London Boston: Faber and Faber, 1984. First Edition. Wrappers. 12mo, pictorial wrappers depicting a comedic set of glasses-red nose-moustache, 383 pages. An well-edited and Excellent collection of parodies. Rather Scarce. Simon Brett OBE FRSL (born 1945) is a prolific and highly respected British writer of detective fiction, children's literature, humor..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1907. Louis D. Fancher. First Edition. Cloth and pictorial boards. 12mo (7 1/8" x 5"), green backstrip and pictorial boards depicting a Art Nouveau bearded old man / Methuselah, illustrated with frontispiece and three full-page plates and decorative pages by Louis D. Fancher, Introduction..... More
London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1988. B&W glossy photos. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Tall 8vo, glossy photgraphic boards with color photo of the four cast members, illustrated with 8 glossy B&W collections of photos, 333 pages. SUPERIOR COPY: tight, bright, clean in a NF unclipped dust jacket. Light uniform age-toning..... More
New York: A. Simpson & Co., 1867. First Edition. Cloth. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED by the AUTHOR, 12mo (7 3/8" x 5 1/2"), green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering & publisher's calligraphed "AS&Co" device on spine, 213 pages. RARE & INSCRIBED by the 19th century American humorist. Slightly cocked; cloth somewhat..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2013. B&W Photos. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. 8vo, gray boards with silver lettering on spine, illustratred with several B&W photos, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Billy Crystal by Robert Sebree, 272 pages + [2] About the Author. William "Billy" Crystal (born..... More
Cleveland New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956. Abner Dean. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, green quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over gold boards with leaf motifs, filled with amusing satiric poems and light-hearted cartoons by Abner, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped), endpapers repeat leaf motif..... More
Brooklyn, New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., 2012. Color Photos; Designs; Stills. Glossy pictorial boards. Thick small quarto (9 3/4" x 8 3/8" x 2 3/4"), glossy rainbow-striped boards with white lettering on spine, profusely illustrated with color photos, designs, and stills by 8 1/2 Design, 880 pages..... More
Boston and Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1963. James Stevenson. First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with author's name in red and title in white on spine & cartoon of McL on cover; repeated on dust jacket (price-clipped), full of cartoon illustrations by James..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946. John Falter. First Edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4"), green cloth with black lettering on spine and catoon hitching post on front cover, archival polyester-protected cartoon dust jacket (unclipped) of a horse race drawn by John Falter, who has illustrated..... More
Orlando Austin New York San Diego Toronto London: Harcourt, Inc., 2003. Brad Weinman. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. SIGNED "Best Wishes" by the Author, 8vo, pictorial full-color boards depicting Chet Gecko & Falcon, handsomely illustrated with B&W frontispiece and several in-text drawings by Brad Weinman, 107 pages + [8]..... More
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1859. Richard Doyle. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Square 12mo (7 1/4" x 5 3/4"), original publisher's decorative gilt-stamped cloth with elaborate gilt lettering with foliage on spine and an even more elaborate gilt vine-&-figure decoration circling the front cover, which also has an image..... More
Boston, Mass. John W. Luce and Company, 1905. Wallace Goldsmith. First Edition. Cloth. 12mo, green textured cloth with paper label on spine and colored paper paste-down on cover with a colored cartoon of a bald man with pen swirling the stars and planets, illustrated throughout with B&W cartoons by Wallace..... More
New Jersey: Michael Di Capua Books / Scholastic, 2010. Jules Feiffer. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Large quarto (9 3/8" x 12 1/4"), glossy pictorial boards with white lettering on spine and image of a an ogre on front cover, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a man being held..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. Walt Kelly. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Small 4to (9 3/4" x 6 1/2"), mainly green pictorial wrappers with black-white-&-yellow designs and lettering, profusely illustrated with cartoons by Walt Kelly, cartoon endpapers, [90] cartoon pages + [91] Eenie Finis + [2] Afterword. Walt Kelly (1913..... More
Indianapolis New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1961. B&W Photos. First Edition. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the front free endpaper; tall 8vo, bright green 1/3 cloth with black lettering over very light green boards, illustrated with several B&W photos, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1969. Punch. Early Reprint. Cloth and boards. 8vo, half black cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, numerous B&W illustrations from Punch magazine, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), yellow endpapers, 179 numbered pages + [2] About the Authors. A humor classic..... More
Los Angeles: J. P. Tarcher, Inc., 1974. Frank Page. Seventh Printing. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the comedic author on the front free endpaper, square 8vo, profusely illustrated with in-text B&W cartoons by Frank Page, light blue cloth with black lettering on spine and cartoon of a woman chasing a rabbit on..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, red quarter cloth with gilt lettering on spine over black boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Mo with mike in color before the White House (a Scotty..... More
New York Boston London: Little, Brown & Company, 2013. Sedaris. First Edition. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Author with his colored cartoon SKETCH of an OWL, 8vo, reddish brown cloth spine and light beige boards with pale gold lettering on spine; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped)..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1943. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, tan cloth, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket with cartoon of H. Allen Smith, xviii + [ii} + 296 pages + [2] Note on Type. Humorist Fred Allen described journalist-and-humorist H. Allen Smith as "the screwball's 'Boswell.'" A...... More
New York London Toronto Sydney Syngapore: Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster, May 2001. First Pocket Books Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page..adding the cartoon sketch of a woman's head, tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4"), light blue quarter cloth with..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. First U.S. Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, pink quarter cloth over black boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with cartoon figures of a man with slingshot and another in top hat, 220 pages. Sir P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse KBE (1881 – 1975) was one..... More
London: Everyman, N.D. The Everyman Wodehouse, First Printing REPRINT from First British Printing. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4"), light blue-gray cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) uncredited [cover art probably by Anderzej Klimowski], vertical yellow-striped endpapers, 319 pages ... Colophon. Sir..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First U.S. Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, beige quarter cloth with multi-colored spine & lettering over charcoal gray boards with scarlet "P.G. Wodehouse," mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with cartoon rabbits emerging from a magician's tophat, publisher's red topstain, 213 pages + [2] About..... More
Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, N.D. Anderzej Klimowski]. The Collector's Wodehouse, First Printing REPRINT from First British Printing. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4"), gray cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting in color a man raising his fist against..... More