(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

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

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

Edson, Charles Leroy and George T.

Ballads of the Boys of Old K.U.

Lawrence, Kansas, Legal News Print, 1903. Limited Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. Unpaginated 26pp. Black wraps, red lettering, introductory page printed in red and black, text printed on heavy, mottled brown faux antique stock. Small corner chips to cover and title page, contents are otherwise clean and unworn. Humorous poetry written while a student at University of Kansas. Includes 2 drawings by the author. Good.

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Book number: 003499

Catalogue: Poetry, Humor

Keywords: "University of Kansas" Haskell

Raferty, Frances

Stroock's Animal Kingdom

Newburgh and New York City, S. Stroock & Co. Inc. 1939. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Paki. Unpaginated [24pp]. Beige boards, black lettering and black and red illustration. Some cracking of front joint, very light soiling to covers, contents are clean and binding is tight. Humorous verse and illustrations describing the fur sources (llamas, camels, alpaca, guanaco, etc.) and extolling the virtues of S. Stroock & Co.'s luxury fabrics. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001376

Catalogue: Poetry, Humor

Keywords: Textiles Fabrics Furs