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"

Howells, William D.

The Parlor Car. Farce

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1896. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Hardcover. 74pp. Very light wear to covers, contents clean , binding is sound. Book measures 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches and is in well-preserved condition. Very Good.

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Book number: 002983

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor, Short Stories

Keywords: Play Comedy

Jerome K. Jerome

The Idle Thoughts of and Idle Fellow

Chicago210pp. Donohue, Henneberry & Co. 1910. Hardcover. 210pp. Half floral decorated tan boards, half small design, silver lettering to spine. Corner chip to rear board, light wear to cover, contents age-tanned. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004402

Catalogue: Humor, Literature and Fiction

Keywords: Essays Humor

Kendall, Ezra

Good Gravy; A Pure Tonic of Wit and Humor

Cleveland, Ohio, Geffert & Crummel, 1901. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. W.J.Morgan & Co. 96pp. Softcover with a little wear and 1/2" chip to lower spine and rear cover, minor soiling, contents age-toned but clean and tight. Amusing humor from the turn of the last century. Profusely and humorously illustrated with many in-text sketches. Very Good.

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Book number: 000580

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor

Keywords: Humorous

Knickerbocker, Diedrich (Washington Irving)

A History of New -York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty

Glasgow, John Wylie & Co. 1821. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 372pp. Full leather, leather label. Neatly rebacked, original label, some chipping to upper edges, but binding is overall sound. Text is tanned and occasionally foxed, some separation at title page, owner's name on title page, binding is tight. Good.

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Book number: 003128

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor, History

Keywords: Satire

Morley, Christopher

The Goldfish Under the Ice

London, Mathews & Marrot, 1929. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 27pp. Tan boards, red decoration. Copy No.140 of 530 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Dampstaining confined mainly to upper portion of boards and faintly to upper internal margins, spine is chipped, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004154

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Signed, Humor

Keywords: Frisky Dog

Richards, George M.

The Fairy Dictionary

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1932. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 102pp. Orange cloth, black lettering and illustration. Small chip to head of spine,spine sunned, corners lightly rubbed, contents age-toning confined primarily to endpapers, owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, binding is tight an text is clean. Full page black and white illustration on each recto page, text on versos, also double page color illustration by author. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001951

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor

Keywords: Elf Pixie Gnome Faun Satyr Centaur Mime Puck Rune

Saroyan, William

The Human Cmedy

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Cmpany, 1943. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Don Freeman. 291pp. Rust color cloth. Bookis clean and sound, one corner bumped, owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, endpapers lightly toned. Dust jacket is not clipped, but has no price; very early edition, but may not be a first due to lack of price. Dust jacket has tears and chips along edges, and is darkened along spine and folds. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 003825

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor

Keywords: Novel Homer Grogan Marcus Spangler

Twain, Mark

How to Tell a Story and Other Essays

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1902. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 233pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering and decorative border, top edges gilt. Covers are clean, corners slightly rubbed, 2 small spots on rear board, gitl is very bright, text is clean, slight residue from bookplate removal to front pastedown. A very well-preserved copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004279

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor, Short Stories

Keywords: "Paul Bourget"

Twain, Mark

Mark Twain's Date..1601 Conversation as it Was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors

Unstated, Ustated, 1930. Tall 4to. Soft cover. Mike Davis - Photography. Unpaginated 32pp.measures 10 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, no publication date c 1930s. Light green stiff wraps, pictorial paste-on title to front cover. Corners chipped, light wear and soil to cover, contents are clean and unmarked. Illustrated. Good.

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Book number: 004313

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor

Keywords: Risque Satire

Twain, Mark

The Prince and the Pauper; A Tale for Young People of All Ages

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. 1st Edition, Oblong 16mo. Hardcover. 411pp. Original green publisher's cloth, gilt lettering and gilt and black decoration. First Edition, First State with uncorrected errors on pages 124, 263 and 362, Franklin Press imprint on copyright page. Edges rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, fraying along spine, inner rear hinge cracked, some signatures starting to loosen, endpapers lightly soiled, age toning and scattered light soiling to text mainly in margins, slight dampstaining and wrinkling to last 4 leaves, small tape repair to rear free endpaper, former owner's name and date in pencil on front endpaper Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004524

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor

Keywords: "John Canty" "Miles Hendon"

Wilson, H.L. (Harry Leon)

Zigzag Tales From the East to the West

New York, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1894. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. C. Jay Taylor. 167pp + ads. Grey pictorial cloth, black and red lettering and decoration. Miminal wear and light soil, contents are age-toned, binding is sound, owner's name on front free endpaper. Author's first book. Illustrated by C.J. Taylor. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001828

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Humor

Keywords: "Short Stories" "First Book"