Humour

New York: Pocket Books, 1965. 128 pp. Pocket Book 50059. Light edge and corner wear with a faint crease on the spine; no interior markings.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Chas. Addams;. vintage paperback; collectible; tv television; movie film motion picture cinema hollywood tie in;. more information

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New York: Ballantine Books, 1981. 216 pp. First Thus. Edge and corner wear with creasing on the front cover and spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0345296532. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good-. movie tie in; humor humour;. more information

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Girard, Kansas: Little Blue Book - Haldeman Julius Publications, 1923. Unpaginated. Little Blue Book 1827. Light edge and corner wear; no interior markings. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 32mo. cartoons; comedy;. more information

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New York: Paperback Library, 1969. Unpaginated. Paperback book 62-062. Edge and corner wear with some rubbing on the front cover and an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside; no other interior markings. Scans are available for all books.. Fifth Printing. Paperback. Very Good. darkshadows; tv tie-in; dracula; vampire; television; dark shadows;. more information

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New York: Walker and Company, 1976. 95 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a slightly darkened but flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by Julien Dedman. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0802705154. First Softcover Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Julien Dedman;. 8vo. jokes;. more information

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Melbourne, Australia: Budget Books, 1988. Unpaginated. Staple-bound in pictorial card covers. Light rubbing on the corners; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0732302129. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Geoff Augustine;. 8vo. comic strip; australia australian humor;. more information

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New York: Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 2004. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Signed on the title page by Donna L. Barstow. Light wear on the corners; aside from the author/artist's signature, no interior markings. Cartoons. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 1561633836. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. women's issues; cartoons;. more information

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Toronto: Coles Books, 1978. 145 pp. First Thus. Light rubbing on the corners with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Bierce's re-working of the language. For example: Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. And: Omen: A sign that something will happen if nothing happens. And: Lawyer: One skillful in circumvention of the law. Scans are available for all books.. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo. language; satire;. more information

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New York: Tempo Books - Grosset and Dunlap, 1976. Unpaginated. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0448125331. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Tempo Books - Grosset and Dunlap, 1977. Unpaginated. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0448143275. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Jove Books, 1989. Unpaginated. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 051510003X. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Tor Books, 1983. Unpaginated. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0812567390. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Jove Books, 1989. Unpaginated. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0515097659. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Ace Tempo Books - Grosset and Dunlap, 1981. Unpaginated. Light edge and corner wear on the corners with a faint crease on the spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0448170124. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Tor Books, 1983. Unpaginated. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine and some ripples along the leading edge of the text block in the last few pages; no interior markings.. ISBN: 081256734X. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good-. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Tor Books, 1986. Unpaginated. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0812567919. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Charter Books, 1986. Unpaginated. Edgewear with some corner creasing and an uncreased spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0441314678. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Jove Books, 1988. Unpaginated. Light wear on the corners with a crease on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0515098620. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Jove Books, 1989. Unpaginated. Light wear on the corners with a crease on the upper right of the front cover and faint creasing on the spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0515101788. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good. hagar the horrible; sunday funnies; comic strip; humor;. more information

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New York: Dell Publishing Company, 1944. 191 pp. Dell Book 38. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Gerald Gregg. This collection contains work by: Bill O'Malley; Fritz Wilkinson; Dave Gerard; Herb Middlecamp; Jefferson Machamer; Dave Berger; Chas. Cartwright; Gluyas Williams; Gardner Rea; Scott Brown; Eric Peters; Mary Gibson; Robert M. Yoder; Harry Evans; Katharine Brush; Marcia Winn; Fred Sparks; L. H. Robbins; Guy Steagall; Gustav Lundberg; C. Kessler; John Price; and many others. Scans are available for all books.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Gerald Gregg;. vintage paperback; military; war;. more information

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Toronto: Collins, 1977. 216 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a short tear on the lower left of the front panel; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. When they both worked for the Toronto Star, Ernest Hemingway said about Greg Clark, "He loves hunting and fishing and fishing tackle... He also loves to think. He thinks very well but he never strains himself. He writes the best of anyone on the paper." Wraparound dustjacket art and interior drawings by Jimmie Frise. This collection contains: Weasels; Nutting; Good Samaritans; Unaccustomed As I Am; Mushrooms; Miracles; Souvenir; Down the Chimbley; Yellow Sally; Sales Resistance; Saga of Lost Lake; The Evening's Fishing; Insulation; Skunked Again; Up Where the North Begins; Scalped in the Rush; Weak Enders; Some Other Time; Gangway; Iced Duck; Second Best Turkey; Only Twenty Days; Cigars All Round; and Mrs I Walton. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0002166836. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Frise, Jimmie. 8vo. canadian author; journalist; columnist; humourist; outdoors; canadiana;. more information

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Montreal: Optimum Publishing , 1979. 176 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art and interior drawings by Jack Tremblay; also illustrated with sepia photographs. When they both worked for the Toronto Star, Ernest Hemingway said about Greg Clark, "He loves hunting and fishing and fishing tackle... He also loves to think. He thinks very well but he never strains himself. He writes the best of anyone on the paper." This collection contains: Ten Cents Off Per Dozen; Thanks; Elevator Man; The Shoplifter; The Tree; Fellow Passenger; The Visit; An Indignity; Surprise; The Spectacles; Tangled Web; Retribution; How Christmas Came to Parliament Street; The Dust; Dog Gone; Signs; Moose Meat; The Boost; The Lesson; The Wrench; The Bequest; Godsend; The Matched Pair; The Maitre D'; The Champion; The Trap; The Faux Pas; The Wrong Bus; The Push; The Rescue; Loud Speaker; The Switch; The Laughing Lady; Demonstration; Dogs; The Blue Box; The Model; The Rug; The Rough Neck; The Elusive Blue; Ploomoot; and The Tough Men. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 088890116X. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jack Tremblay;. 8vo. canadian author; journalist; columnist; humourist; outdoors; canadiana;. more information

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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1980. 159 pp. Quarter-bound in yellow cloth on yellow boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; yellow endpapers. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Dj art by Jack Tremblay. When they both worked for the Toronto Star, Ernest Hemingway said about Greg Clark, "He loves hunting and fishing and fishing tackle... He also loves to think. He thinks very well but he never strains himself. He writes the best of anyone on the paper." This collection contains: A Supersonic Day; The Handicapper; Difficult Days in March; Discrimination Against Prejudice; A Cheer for Last; Knots; Slowdown; Canoe: The Exacting Servant; Discovery; Who's Next; Weather: The Redeeming Spoiler; Fish Stories Attested; A Vew from Seventy; When the Beauty Shop Sign was a Shaving Mug; Barnyard Language; The Toss-up; Reconstruction; Campsite Manners; Card Trick; Culture Is Where We're At; Veal; The Rustlers; Who Looks; Fiction; Midnight Onions; Blanked Out; The Vaccination; Winter Bounty; What's New; Corrected; Telephone Trouble; Cities; Derailed; Tea; Uptown Art; Blawther; The Age of Pallor; Spurious Itch; The Pickle; Camouflage; South'n Frahed and Saccharine; Back Home in Algiers; The Explanation; Man's Monstrous Voice; The Purists; Stotenbottle; Domestic Despot in the Dark; What Was Said; Shrunk; Broiled Bones; Learning; Shatterproof; Leap Year - 1960; The Stick; The Damper; The Shake-out; This Town Is Full of Strangers; Shifty; The Upsetter; Collie; The Big Think; Pest Control; Turn in Your Old Name; Fire in August; Uncle Pete's Affliction; Water; A Use Word - Intuitably; The Guest; Unfiltered; The Meddler; Apples; Health Hazard; Hepatica; Mr Foosh; Stumped; June Bug; Everything Gets Fragile; The Phrenologist; Teresa; Middle Age: The Spaced Out Season; A Word for the Wolf; Acquaintance; Old Sad Thrills; Disjointed; Reserves; Downside of the Year; Mad; Ghostly Disillusion; The Tree Planters; Turnabout; Logjam in the Cookhouse; Prime Time Dropout; The Block; Unlonely Silence; Monsieur Murphy; Mitigating Circumstance; Bright Memories of Bad Moments; The Voice of Noon; Long-distance Chirp; Stop Horsing Around; Principles; Out in Front; Power - with no sugar - to the People; A Dog of Character; Our Mother Tongues as They Are Spoke; Response to a Timeless Urge; Garlic; The Trinket; Defects; Butterfly; Thrift; Pie-lid Lifter; Mood Music; Cured; Grandma's Cookbook; and The Pattern of Christmas. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0771021127. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jack Tremblay;. 8vo. canadian author; journalist; columnist; humourist; outdoors; canadiana;. more information

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Girard, Kansas: Little Blue Book - Haldeman Julius Publications, 1923. Unpaginated. Little Blue Book 1877. Light edge and corner wear; no interior markings. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 32mo. cartoons; comedy;. more information

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Toronto: Royce Publishers - Quick Reader, 1945. 127 pp. Staple bound in pictorial card covers. Quick Reader 118. Edge and corner wear with creasing on the cover. Cover art by Axelrod.. First Canadian Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by Axelrod;. 32mo. humorist; comedy;. more information

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New York: Random House, 1997. 370 pp. First Thus. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Best of Contemporary Women's Humour, this collection contains: You by Georgia Bogardus Holof; Smart Woman Foolish Voices by Anne Gibbons; Welcome to Kindergarten Mrs Johnson by Marta Kauffman; Time to Spare Book Club by Roz Chast; Here a Streep There a Streep Everywhere a Streep Streep by Mariette Hartley; She Was Amazing by Mary Lawton; Let's Party by Merrill Markoe; Living Legends by Yvette Jean Silver; Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Kathleen Rockwell Lawrence; Battle Lines by Jan Eliot; On Censorship by Janice Perry; A Blank Canvas by Bulbul; Typical Japanese Women by Cathy N. Davidson; Out of Focus by Martha Gradisher; Don't I Know You by Karen Rizzo; Water: A Monologue by Diane Rodriguez; Polite-itis by Libby Reid; Phychic Economics by Mary Kay Blakely; Business Traveler by Cathy Guisewite; Striking Out at the British Empire by Joan Rivers; Broad Comedy by Jenny Bicks; Position Available by Linda Eisenberg; If I Produced the Oscars by Paula Poundstone; Noah and the Ark by Martha Campbell; Ida Mae Cole Takes a Stance by Lynn Nottage; Where I'm Coming From by Barbara Brandon; Pisser by Lissa Levin; The History of Wild Women by Libby Reid; Accelerando by Lisa Loomer; New World Order; and PTA by Signe Wilkinson; Dear Kenny Rogers by Kathy Najimy; Good Relationships by Jennifer Berman; Ode to a Love as Strong as an Emery Board by Carrie St. Michel; Talking Want Ad by Janet Smith; Cafe Society by Jan Eliot; My Sort of Ex-Boyfriend by Carol Hall; Happy Hour by Terry McMillan; Alex Phones by Cathy Guisewite; The Race by Yeardley Smith; Ooops by Flash Rosenberg; Among Other Thoughts on Our Wedding Anniversary by Judith Viorst; On Being Married by Paige Braddock; Bears with Furniture by Anna Quindlen; It Ain't Over by Carol Hall; Playing by the Numbers by Liebe Lamstein; Letter to the Editor by June Siegel; A Woman Who Eats by Anne Gibbons; Kill Me I'm Yours by Perry Howze; Gilda the Fairy Godmother by Wendy Wasserstein; TV Talk Show by Sally Fingerett; Rosebud by Jane Read Martin; Sixteen Pictures of My Father by Marion Winik; It's in the Male by Margo Kaufman; Bathing Beauty by Sherrie Shepherd; If Men Could Menstruate by Gloria Steinem; The 29-inch Waist by Sherrie Shepherd; Why We Can't Stay Married by Marcia Steil; Laundry by Gail Machlis; Disneyland by Katherine Hewett; Hare Transplant by Theresa McCracken; The Silent Partner by Maro Kaufman; An Open Book by Liza Donnelly; Berflegump by Flash Rosenberg; The End by Cindy Chupak; Sister City by Jan Eliot; Henry by June Siegel; Men-o-pause by Yvette Jean Silver; You Say Dumbo and I Say Rambo by Judith Stone; Dick Films by Jan Eliot; Samuel Espada by Luisa Leschin; Closet Commuter by Nurit Karlin; Benefit Performance by Ruby Dee; Road Signs by Jennifer Berman; Better from Behind by Michele Brourman and Robin Brourman Munson; They Just Don't Get It; and Agnus Angst from the Pay Phone at IHOP by Jane Wagner; Mothers and Daughters by Mary Lawton; Some Thoughts on Being Pregnant by Anne Lamott; Days of Gilded Rigatoni by Anna Quindlen; Pre School Yuppies by Wendy Wasserstein; Nanny Tyrannica by Sybil Adelman; Nanny Dearest by Anne Gibbons; I Am the Green Lollipop; and How to Talk to Your Stepmother by Delia Ephron; Free Range Children by Yvette Jean Silver; Hedge(hog)ing Our Bets by Dale Burg; Billie's Parents by Brenda Burbank; Notes from My Life by Phyllis Newman; Fire and Bad Clothes by Denny Dillon; Babes in Toyland by Anna Quindlen; Ask Mom by Gail Machlis; Taxes Freedom and Gefilte Fish by Ellen Orleans; Mommy Dearest by Wendy Wasserstein; Make Me a Grandmother by Erma Bombeck; Babysitting by Cathy Guisewite; Exit Laughing by Patricia Volk; Family Therapy World by Libby Reid; Something's Happening Here by Cathy Crimmins; True Story by Mindy Schneider; Butter by Megon McDonough; Can We Tock by Judith Stone; For Better or Worse: Egg Cups by Lynn Johnston; The Swimming Suit; and Dieter's Prayer by Amanda McBroom; A Perfect Model Keeps Her Full Mouth Shut by Carrie St. Michel; Spiro Agnew and I by Cathleen Schine; Goldilocks and the Three Bowls by Liebe Lamstein; What Was I Thinking by Christine Lavin; PMS by Paige Braddock; Sometimes More is More by Michele Brourman; The Coast is Not Clear by Judith Stone; Southwest by Mary Lawton; Rural Delivery by Binnie Kirshenbaum; Ambitious Trip by Cathy Guisewite; The Montana Nine by Christine Lavin; Two Guys Moving by Catherine Siracusa; Excuse Me for Inviting You to the Plantation by Nancy Lemann; Paradise Lost by Gail Machlis; Will I Ever See Picasso Again; and Ten Things in Little Rock You Won't Find in New York City by Maryln Schwartz; Good Morning Fort Worth Glad to Be Here by Molly Ivins; Obscenity in the Suburbs by Flash Rosenberg; 85 Things Every Young Woman Should Know by Lesley Dormen; My Own Personal Olympics by Jennifer Berman; Non Bridaled Passion by Kate Schein; Decidophobia by Hester Mundis; Life 102 by Merrill Markoe; Hair Tomorrow by Martha Gehman; Trudy the Bag Lady by Jane Wagner; Oprah by Martha Gradisher; TV by Cheryl Wheeler; Why I Hate Spring and Everything Else by Patricia Marx; Pizza Man by Theresa McCracken; Mood Swings by Jane Wagner; The Story of Z by Elizabeth Rapoport; Daylight Savings Time by Theresa McCracken; Sleep by Debi Smith; Over My Dead Wet Body by Patricia Marx; Maharishi Mahesh Hester by Heather McAdams; Who's Calling by Debi Smith; Phone Conversations by Phyllis Diller; Ask Madame Lazonga by Trina Robbins; Just Say Purl by Ellen Byron; Remote Control by Flash Rosenberg; Ambition and Other Terrible Secrets by Robin Swicord; Oh Darling by Lynda Barry; Chain Letters by Cheryl Wheeler; Dear Edith by Jane Wagner; Six Pretty Good Things to Do with 90 Percent of Your Brain by Laura-Kuritzky Pedegana; Natural Phenomena of 15E by Roz Chast; In the Family Way by Ellen Orleans; Meet Your Family by Flash Rosenberg; Caroline's Cremation by June Siegel; Scam by Taffy Field; Dishwater Rhyme by Sherrie Shepherd; Three Dreams: South Bronx by Susan Montez; Thing I Just Don't Understand by Heather McAdams; and Looking Back and Commenting on Stuff by Kate Shein. Scans are available for all books. . ISBN: 0375700560. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo. collectible; collectable;. more information

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Robbinsdale, Minnesota: W. H. Fawcett, 1922. 64 pp. Digest format. Replica edition published by About Comics, Thousand Oaks, California, 2008. Light rubbing on the corners; no interior markings. This issue contains: Drippings from the Fawcett; Questions and Answers; Movie Hot Stuff; Whiz Bang Editorials: The Bull is Mightier than the Bullet; Smokehouse Poetry; and much more.. ISBN: 0979075033. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo. humor; humour;. more information

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New York: E. C. Publications, 1984. Magazine. Light rubbing on the corners. Cover art by Richard Williams. This issue contains: Mad's Monday Night Football; Warped Games; Asinine to Five; History of Communication; Psycho Too; and much more. Scans are available for all books. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Richard Williams;. 4to. mad magazine; collectible; collectable;. more information

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New York: Dell Books, 1972. 163 pp. Dell Book 2525. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. The Chapters are: Let's Look at the Record; My Views on Marriage; How to Beat the Federal Income Tax - and What to See and Do at Alcatraz; Fields - A Man of Firm Resolve; My Rules of Etiquette; How I Have Built Myself into a Physical Marvel; The Care of Babies; and How to Succeed in Business. Scans are available for all books.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. w. c. fields; film motion picture movie cinema tie in; collectible;. more information

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London: Corgi Books, 1975. Unpaginated. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated throughout. . ISBN: 0552999717. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. satire; comedy; world war 2 ii two 2nd second;. more information

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Woodside, California: The Heyeck Press, 1977. Unpaginated. Staple bound in pictorial card covers. Light edge and corner wear with some darkening on the cover; ink mark on the front endpaper. Scans are available for all books.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo. re-entry woman; college of san mateo; california; women's issues; ephemera;. more information

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Springfield, Massachusetts: Band Leaders Publishing, 1945. Unpaginated. Magazine format. Light edge and corner wear with a short tear on the upper left of the front cover. Cover art by Uydess. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Uydess;. 4to. cartoons; military; world war two 2 ii second; collectible;. more information

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Chicago: Playboy Press, 1981. 128 pp. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated throughout with more than 260 cartoons in colour and in black and white.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. sexuality; cartoons;. more information

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Toronto: General Publishing, 1970. 53 pp. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the front hinge and spine; slightly faded on the spine; no interior markings. . ISBN: 0773610049. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. grooks; cartoons;. more information

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New York: Doubleday - Dolphin Books, 1987. (xiii) 480 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth with blue boards; decorated in silver on the spine; red endpapers; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: PART ONE: FISSION: Number 1 - Mort Sahl; Number 2 - Second City; Meanwhile Back on the Printed Page; Et tu Bruce; Jesters in Camelot; What Were You Doing the Day Comedy Was Shot; Humor by Committee; I Left My Art in San Francisco: The Committee Breaks Up. PART TWO: FUSION: 1970 - Threat or Menace; Death Drugs and Daffy Doodles: The State of the Art in 1970; Over-the-Counter Culture: The National Lampoon; Parodies Regained: The Lampoon Finds the Answer; The Years with Beard; O'D Heaven; Man Bites Rock: The First Lampoon Album - Radio Dinner; The Life Cycle of Lemmings; No Soap Radio: The National Lampoon Radio Hour; 1974 - Golden Year Golden Parachutes; The Gross Is Always Greener: 1964 High School Yearbook Parody - Animal House - and Nostalgia; The Morning After the Party After Watergate: Saturday Night Sunday Morning; followed by an index. . ISBN: 0385232233. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Rick Meyerowitz;. 8vo. modern first; collectible;. more information

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New York: Signet Books, 1980. Unpaginated. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0451094220. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. collectible; humor humour;. more information

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Teeswater, Ontario: Bumps Books, 1984. 120 pp. Signed by Gisele Ireland on the title page. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by Kristina Maus. This collection contains: RELATIONSHIPS AT RISK: A Sweeping Encounter; Big Bite; Variety Is the Spice of Life; Marriage on the Waves. NO ONE TOLD ME THERE WOULD BE DAYS LIKE THIS: Zucchini Anyone; Ditches Unlimited; Why You Are Coming to Dinner; Purple Is Not My Colour; Putting a Lid on it All; Getting There on the Run; And Now a Word from Our Sponsor; Country Capers. LITTLE FEET LEAVE BIG IMPRESSIONS: Bundles of Joy; Snickers in the Sanctuary; Country Fair; Going Fishing; Mom Is Responsible; Memory Room; Squealing Freebies. ALL WRAPPED UP: Celebration; Masculine Daydreaming; Best Wishes. I DIDN'T ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THIS: And Then There Are Hips; On the Menu; Jogging the Flab. COVERING YOUR ASS-ETS: Where the Money Goes; I Take Thee for Better or Worse; Financial Wizards at Work. ANYTHING YOU CAN DO - I'LL LET YOU: Hanging In; High Wire Act; Daddy Is Sick; A Moving Experience; Soggy Days; Wheeling and Dealing. HOT SHOT: Many Ways to Warm Up; Oil Sheik Rebels; The Frozen Teepee. And NINE TO FIVE - AND THEN SOME: They Had Better Treat Us Nice; Shop Buddies; Hard Day at the Office; and Gee Thanks.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Kristina Maus;. 8vo. canadian author; canadiana;. more information

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New York: Tor Books, 1991. Unpaginated. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the back cover and spine; previous owner's name inside. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0812513460. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Lynn Johnston;. sunday funnies; comic strip;. more information

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San Francisco: Re/Search Publications, 1988. 240 pp. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and designs. This collection contains work by and about the following: Mark Pauline; Boyd Rice; Henry Follins; Joey Skaggs; Ed Hardy; Michael Bidlo; Jello Biafra; Abbie Hoffman; Bruce Conner; Conte Cazazza; Timothy Leary; Paul Krassner; John Giorno; Karen Finley; Richard Meltzer; Alan Abel; Jeffrey Vallance; John Waters; Earth First; Paul Mavrides; Mark McCloud; Kerri Kwinter; Pranks and the Vietnam War; Robert Delford Brown; John Cale; Danny Kelly; Frank Discussion; David Levi Strauss; Literature and Pranks; Bruno Richard; Mal Sharpe; Bob Zoell; Situationism; Joe Coleman; Stymie; Michael Osterhout; Jerry Casale; John Trubee; Carlo McCormick; Pranks and the Avante Garde; Erik Hobijn; Barry Alfonso; and Harry Kipper. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0940642107. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to. entertainment; practical jokes; humour; humor;. more information

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Cobalt, Ontario: Highway Book Shop, 1985. 144 pp. Signed on the first blank page by Margaret Landry. Light wear on the corners with a faint crease on the spine; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0889543070. Signed by Author. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. satire; age ism; aging;. more information

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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1983. 192 pp. Inscribed by Gary Lautens to a previous owner on the half-title page. Quarter-bound in gray on beige boards; lettered in beige on the spine; gray endpapers; headband. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a short tear on the upper edge of the front panel; price intact; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by Lynn Johnston. The Chapters are: In the Beginning: Why Can't a Woman Remember Like a Man; Behind Every Successful Man Is a Goof-off Friend; The Funny Things That Happened After Dark; Pledging Undying Love Is a Problem; Love Letters: Why Don't Women Throw Them Out. Suburbia: I Just Can't Afford to Become a Celebrity; Passing the Trash Test; The Joys of Being Alone; On Middle-aged Antiques; Rosebuds Pressed Flowers and a Flooded Basement; Bargain At the Cleaners; The Egg Man Cometh; Shopping Holiday for Stay-at-homers; My Wife Doesn't Work; Living Next to a Work Nut; The Writing on the Wall; Some Dirty Tricks Are Too Much Like Work; One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fireplace - Just Grate; Must the Car of My Dreams Die; Mooning About Our City. Song of Myself: Ninety-Eight Pound Weaklings Look Out; Keeping Fit; Quotes My Wife Can't Resist; Locker Room Valentine; Love Match I Can Do Without. It Happens to Everyone: My No-iron Wife; The World's Foremost A Expert; The Unkindest Cut; Darling Don't Take My Side; She May Forget a Name but...; The Washer Socks It To Me; Sit-ups in Bed Honey; The Great Crockery Caper; Cave Space Rearranged; Spaghetti Tradition Cut Short. In Sickness and in Health: First Ah then Ugh; Faith in My Thermometer; The Flu Almost Killed Me; Suffering in Silence; Having the Sniffles with Jackie at Work; Noses Are Red Violets Are Blue I Had a Cold and Now So Do You; My Thoughtfulness Cures Her Cold; Feeling Sick Over Being Ill. No Sex Please... We're Married: Mama Bear's Nightie; Never Too Late to Celebrate; Romance on the Sofa; Lighting My Wife's Fire; Thin People Are Sexiest; Sex Secrets for Sale; Putting the Bite on Romance; Report from the Lautens Bed; I'm Pretty Warm Stuff in Bed. Aquatic Adventures: How a Kiss Turned Prince Gary into a Frog; The Amazing Lautens Spa; How to Kill a Swimming Pool; Midnight Swimmers; Mother Will You Come Out to Swim. Brokens Legs and House Husbandry: On Becoming a Ski Racer; A Glorious Ski Weekend; Now I'm Lady of the House; A Lesson on Using a Refrigerator; Wife's Crutches an Added Weapon; The Stumbling Gourmet; The Joy of Charity; A Beginner's Guide to Supermarkets; Her Broken Leg Is Just a Crutch; Housework and a Passionate Wife; Jackie Stood Through Dinner; Return to the Slopes. My Wife the Artist: Beauty in Hair of the Dog; Super-sniffer Foiled in Kitchen; My Wife's Conscience Is Spoiling Us; School Is Dangerous for Mother; Art for Art's Sake. Moving to Toronto: The Grass Is Greener Now That We've Sold; On Reading Real Estate Ads; We Leave for an Exotic Foreign Post; Jackie's Taut Nerves a Moving Story; Big City Life Opened My Eyes; Commuting Drove Me to the City; Houses Cost Enough to Make You Grin; Every Man for Himself in Ladies' Shoe Department. And Parting Shots: A Mother-in-Law Story; Unspoiled Resorts for Birds; '57 Outfits Back in Style; Slipping a Surprise into the Day; Intruders Beware of Jackie's Right Hook; Speaking a Little on the Side; and I Like Family Life. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0771047231. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Lynn Johnston;. 8vo. canadian author artist; canadiana;. more information

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New York: New American Library - Plume Books, 1982. Unpaginated. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markins. Scans are available for all books.. ISBN: 0452253942. First Softcover Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. more information

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Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1960. 61 pp. Red pictorial boards, matching the dustjacket. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price clipped. Illustrated with line drawings by Henry R. Martin. Scans are available for all books. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Henry R. Martin;. 12mo. pun puns; modern first; collectible;. more information

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Toronto: Penguin Books, 1996. 284 pp. Trade paperback in French flaps. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Wesley Bates. This collection contains: The Pig; Tunnel of Love; Rock of Ages; The Jock Strap; New York City; Breakfast Lunch Dinner; Stanley; Driving Lessons; Fresh Never Frozen; Skunks; Sports Injuries; Shirts; The Secret of Life; Dorothy; A Ton of Fun; Be Bop A Lula; Polaroids; and Make Money Get Prizes. . ISBN: 0140251022. Later Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Wesley Bates;. 8vo. canadian author; morningside world of stuart mclean; cbc radio; public radio; vinyl cafe; stephen leacock award for humour humor; canadiana;. more information

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Toronto: Penguin Books, 1999. 256 pp. Trade paperback with French flaps. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; previous owner's name on the front endpaper; no other interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Wesley Bates. This collection contains: Dave Cooks the Turkey; Holland; Valentine's Day; Sourdough; Music Lessons; Burd; Emil; The Birthday Party; Summer Camp; The Cottage; Road Trip; Labour Days; School Days; A Day Off; On the Roof; and Polly Anderson's Christmas Party. . ISBN: 0140277439. Later Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Wesley Bates;. 8vo. canadian author; morningside world of stuart mclean; cbc radio; public radio; vinyl cafe; stephen leacock award for humour humor; canadiana;. more information

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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1981. 87 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by Nicolas Bentley. The Chapters are: For Some Time There'll be an England; On the Elegance of Decay; Old and New; Language; Food; Drinks; Shopping; Sex; On Cat Worship; On How Not to be Reserved; On the National Passion; On Not Complaining; Bank Holidays; Buses; How to Get Lost in London; How to Panic Quietly; On Fiddling Through; The Generation Gap; Is the Economy Really on the Mend; How to Lose an Empire; How to Become a Colony; On Ceasing to be an Island; and Envoi. . ISBN: 0140049525. Second Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Nicolas Bentley;. more information

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Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Crest Books, 1969. 287 pp. Fawcett Crest Book M1416. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings; appears to have been re-glued. Illustrated with cartoons by Bill Wenzel. Scans are available for all books.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Bill Wenzel;. military; humour humor;. more information

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New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1987. Unpaginated. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0449129926. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. broom hilda; comic strip; sunday funnies;. more information

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New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1986. Unpaginated. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; a faint crease at the lower right of the back cover; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0449130959. First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. broom hilda; comic strip; sunday funnies;. more information

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New York: Tempo Books - Grosset and Dunlap, 1976. Unpaginated. edge and corner wear with some minor creasing; no interior markings.. ISBN: 0448171104. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. broom hilda; comic strip;. more information

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