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N.p.: Paramount, 1980. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff yellow wrappers bound with 3 metal prong-type clasps. 3 text pages (rectos only), 4 glossy black-and-white photographs (8" X 10"). Near fine. Interesting "Paramount Portfolio 1" press kit sent by the studio to network affiliates for the re-release of this 1952 cornpone comedy starring Alan Young, Dinah Shore, Robert Merrill and Adele Jergens and directed by Claude Binyon. First text page consists of a cast list, the second page is a film synopsis and the third page the texts for on-the-air announcements for the affiliates' use.
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Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (film press kit)
by HARE, Walter Benjamin
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Adlai's Almanac: The Wit and Wisdom of Stevenson of Illinois.; Edited and compiled by Bessie R. James and Mary Waterstreet
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New York: Henry Schuman, 1952. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff black pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Good plus. Second printing. Uncommon.
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Agate: A Biography
by HARDING, James
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London: Methuen, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Green paper over boards, dust jacket. xv, 238pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Slight even age toning to text pages, as usual. Tight, nice first edition. Agate (1877-1947) was "the archetypal 'man about town' -- wit, spendthrift, homosexual, eccentric, gossip-monger...."
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And Another Thing..
by SMITH, Robert Paul
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow paper over boards, dust jacket. 110pp. Very good/very good. First edition. "Poems, Some Funny" by the popular humorist.
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Anything Can Happen in Vermont
by WOLF, Marguerite Hurrey
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Coral Gables, FL: Wake-Brook House, 1965. Hardcover. Photographs by Lewis A. Harlow. 8vo. Tan and brown pictorial cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 151pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Ownership label on front pastedown. Later printing. Humorous collection of articles and essays on country living in Vermont.
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Arsenic and Red Tape
by LOVE, Edmund G.
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Paperback. Advance uncorrected proofs, 4to, two-punched stiff grey wrappers. Good. The ultimate ephemeral item for the Love enthusiast.
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Artemus Ward His Book
by WARD, Artemus (Charles F. Browne)
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Girard, KS: Appeal to Reason, n.y.. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff red wrappers. 80pp. Very good. Faintest of wear to outer wrappers (only). A tight and quite nice little oddball edition of this 1863 folksy humor classic by one of Lincoln's favorite humorists. "Modern Series No. 2," this scarce edition was published by the popular socialist newspaper that ran from 1895 until 1917, when Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (of "Little Blue Book" fame) purchased it and changed the name to "New Appeal," operating until 1922, when it became the "Haldeman-Julius Weekly" -- thus dating this undated pamphlet to sometime in the teens. Very uncommon thus.
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Artemus Ward His Book
by WARD, Artemus (Charles F. Browne)
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London: John Camden Hotten, 1865. Hardcover. 12mo. Black pebble-grain cloth over bevel-edged boards with gilt spine lettering. 167pp, (20pp ads). Good plus. Quite edgeworn, with corners a bit bumped and head and tail of spine a tad frayed -- but internally tight, clean and quite decent. First English edition of this folksy humor classic by one of Lincoln's favorite humorists.
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Ask Any Girl
by SERGEL, Christopher
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Woodstock, IL: The Dramatic Publishing Company, n.y.. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff glazed decorative wrappers. 79pp. Fine. Later printing of this 1960 stage version of Winifred Wolfe's novel; the film version starred Shirley MacLaine and David Niven.
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Bark, George
by FEIFFER, Jules
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N.p.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Ivory paper over boards with black spine lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. (28pp). Extensive color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A super tight and handsome first edition of this charming young children's volume -- and tipped to front flyleaf is a choice heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed boldly in black fineline by Feiffer, who dates it 19 May 1988 at upper right. Laid in is the ideal bookmark: Feiffer's original signature transmittal envelope.
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Bed the Turtle Softly: Legends of the South Pacific
by BRANHAM, Mary Edith, and BRANHAM, Joel S.
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Mukilteo, WA: Scott Publications, 1975. Hardcover. Drawings by Harriet U. Fish. 8vo. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 182pp. Drawings, map endpapers (front only). Very good/good plus. Inscribed by Mary Edith Branham. First edition, inscribed by one of the authors on the front flyleaf verso "To Elma Lacock -- / With warmest wishes and friendliest / greetings. / Mary Edith Branham."
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The Bellboy (film press kit)
by LEWIS, Jerry
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N.p.: Paramount, 1980. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff purple wrappers bound with 3 metal prong-type clasps. 3 text pages (rectos only), 2 glossy black-and-white photographs (8" X 10"). Near fine. Interesting "Paramount Portfolio 1" press kit sent by the studio to network affiliates for the re-release of this 1960 comedy starring Jerry Lewis, who wrote, produced and directed it. First text page consists of a cast list, the second page is a film synopsis and the third page the texts for on-the-air announcements for the affiliates' use.
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Ben Franklin's Wit & Wisdom
by FRANKLIN, Benjamin
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Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, n.y.. Hardcover. 12mo. Green and brown decorated paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 62pp. Illustrations. Near fine/Very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear. Tight, handsome later printing of this undated but circa 1960 edition, with adaptations of Joseph Crawhall's woodcuts.
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Ben Franklin's Wit & Wisdom
by FRANKLIN, Benjamin
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White Plains: Peter Pauper Press, n.y.. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue and green decorated paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 62pp. Illustrations. Near fine/Very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear and sunning. A tight and lovely later printing of this undated modern edition. The adaptations of Joseph Crawhall's woodcuts are crudely charming.
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The Best American Humorous Short Stories
by LINSCOTT, Robert (editor)
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New York: The Modern Library, n.y.. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. x, 436pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Jacket edgeworn, with bit of discoloring at binding lower edge; small ownership signature on title page and copyright page. A tight, nice undated later printing (ca. mid-1960s based on binding and jacket) of #87, a collection of "43 Stories by 31 Authors," as the front jacket panel proclaims, featuring works by Artemus Ward, Joel Chandler Harris, Bret Harte, Damon Runyon, James M. Cain , Ellis Parker Butler, Booth Tarkington, Sinclair Lewis and many others. Delightful front jacket panel caricatures of Dorothy Parker, Mark Twain, Robert Benchley, James Thurber and S.J. Perelman.
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The Best Cartoons from Punch, Collected for Americans from England's Famous Humorous Weekly
by ROSENBERG, Marvin, and COLE, William (editors)
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Hardcover. Foreword by A.P. Herbert. 4to. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and salmon paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 150pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Just a book club edition, but tight and attractive.
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The Best Cat Ever
by AMORY, Cleveland
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Hardcover. Illustrations by Lisa Adams. 8vo. Red and white paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 262pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. First edition. The third volume in Amory's humorously touching trilogy featuring Polar Bear, the author's now famous pet.
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The Best of Will Rogers
by STERLING, Bryan
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New York: MJF Books, 1979. Hardcover. Foreword by Will Rogers, Jr. Small 4to. Tan and red paper over boards, dust jacket. xii, 244pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First edition of this "wit and wisdom" type compilation.
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Big Money
by WODEHOUSE, P.G.
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London: Hutchinson, 1981. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 208pp. Fine/fine. Tight, handsome reprint edition.
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New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1931. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth. 316pp. Very good. Superbly tight, clean, nice decent early reprint. Bookplate (from Chicago Symphony Orchestra musician) on front flyleaf quote Cicero speaking about conspiracy before the Roman senate ("For how much longer will you abuse our patience?").
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