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From the back cover (with an illustration of Maxine at a computer): "OK, you've picked up the book and looked at the back cover. About time, Sherlock. You'll like the insides, too. Full of my witty and brilliant comments about getting older, getting flabbier, getting frustrated...things that burn my biscuits! So, go ahead. Buy this book. Because, trust me, you… Read more about this item

A book of science-related cartoons from The Cartoon bAnk, a Division of the New Yorker Magazine Company. Book - Very Good+ condition. Very minimal wear, but corners do have an outward curve. Please use photos as part of the description. 86 pages, plus Index of Artists

From back cover: "In this splendid 'dictionary' of epigrams, essays, verses and vignettes, you'll find over 1.000 pointed definitions, e.g. Congratulation ("The civility of envy"...)... Anyone who likes to laugh will love The Devil's Dictionary." Book - Good condition. Covers have light bumping and light edge/corner wear. I noted 1 bottom corner crease and a couple tiny edge closed tears. Text… Read more about this item

From back cover: "...To think of yourself in that way takes daring. Her ideas are a constant challenge to us and to herself to live up to what she claims we can be." - Peter Trumbull, Post Star, Glens Fall, N.Y. "Her style is a cross between Andy Roney and Erma Bombeck." - Judy Hoff, Book Editor, Niskayuna (NY) Journal Near Fine… Read more about this item

From the Editor's Preface: "...you will find Herbert Hoover writing not as a former President, but as a former Boy. It is a role which suits him well. He has always loved the memory of his own boyhood, with a grave, affectionate, and wisely humorous regard for all boys and girls who are engaged in the serious business of growing… Read more about this item

From the hard cover dust jacket that is on a different listing: "In 1939, Vaughan came to work for the Kansas City Star, where he remained for thirty-seven years, except for three years spent in the Army Air Force in World War II. Shortly after his return from Europe, Vaughan was given "Starbeams," thought to be the oldest continuously published… Read more about this item

From back cover: "Every do and every don't in this book is exactly as it was written down a hundred years ago by the Victorian era's leading expert on manners and morals!" "One of the most useful volumes that was ever laid upon the drawing room table." - Chicago Evening Post Learn things like: How to properly criticize your spouse. How to refuse soup… Read more about this item

From "Of Course I Believe in Ghosts" by Red Skelton: "DOESN'T EVERYBODY? Sometimes, just before I go on stage, the ghost of the greatest pantomimist of all whispers in my ear. His name was Grimaldi and even though he lived a couple of centuries ago, he tells me funny things to try and do." This is a collection of ghost stories from various… Read more about this item

Quote from first page: "Beyond our maddest hopes...Everyone will pick his own favorites from a rollicking ring-tailed procession - and from about 90 of the most amazing animal photographs ever assembled." - Chicago Tribune. Good condition. A little, but not much edge/corner wear. Spine is creased. Book has a curve. Text is clean and binding is VERY tight. Black &… Read more about this item

From back cover: "Paul F. Boller, Jr., opens the White House doors and introduces us to thirty-nine men with little more in common than their address - a temporary one, at that. From George Washington to Ronald Regan, here are the Presidents of the United States in their unguarded moments, revealing their frustrations, their flights of fantasy, and, most of… Read more about this item

From the dust jacket front flap: Hugh was a native of Kansas City, MO and a veteran of World War II, He entered the Police Academy in the early 1950's and became one of Kansas City's finest. His active duty came to a halt after an on duty accident. After many months he returned to the department as their librarian… Read more about this item

From the hard cover dust jacket that is on a different listing: "In 1939, Vaughan came to work for the Kansas City Star, where he remained for thirty-seven years, except for three years spent in the Army Air Force in World War II. Shortly after his return from Europe, Vaughan was given "Starbeams," thought to be the oldest continuously published… Read more about this item

From the dust jacket, back flap: "In 1939, Vaughan came to work for the Kansas City Star, where he remained for thirty-seven years, except for three years spent in the Army Air Force in World War II. Shortly after his return from Europe, Vaughan was given "Starbeams," thought to be the oldest continuously published column in the country (it… Read more about this item

This book is by the creator of Peter Pan. It is an earlier work written in first person about his days as a smoker and to his last pipe as he becomes a non-smoker. It includes humorous stories about his companions, habits, and quitting. Good condition. Olive green cloth cover with black text and black & green graphics. Spine edges and… Read more about this item

This book lives up to it's title. It is full of very short stories - many of them with some humor. Here's a sample: "A young man was one day talking with a lady about some of the ironies of married life. 'I can't imagine anything more dreadful,' said he, 'than for a woman after mending her husband's coat, to… Read more about this item

From title page: "More than 100 forays, advances, skirmishes, ambushes, victories, cop-outs, standoffs and outflankings in the funny business of living." Fair condition. Good reading copy. Text is free of marks. Cover and spine show wear. Inside cover has bookplate: Robert Uhlmann Medical Library Donor Kansas City Star. Front endpaper has glue residue, stamp, and black… Read more about this item

Per the front DJ flap: "...where the most amusing tales of office vagaries and personal experiences are told to friends and co-workers. The congeniality and simplicity of the various incidents are told in a clear, near colloquial voice. This gives the feeling that we're listening to an old friend who has a deserved reputation for having a keen eye and… Read more about this item

Review: "A remarkable, laugh-out-loud book." - The New York Times. From back cover: "When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself - an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook in a head-on collusion with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will." George can't bring himself to force her from the home both treasure.… Read more about this item

Nervous about an upcoming toast responsibility? This book will give you all the tools you need to pull off your post like a pro. The toasts cover all kinds of life events - from A to Z, from birth to death. There is even a "Do's and Don't" section. The book has a leather look cover over a thin board.… Read more about this item

This book includes the cartoons from Larson's final six months of newspaper syndication, plus 13 new cartoons he drew since he retired. Mingled with these are a few other cartoons that were never published in a Far Side book. Good condition. Small water stain and a bump at the top corner. The water stain shows on most pages. Otherwise clean with… Read more about this item