The Folio Society. Burton, Jonathan. Hardcover. 9" × 5.75". DON"T PANIC. Beginning with the demolition of the Earth to make way for an intergalactic expressway, the first in Adams' trilogy of five books combines science-fiction and classic dark humor. Sealed from the publisher, complete with slipcase. Bound in blocked glittered.....
Bombay: A Life Awakening Movement Publication, 1974. Soft cover. Unusual collection of jokes published by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, using the traditional figure of Mulla Nasruddin. With a foreword by Ma Ananda Prem, the editor and dedicatee, describing the philosophical underpinnings of the collection. 100 numbered pages of jokes, one joke.....
New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., 1902. Hardcover. Brown, Garrett How to Beat the Game New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., 1902 'At the earnest solicitation of a number of gentlemen (some of whom claim to be sufferers by reason of my superior knowledge of our national game) I have been led.....
Macmillan Company, 1967. Byfield, Barbara Ninde. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 10" x 8". First edition, first printing of Byfield's 'Lexicon of the Fantastical': a witty, illustrated, alphabetical introduction to the emerging conventions of the fantasy genre. Later reprinted by Doubleday as 'The Book of Weird', it has entertained generations of readers.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. Vierge, Daniel. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Four volume limited set, one of eight hundred and forty-five copies on deckle-edged paper (no. 809). Translated by Thomas Shelton, illustrations by Daniel Vierge, introduction by Royal Cortissoz. A lavishly illustrated, beautifully printed edition, combining Shelton's spirited seventeenth-century translation.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Salg, Bert. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The complete Tuffy Bean series, with all four jackets featuring Bert Salg's illustrations. Narrated by Tuffy Bean himself, the series follows the humorous adventures of the little dog and his friends. As in his 'Jerry Todd' series, Edwards included.....
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc, 1947. Weiler, Milton. Hardcover. 8.5"x5.75". 'Here is a book that every sportsman and most other people will welcome -- a single volume bringing together all the fishing stories that John Taintor Foote ever wrote, which means the cream of the crop. None of these tales is.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1907. Hardcover. Playful ode to poker, smoking, and drinking, lavishly illustrated and printed in blue and orange. Includes a tongue-in-cheek history, rules of the game, 'gratuitous advice', 'smoke quotes', recipes (mostly sandwiches), and mixed drinks, all mixed up with aphorisms, puns, and verse. 'Designed.....
New York: Guenther Publishing Company, 1920. Hardcover. 8" x 5" Humorous economics work structured as running correspondence between a man and his broker revealing everything that can go wrong on Wall Street. Light scuffing to covers. Light edgewear.
D.A.P., 2016. Hale, Phil. Hardcover. A collection of humorous essays. The book and dust jacket are very good, almost like new. Clean and unmarked. Signed by Trevor Noah on the second front free endpaper.
New York: Privately Printed, 1930. Hardcover. A privately printed collection of indecent anecdotes from the great Renaissance humanist scholar Poggio Fiorentino. Poggio was born in 1380 to a poor family and after gaining an education he served as a secretary to various Popes and religious councils. Contained in the "Facetia.....
Duckworth & Co., 1916. Robinson, W. Heath. Hardcover. 14.75" x 10". 24 full page drawings by W. Heath Robinson, with captions and silhouette cartoons on the facing pages. The 1916 reprint of the collection first published in 1915, offering an absurd view of an ongoing war. Folio, no dust jacket.....
London: Richard Bentley, 1846. Hardcover. "A New Edition with Additions and Corrections". Illustrations by John Leech. The original paper cover (somewhat stained) is bound within and protected by a sturdy hard cover. Scarce humorous collaboration between two contributors to Punch. 71 pp. 6.5 x 4"
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1929. Hardcover. 7.5"x5.25". 'Virginia Sullivan (Tomlinson) who wrote this book - whose book this is - Salutes you! June 1929' A signed copy of a rarely encountered work. An entertaining mystery, comic adventure and romance set aboard a cruise ship. When the heroine Dennis takes a......
Boston: Mutual Book Company, 1900. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First American edition, first state, with 'fivc' for 'five' on page 16, in paper wrappers. Minor loss to spine. BAL 3465. Very Good.
Privately Printed, 1920. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 6" x 9". Twain's humorous interview with himself, in a fitted folder and slipcase (labeled 'Mark Twain, (Yachtsman) Interviews Himself'). Self-wrappers, stapled. With a bookplate (Walter Chrysler) on the inner cover, ink inscription '1st edition', frontispiece portrait, Title page, limitation page 'Privately printed.....
New York: American News Company, 1874. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First edition, second state with Aetna Life Insurance Company ad on the back cover. With the original, fragile wrappers. Front cover and first page have come entirely free. Chipping and folds to the front and back cover, small piece of.....
London: John Camden Hotten, 74, Picadilly, 1871. Hardcover. 6/25" x 4". Two collections of Mark Twain's short stories bound together, both published in London by John Camden Hotten. Both are undated but attributed to 1871. Screamers: A Gathering of Scraps of Humour, Delicious Bits, & Short Stories. BAL 3333. Includes.....