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 about THE SAYINGS OF DR. BUSHWACKER; and Other Learned Men / Et Al

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 about THE MALTED FALCON; A Chet Gecko Mystery

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. Walt Kelly. First Edition, 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. Walter... More about The POGO STEPMOTHER GOOSE

London: Methuen & Co., 1904. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Small 8vo, red cloth with gilt embossed spine and cover depicting John Bull presumably as The Mad Hatter seated and chained to a prison wall, illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould {"F.C.G.") with 46 caricatures blended into the original Tenniel... More about JOHN BULL'S ADVENTURES IN THE FISCAL WONDERLAND; with forty-six illustrations by F. C. G

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1969. Punch. First Edition. 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 about THE PETER PRINCIPLE; Why Things Always Go Wrong

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 about LIFE IN A PUTTY KNIFE FACTORY

London: Herbert Jenkins, [c.1940s]. Reprint Edition. Cardboard covers. Small 8vo, red cloth with "A Gentleman of Leisure" in black type on the cover and spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket with Jimmy Pitt on his knees facing a bulldog, 256 pages. VERY SCARCE in this VG+ condition and with the RARE... More about A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE

New York: A Continuum Book / The Seabury Press, 1979. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, bright blue cloth, Mylar-protected cartoon-filled dust jacket, xvii + 205 pages. Sir P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse KBE (1881 – 1975) was an English author who was one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century... More about THE SWOOP!; And Other Stories by P. G. Wodehouse / Edited by David A. Jasen / With an...