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

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

Forattini, Giorgio

Un'idea al Giorno

Milano, Arnoldi Mondadori Editore, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 254pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering, in Italian language. Covers are clean and binding is sound, contents clean. Dust jacket is slightly faded, worn along top edge and has a few short tears. Book is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author , in French, on front free endpaper. Inscritta dal autore in francese. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001465

Catalogue: Signed, Humor

Keywords: Political Cartoons Signed

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

Morton, Charles W.

Dahl's Boston

Boston, Printed by Kneeland & Green for S. Gerrish, 1946. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Francis W. Dahl. Signed by Author and Illustrator. 157pp. FIRST EDITION. Tan buckram. Signed by author and illustrator on front free endpaper, tiny store label on endpaper. Slight fading to covers, contents mildly toned but clean, and binding is tight. Illustrated by the longtime cartoonist for the Boston Herald. Very Good.

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Book number: 000616

Catalogue: Signed, Humor

Keywords: Cartoons Massachusetts

Wilson, Earl

Pikes Peek or Bust

Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1946. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. John Groth. Signed by Author(s). 250pp. Grey cloth. Nice copy. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket is mildly toned, chipped along edges, 1 inch triangle missing from top. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 003197

Catalogue: Signed, Humor, Performing Arts

Keywords: "Show Business" Broadway NYC Movies Theater Columnist Newspaper