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Fantagraphics Books, 2006. Zippy the Pinhead Helps you recognize the 16 tell-tale signs 4to size softcover; 127 pages of black and white cartoons with a section of color cartoons. Includes Pindex. From cover: "Do you: Occasionally stop by the roadside to converse with large advertising statuary? Blurt out seemingly random opinions and phraseology? Become excitable… Read more

New York: Frederick Fell, 1950. with a foreword by William E. Mountford, MD 8vo size maroon clothbound hardcover with silver foil titles on spine; 273 blue topstained pages illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by Barye Phillips "A compilation of the humorous experiences of the medical practice and the allied professions; the "shop talk" among physicians, dentists,… Read more

Nav Press Group, 2007. Signed and inscribed on half title page. 8vo size trade paperback; 148 pages From back: "Coming to grips with life is challenging enough as it is. There's always someone who's thinner, funnier, smarter, and cuter. (We're not that thrilled with them either.) So what can you do? Avoid it,… Read more

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher, 1961. 8vo size clothbound hardcover; 352 pages Contents include: A Kid for Two Farthings Make Me an Offer The Mendelman Fire Shorts Stories including Expresso Bongo Plays: The Bespoke Overcoat & It Should Happen to a Dog Sunned and bumped head and heel of spine. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo… Read more

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1946. with an introduction by Christopher Morley with illustrations by George Herriman 12mo size black clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine and gilt decorations on front cover; 670 toned pages Contents includes: The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel From Archy's Life of Mehitabel From Archy Does… Read more

New York: Knopf, 1996. Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 113 pages with full page black and white illustrations on almost every page. Also includes CD-ROM, still in sealed package! with all of the cartoons from the book. From jacket: "The 100 wonderfully witty cartoons in these pages immerse us in today's newest,… Read more

London: Max Parrish, 1956. 12mo size black clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine; dust jacket; 104 pages with black and white illustrations throughout. Humour. From jacket: "You kno wot they they say the future is in the hands of YOUTH i.e. clots wet and weeds like grabber, peason my bor molesworth 2 (chiz the disgrace of… Read more

London: Square Peg, 2011. Possible First Edition 4to size printed hardcover with dust jacket; 199 pages with single color illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers. Pagination starts on the right side. From jacket: "The Coffee Table Book of Doom is a handy way to keep you updated on all the ways you and everyone else might suddenly cease… Read more

Southport, CT: Bogey Four Productions, 1990. Very Rare Signed Copy of Golf Humor Book Private Press; 1990 First Edition with full numberline. Flat signed "? ? Paul Rusher" and dated. Paul Rusher is a combination of Paul Runk and Bobby Rusher. Bobby Rusher is the most famous author's pseudonym since Mark Twain. No,… Read more

White Plains, NY: Poorhouse Press, 1982. 12mo mass market paperback; 96 pages with black and white comic strip style illustrations. This humor book features short illustrated stories ranging from a single cartoon to several pages. There are a couple match the picture quizzes with the answers to them on the last two pages. Edgewear, wear and creased… Read more

Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1952. 128 pages book of black and white cartoons. The "cartoon apostolate" of Fransiscan Father Justin McCarthy. "He brings to the nation's comic page a new dimension of fun in the person of Brother Juniper." Interior pages are in great condition expect for one creased page corner; covers have sunning, soil, chipped… Read more

Spain: Editorial Lumen, 1992. From 1932 to 1992. Text is in Spanish 4to size trade paperback; 127 bright, white pages with black and white illustrations and a few photographs. Front cover has a circular cut-out through which the globe on the next page shows through. Stated First Edition De la página 7: Hola, me… Read more

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1959. "Washington Irving intended his History to evoke for New York an aura of "imaginative and whimsical associations" like the traditions of Old World cities that so captivate visitors abroad....In droll, delightful fashion Irving's History brings to life old New Amsterdam and its gallant Peter Stuyvesant. This attractive shortened version makes a favorite… Read more

groton, Massachusetts: Martin & Lawrence Press, 2005. Very rare signed copy (first name only.) Signed and inscribed on fep. 122 bright, white pages. Minor edgewear and a few lightly bumped top corners. From back: "Recent medical research suggests that laughter is good for the cardiovascular system. We already know that it's good for the soul..."… Read more

Tokyo: John Weatherhill, Inc., 1975. 8vo size trade paperback with interior flaps. 80 pages with black and white illustrations throughout. From flap: "Japanese life has been rendered in as droll and witty a fashion by Zabo, a young French cartoonist who has lived in Japan for the last two years. Here Zabo looks at the Japanese… Read more

Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press 61 pages to this thin volume of naughty (for 1952) or off-color poems and songs, illustrated by Henry R. Martin. No clear publication date, but we think it was published in 1952. Jacket has some small chipping to top and bottom and a few rubbed spots. Contents include: The… Read more

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1921. 158 pages. Red cloth cover with bright gilt titles on cover and dull gilt titles on spine. Bumped head and heel to spine and one bumped top and one bumped bottom corner. Penciled price and address label on fep. Small scratch or mar on front cover. Black and white… Read more

London: Nicholas Vane, 1947. A collection of the author's Articles from Punch. Mylar covered jacket (but not an ex-library book.) Jacket does have some wear and tear and light soil visible under mylar. 156 toned pages to this slim volume with black and white illustrations by Fuzz. The author is a niece of A.A. Milne, reknown… Read more

Hawaii: Allen Publishing, 2001. Signed by author on title page. Second edition; revised. 181 bright, white pages with some black and white drawings; color photo illustrated cover. Edgewear and wear to tips. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Signed by Author.… Read more

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. 345 pages with great black and white illustrations by Gluyas Williams. Illustration on cover and spine and illustrated endpapers. Cocked spine and wear and tear to covers including worn corners and head and heel of spine, half in tear at spine seam and quarter inch tear on bottom cover. We noted… Read more