogue: Poetry, Signed, Humor

Keywords: Signed

Dosh

220 Israel Cartoons By Dosh

Tel Aviv, Karni Publishers Ltd. 1956. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Dosh. 130pp. Grey hardcover with very light shelfwear, slight dampstain to front pastedown, endpapers partially darkened, contents clean and binding is sound. Original dustjacket is evenly darkened, chipped along edges (largest chip is 1/2 inch triangle at bottom). Text is in Hebrew and English, introduction written by Efraim Kishon. Biting cartoons by the cartoonist of Maariv. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 001065

Catalogue: Illustrated, Government and Politics, Humor

Keywords: Israel Hebrew Cartoons Political