Humor from Knickerbocker Books

New York: Windmill Books, 1970. 1970 First Edition, no reprints stated. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and sturdily bound copy. Pages fresh and fine. Blue hardcover, titled in black on spine and front is clean and near fine - light color fade along edges. Jacket lightly scuffed along edges, front flap price-clipped, otherwise fine. Binding… Read more

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1963. 1963 First Edition, printing unstated. Author-signed (name only) on front free endpaper, in green pen. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD jacket. A fine copy, pages clean and fine in lightly worn price-intact dust jacket; there are some gray spottings to bottom half of front panel of the jacket. Firmly bound in pale yellow cloth… Read more

Boulder, CO: Tomico / Roberts Reinhart Publishing Group, 1998. 1998 First Edition, First Printing with full number line. FINE in FINE price-intact dust jacket. A fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. No wear to pages, illustrated hardcover or jacket. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Pristine. Story and color illustrations by Tomi Ungerer. 9 x 11". 32… Read more

Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd Company, 1920. Scarce 1920 First Edition. VERY GOOD hardcover complete with 5 black & white illustration plates by Oliver Herford. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper in black ink by the author "For Carl Van Doren - incorruptible critic! Lawton Mackall. Apr. 13, 1920". Van Doren was an author as well as a critic. He was… Read more

New York: Walker and Company, 1968. 1968 First U.S. Edition. (Also published in 1968 in Britain by Arthur Barker, Ltd.) NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages and printed endpapers are fresh and fine. White hardcover, titles and artwork printed in green on spine and front cover, is… Read more

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997. 1997 Stated First U.S. Edition, first printing with "A' in printing line. FINE in FINE price-intact dust jacket. A fresh crisp copy - totally unmarked. Tightly bound in orange hardcover, gilt titled on spine. Jacket has no tears, chips, creases or scuffs and in in a clear archival protector. Beautiful copy of a… Read more

Evanston, IL: William S. Lord, 1903. 1903 First Edition. NEAR FINE. A well-preserved copy of this scarce title (a collection of pieces from the author's Chicago Tribune column, "Lino-type or Two"). Each right-hand page is printed to resemble a child's schoolhouse slate, with a Little Henry witticism chalked in childish hand (with misspellings and poor grammar!) and accompanied by a… Read more

New York: Hyperion, 2010. 2010. Though stated First Edition, printing line begins with "2" indicating this is the 2nd printing. FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY THOMAS, in black ink, on the half-title page, "Love to Elar / Marlo Thomas." (Elar might be Elan...) A fresh, otherwise totally unmarked copy. Pages crisp and fine, tightly… Read more

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1950. AUTHOR INSCRIBED. 1950 Stated First Edition. GOOD+ , no dust jacket. Author inscribed on the half-title page, in blue ink, "To Paul Denis / Nicky Q." A clean, otherwise unmarked copy. Pages very good; edges lightly toned, no tears or chips. Small spot to front endpaper. Bound in gray cloth hardcover titled in… Read more

New York: New York Printing Co. (The Republic Press), 1891. 1891 Fis Edition. VERY GOOD. An unusually well-preserved original edition. Published to commemorate an after-dinner presentation of witty verse by lawyer and humorist Isaac H. Bromley. The event was the January 23, 1891 Annual Dinner of the New York Yale Alumni Association, honoring guest Chauncey M. Depew (Depew was… Read more

New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1961. VERY GOOD of scarce 1961 First Edition (edition and printing unstated). Clean, unmarked and firmly bound in illustrated, price-intact wrapper printed in purple with black titling and Gorey illustrations on both front and rear panels. Pages are edge toned, small spot to front page edge, otherwise internally near fine. Wrapper is complete with $1.75… Read more

New York: The Imp Press, 1930. 1930 First Edition. GOOD hardcover; no jacket. A collection of short, ribald verses, each accompanied with a delightful 2-color drawing by cartoonist and painter Howard Baer (~1906-1986). Pages are very good - occasional marginal light soil markings. Previous owner name written on front pasted endpaper, no other markings. Bound in hardcover of yellow cloth… Read more

Italy: Milano Libri Edizioni; Rizzoli Editore, 1978 In Italian. VERY GOOD. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Hardcover of illustrated paper over boards is clean and sturdy, slightly toned and shelf worn along edges. Pages fine. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. The familiar Peanuts cast - with a lingual twist as this is an Italian language… Read more

New York and London: American Studio Books, 1946 1946, no printing stated. VERY GOOD in GOOD- dust jacket. Book is clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound in orange cloth hardcover gilt titled on front and spine. Light marginal toning to pages and endpapers; cloth along top edge of cover age darkened, boot otherwise fine. The price-clipped jacket is shelf-rubbed and… Read more

New York: National Lampoon Magazine, 1978. 1978, printing unstated. NEAR FINE large format paperback. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages clean and fine. Stiff paper cover, lettered and illustrated in red and black, is clean, price intact on rear cover. Cover lightly toned and rubbed along edges with one short closed edge tear to rear… Read more

Guilford, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 2002 2002 Stated First Edition, First Printing. FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages fresh and fine, bound in black hardcover, gilt lettered on spine. Cover is clean, unworn. Unclipped jacket has small rub, crease, at top of spine but is otherwise fine. Binding… Read more

Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1959 Printing of October 4, 1959. VERY GOOD. Pages clean - no markings. Bound in green stiff paper cover with folded flaps - illustrated with B&W reproductions of antique cat drawings. Cover has one small spot on front but is otherwise clean; lightly edgeworn, paper along hinges also rubbed with short tear at base of spine.… Read more

San Francisco: Determined Productions, Inc., 1967 1967 Edition, printing unstated. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket - a clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages fine. Hardcover, printed paper over boards is clean though rubbed at spine ends and s few small nicks to top edges. Printed in purple, red, yellow and black - design matches the jacket.… Read more

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1893. 1893 printing of 1889 edition. VERY GOOD. A clean, unmarked copy - light marginal toning to pages, otherwise internally near fine. The green cloth hardcover, gilt lettering and red rules front and spine, is lightly rubbed, especially along edges and hinges. Slight fraying to corners tips and spine ends. Gilt on… Read more

New York: World Publishing Co., 1971 Stated First Printing - 1971. NEAR FINE. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages crisp and fine, bound in hardcover of printed paper over boards. The cover is clean and colorful though lightly worn with spot of residue likely from a price sticker on upper right corner of front corner, a… Read more