Humor

Avon, New York, (1952), Avon original.. 188 pp, mass market paperback. B&w cartoons. "Nearly two hundred pages of long-legged, curvey CUTIES are in this cartoon-crammed book. They're in chorus lines, hotel rooms and backstage - wherever there's a setting for a witty, spicy gag." Inter. ior - pages browning lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, spine is flat and is lightly wrinkled. VG-. more information

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Scholastic, New York, 1976.. Unpaginated mass market paperback. B&w cartoons, comic strips, etc., on the themes of teenagers, television shows, the future, fables, cartoon characters and ending up with a recipe for fortune cookies with four pages of slips to insert including: . Never play tug-of-war with a chimpanzee / An old acquaintance is seeking you - get out of town, quick / Be wary tonight - that dark shape in the sky is not a cloud, etc., etc. Interior - pages have very light browning, otherwise clean and tight wit. h no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge browning, very minor edge wear. Very Good. more information

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Warner, New York, 1991, first edition.. Unpaginated, mass market paperback. ISBN 0446360791 Profusely illustrated with b&w cartoons by Mad Magazine's Don Edwing. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small soft crease on front cover, very light browni. ng to edges of textblock. Very Good+. more information

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Permabook, Montreal, 1963, 2nd printing.. 135 pp, mass market paperback. "More hilarious adventures (and misadventures) of that preposterous professor - a novelization of the fun-filled Walt Disney motion picture starring Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson and Keenan Wynn." Interior - previous o. wner's name on inside of front cover, pages are very lightly browned, otherwise, clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - slight fading to spine color, small ghost sticker mark and small soft crease on front cover, heavy brow. n i n g to edges of textblock, minor edge wear. Very Good. more information

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Fleming H. Revell, New York, 1913.. 61 pp, small 8vo (7 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Tissue-covered frontispiece and 3 additional b&w photographs. When a mountain family receives agricultural products from their "Uncle Sam in Washington", they feel obliged to visit him to giv. e their thanks. Small foxing mark and small corner crease on frontispiece, tiny chip at fore-edge of half-title page, minor browning to endpapers, light browning to edges of textblock and edges of boards, small watermark on rear board, small tear. a t top of hinges, wrinkling at top of spine, small areas of insect damage at top edge of front board. Dust jacket has insect damage, chips, tears and wrinkling at edges; moderate soiling and browning; some small stains on front panel edges - now . i n mylar sleeve. Good/Fair. more information

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Fawcett, New York, 1981.. Unpaginated, mass market paperback. ISBN 0449144283 B&w comics set in the stone age. Interior - very light browning, notation in pen on inside of rear cover, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, ti. ny piece missing from top rear corner, very light browning to rear cover, slight fading to spine color. Veryt Good-. more information

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Simon & Schuster, New York, (1951).. 182 pp, 8vo, soft cover (red 'tweedy' look, with $1 price at top right. A collection of comic strips of Pogo the Possum. Minor edgewear to covers. Small piece of black tape on inside of front cover at bottom with slight offset onto ffep. VG. more information

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Sheed Andrews and McMeel, Kansas City, (1976).. 96 pp, 8vo, soft cover. Profusely illus. with b&w cartoons. "...a classic civics-class lesson on the process of American politics." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning, light edgewear, tiny clos. ed tear with crease on fore edge of front cover, spine is flat and uncreased. Scan available on request. VG. more information

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Warner, New York, 1989, 1st Warner printing.. Upaginated, mass market paperback. ISBN 0446353221 Profusely illustrated with b&w cartoons. Interior - tiny crease at top corner of last half of pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, a few so. ft small wrinkles on covers, tiny corner crease on both covers. Very Good-. more information

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Robert Davies, n.p., 1995.. (12) pp text + 5 sheets of fake postage stamps in pocket at front, 12" H, card covers. ISBN 1895854482 B&w illustrations in text. " 'Insufficient Postage' contains over 100 original stamp designs celebrating the dubious people, places and things . that define the Canadian zeitgeist - including many of the stamps used in the 'FRANK' (a satirical news magazine) postal prank. Each stamp is beautifully rendered in full colour and makes a terrific letter embellishment for use on your own mail. R. ipped from today's headlines, (it) contains outrageous satirical stamps marking the top issues on the Canadian agenda, including Brian Tobin's fish war, our peacekeepers in Somalia, the wit and wisdom of the Reform Party, and the bizarre spectacle. o f the Bernardo trial. And each province and territory is featured in its own, special commemorative stamp...." Warning: some of these "stamps" may be considered offensive, as 'Frank' magazine pulled no-punches with the people, places and events. th ey chose to satirize. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - Very minor edge wear. Very Good+. more information

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Valentine & Sons, Dundee, 1928.. 36 pp, 8 13/16" H, card covers (with gold lettering and decoration on front cover) in dust jacket. Tipped-in photographic frontispiece, b&w cartoons. A collection of humorous stories on the Scottish character. Interior - cigarette odor, otherwise. clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wrinkling, light browning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling, several small chips and tears - some with creases, old tape residue . m arks on inside surface, one tear archivally taped, very small closed puncture on front panel. Very Good/Fair. more information

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Dominion Bureau of Circulation, Toronto, 1929.. 66 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover (pale orange boards with red spine, black and red lettering/decoration on front board) - no dust jacket. Exotic 'reptile skin' patterned endpapers in shades of brown, green, peach and gold. Profusely illustr. ated with b&w comic illustrations. When travelling salesman Zep Hawker pulls into Mud Creek with his "cure-alls", we meet villagers like Kiss-Proof Kelly, Eppy Demmick, Bacteria Bates, Hippo Potts and Daley Tipple - and he gets run out of town o. n a rail! Title page has become detached from the staples but is still firmly hels to the binding (manufacturing flaw), light liquid mark at bottom of page 53 - tiny mark on pages 54 & adjacent picture page, light to moderate edge wear, a few lig. ht sc uffs and small area of soiling on rear cover, minor general soiling, very light beowning to edges of textblock, very small light stain at front cover fore-edge, book now protected in stiff mylar sleeve. Very Good-. more information

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Faber and Faber, London, (1954), 2nd impression.. 107 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. A look at the origins and evolution of the 'shaggy dog' story with examples and illustrations. Previous owners label on free front endpaper, light edge wear, light soilin. g to top of textblock. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edge browning, small waterstain at top edge of flaps, light edge wear, faint cup ring on front panel, tiny chips and tears at top of spine, minor soiling. VG-/G. more information

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Fawcett, Greenwich, Conn., (1971), 2nd printing.. Unpaginated, mass market paperback. B&w cartoons throughout. "More titillating tomfoolery with that reluctant Romeo of the Wild West." Interior - pages browning very lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior -. minor edge wear, soft creases at bottom corner of front cover, spine uncreased. VG. more information

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Virgin, (London, 1995).. 160 pp, large 8vo, (9 1/2" H) hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, drawings. "...a tribute to one of Britain's best-loved funnymen, looking back at his lifetime as an entertainer by reproducing a selection of his scripts, sketches, poems, prose . and nonsense..." ". ..with cringeworthy grovelling from: Eric Sykes, Sir Harry Secombe, Denis Norden, Ronnie Scott, Mrs Gladys Scroake etc..." Tiny faint mark near edge of half-title page. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling and light rubb. ing. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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New English Library/Hodder and Stoughton, (London, 1987).. 255 pp, PB. "Nothing changes in St Clare. The old folk ways still survive: traditional craft skills like making the traditional granite-hard Cornish pasty. The time-honored local customs of getting falling-down drunk, fornication and drug smuggl. ing are alive and well. But change is coming to St Clare...(and the) harsh new commercial world of double-dealing, brute force and corruption is about to collide with the age-old values of double-dealing, brute force and corruption..." Interi. o r - pages very lightly browned, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, small ink stain to bottom of rear cover, migrating into last few pages, small crease to bottom corner of front cover/first fe. w pa g es , spine flat with one faint crease. VG-. more information

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