New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949. Gluyas Williams. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth with pale green (?) printed label and cartoon of the author in white on lower right corner of front cover, Introduction by Frank Sullivan, Mylar-protected pictorial yellow dust jacket (unclipped) with cartoon of Benchley twirling..... 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
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1950. William Steig. First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo, red cloth with black lettering on spine and Pilgrim man and woman stamped in black on front cover, illustrated with several cartoons by William Steig, archival mylar-protected yellow-red dust jacket (unclipped) with cartoons by Steig, [viii]..... More
New York Boston: 12 Twelve, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. INSCRIBED on the title page: "Be careful!! It's scary out there!", 8vo, red cloth with black lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected cartoon decorated dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton by Ross MacDonall, xxxi, [xxxii] + 432..... 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
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
New York: Lincoln McVeagh / The Dial Press, 1929. Rea Irvin. Fourth Printing. Cloth. Small 8vo, orange cloth with black lettering on spine & front cover with B&W Alice confronting portly Uncle Sam on the front cover, frontispiece and 11 B&W full page illustrations by Rea Irvin, orange endpapers, 303..... 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 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
New York, N.Y. Plume, 2018. Cartoons. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. SIGNED by the Four Feminists on the half title, 12mo (5" x 7"), black wrappers with white and red lettering, illustrated with several B&W cartoons, red verso's of wrappers with pizzas, ix, [x-xii] + 143 pages. Caitlin Kunkle, Brooke..... More
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
New York: Meredith Corporation, 2019. Fredrickson et al;. First Edition. Wrappers. Small quarto, green and red glossy wrappers, filled with cartoons and wit, ~ 100 pages. Who doesn't enjoy MAD magazine? EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATED COMPENDIUM of humorous pieces from the previous year(s)--mainly 2019--with some new fun stuff tossed in! More
Boston Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. Isadore Seltzer. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Small 8vo, beige cloth with brown spine lettering and embossed images on the front cover of the husband vs. wife fighting over the pants motif used on the pictorial dust jacket, illustrated by Isadore Seltzer..... 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 Boston: J. C. Derby / Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1854. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Small 8vo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4"), gilt-stamped spine with vignette of Mrs. Partington and blind-stamped decorative brown covers, engraved frontispiece & 7 full-page steel engravings (with tissue guards) and numerous in-text..... 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: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945. James Thurber. First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo, green cloth with white lettering on spine and front cover, profusely illustrated with droll B&W cartoons in-text by Thurber and four full-color plates by Don Freeman, [x] + 115 pages. James Thurber (1894 – 1961) was..... More
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
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo, red cloth, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket with cartoon figures, 222 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
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