Search Results: Humor from Knickerbocker Books

San Francisco: The Bohemian Club, 2005 2005. Edition Limited to 3,200 copies. NEAR FINE. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Text pages, printed in b/w with headings in red, are fresh and fine. Hardcover bound in red paper-covered boards with black spine lettering, black line art on front. Cover is near fine with a few tiny spottings to back cover, bottom spine end lightly creased. Binding is tight, hinges intact, boards and spine straight. B/W artwork on front cover, endpapers and 7 full page illustrations are by L. Krames. No jacket (presumably as issued). The 2005 Grove Play celebrates a remarkable Bohemian, Theodore Roosevelt, and presents a largely unknown historical event concerning Kaiser Wilhelm II. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4"; x + 90 pages. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Munich: Verlag Fr. Bassermann, 1911. 1911 Edition, VERY GOOD hardcover. From Germany's beloved poet and cartoonist, "Balduin", an illustrated poem or early cartoon was first published in 1883. This is an nicely preserved copy of the 1911 ediition, unmarked except for an owner name stamped on the title page. Text pages are crisp and clean. Bound in blue cloth cover with white and dark blue pictorial stamping on the fornt panel. The cover is clean but lightly toned along the edges and moderately edgworn, cloth frayed at spine ends, corners lightly bumped. No dust jacket (a jacket was probably not issued.) 5-1/2 x 8-1/4". 74 pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

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 delightful book. 5-3/4 x 8-1/2". 80 pages. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

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 there are several sizeable chips from the top edge but the caricature of Greta Garbo on front remains mostly intact, just a bit clipped from the top or her hat. There are a few dark spots on the rear panel. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. The caricatures, several printed in two-color (orange and black), include Raymond Massey, Gertrude Lawrence, Clark Gable, Ingrid Bergman, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Mae West and a 'terrific' Joan Crawford … and many more. 6 x 9"; 80 pp. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-.

London: The Gray Walls Press Ltd./Crown Classics, 1947. 1947 First Edition. VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A crisp, clean copy - no markings. Pages lightly toned, otherwise fine. Hardcover of printed paper over boards is clean, lightly edge rubbed. Dust jacket, is overall clean and bright: flap is price-clipped and with bookseller label applied; small spot of front pane, 1" closed tear along bottom front flap fold. Binding tight. With original illustrations and introduction by Leonard Russell. 5 x 7-1/2". 88 pages. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1997. AUTHOR SIGNED. 1997 Stated First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+ in Near Fine, price intact dust jacket. Signed by Dave Barry in blue ink on half-title page. A clean, otherwise unmarked, tightly bound hardcover. Pages clean and fine, last page with small spot under text. Small, light damp mark to bottom of front and rear endpapers at hinges. Hardcover of red boards with bright yellow spine is clean and bright - slightly rubbed at base of spine. Unclipped jacket is clean and colorful; lightly edge rubbed but no tears or chips. Small damp mark at base of spine (noticeable on inverse of jacket) Binding and hinges tight, boards and spine straight. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"; 270 pages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Near Fine.

New York: M. S. Mill Company, Inc., 1955. Author-signed 1955 First Edition, printing unstated. VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD price intact dust jacket. INSCRIBED in ink on front endpaper, "To Helen and Paul Denis, Laughingly Yours, Juliet Lowell." No other markings. A clean, tightly bound copy. Pages fine. Hardcover of illustrated paper over boards is clean moderate edgewear. Unclipped jacket (artwork matching cover) is lightly rubbed with some toning; still clean and attractive. Binding tight, hinges intact. Juliet Lowell was a popular humorist in the 1930s-1950s - Walter Winchell dubbed her "the female Mark Twain." 4-3/4 x 6-1/4". 128 pages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961. 1961 First Edition, printing unstated. Warmly INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR in ink on front endpaper, "To Helen and Paul who have the brains, the charm, and the ability to handle all their affairs well. Fondly, Juliet." NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD jacket. A fine copy (clean, crisp and tightly bound with no other markings) in lightly shelf-worn, price-intact dust jacket. Bound in bright yellow hardcover which is fresh and bright. "The unexpurgated correspondence of America's potentates of the swivel chair" by the popular humorist. 5-1/2 x 8". 128 pages.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Brown, William F.. 8vo.

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 hardcover which is clean and near fine. Hilarious letters to and from celebrities and VIPs, including John F. Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Adlai Stevenson and many more. Black & white line illustrations by Henry Martin. 5-1/2 x 8". 128 pages.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Martin, Henry. 8vo.

London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1929. 1929 First Edition.. Part of the English Heritage Series. Introduction by Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin. NEAR FINE in GOOD dust jacket. A well-preserved copy: no writing, bookplates or other markings. Light toning to front ends and edges foxed but text pages are clean and crisp. Bound in deep green cloth over boards with gilt spine lettering. Cover is fresh and bright. In the uncommon dust jacket - gray paper with black and red printing. The jacket is toned, especially darkened alont the spine but is clean. about 1/4" chip to head of spine. Bottom corner of front flap price-clipped. Jacket is a new clear archival protector. 4-1/2 x 7". ix + 180 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 12mo.

Yonkers, NY: Joseph Lamagna, 1999 Copyright 1999 by Joseph Lamagna. "Exciting fictional tale of The Final Hour - a warmly humorous tale, not created as a mockery of religion, but rather to awaken humanity before the final hour!" Both author and illustrator are natives of Yonkers. This is a new copy in FINE condition. Paperback. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"; 56 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. New. Illus. by Saponara, Sal. Small 8vo.

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 bound in black hardcover with title gilt-stamped on spine. Cover is fine, no wear. Unclipped jacket has lovely color photo of Marlo on front, and color caricatures of "guest" comedians on rear panel. There is a short tear to front of jacket at top edge, otherwise fine. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. A warm, witty and very charming remembrance of growing up with comedy and comedians. She solicits thoughts on comedy from today's comedic icons, including Don Rickles, Alan Alda, Jerry Seinfeld, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert - and many more. Illustrated with black… 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 price on front panel. There is a small black smudge on front cover, knocking into the "D" at end of title. Otherwise cover is clean, lightly rubbed along edges and spine folds, light color fade along spine and edges. Small pencil erasure at top right corner of rear panel. Binding firm and intact. 7 x 7-3/4". First Edition. Wrapper. Very Good.

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. Jacket is clean, light rubbing to front panel and moderate rubbing to rear. Small chips, tiny tears, at spine ends. Jacket is in a clear protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good.

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 clean and bright - slight toning to top edge, small dent on back panel, otherwise fine. Binding and hinges tight and straight. Unclipped jacket is slightly edge-toned, no tears, chips, creases, scuffs or stains. Jacket is in a clear archival. Two-color printing throughtout: type in black and artwork either in green, orange or magenta. 7-3/4 x 10". 48 pages. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Lear, Edward.

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 stick-figure drawings. The pages and the printed paper wrapper (printed on the same brown paper as the text) are cleverly bound in heavy string which weaves between 4 holes punched near the spine. Pages are clean and fine. Wrapper is clean and very good; slightly shelf rubbed with a few edge nicks; chips at base of spine. String binding intact. "My Maw says nabors noze so mutch about rasin childern thay otto hav a few."4 x 6"; 128 pages. First Edition. Wrapper. Near Fine.

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 is firm. A follow-up to Steig's 1942 collection of wry cartoons featuring "The Lonely Ones." Introduction to the 1970 edition is by William Saroyan. Foreword to the 1942 edition by Wolcott Gibbs is also included. 5-1/2 x 6-3/4". 88 pages . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

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 dark blue and with decorative red lip marks, front and spine. Cover is moderately edge rubbed with small chips, tiny tears at spine ends. bit of board showing at corner tips. Front cover has a few light spots, spine spotted and a moderately darkened. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. Black and white drawings by Roger Duvoisin interspersed throughout text. Food and life. Lots of delicious recipes, including for Lindy's cheesecake! 5-3/4 x 8-1/2"; 416 pages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Duvoisin, Roger.

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 cover and small scuff at top of spine. Corner tips very slightly creased. Binding firm, no creasing to cover spine. 9-1/4 x 12-1/4"; 96 pages. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to.

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 then President o the New York Central Railroad. In 1899 he was elected New York State Senator). The book was published "Revised and Freshened with Notes by the Author." Two popular artists were chosen to illustrate: Charles Dana Gibson and Dan Beard. There are 10 full page black & white illustrations, of which 8 are signed by Gibson, the other 2 unsigned but likely Gibson. Most text pages are adorned with a highly embellished/illustrated design to the initial cap, with a companion drawing. 16 of these pieces are signed by Beard, it is likely the rest of these pages are also his illustrations. Beard also… Read More