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Pinhead's Progress: More Zippy Strips
by Griffith, Bill
- Condition
- Used - Very Good; Remainder stripe on page bottoms.
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 052548468X
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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NY: E. P. Dutton. Very Good; Remainder stripe on page bottoms.. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 052548468X . A collection of some of the thoughtful, avant-garde, and ridiculous comics featuring Zippy the Pinhead. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages . Item Price
$15.00

Our Own Baedeker from the New Yorker
by Kinkead, Eugene; Maloney, Russell
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and taped and price-clipped.
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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NY: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and taped and price-clipped.. 1947. Hardcover. Collected humorous articles about various cities and countries around the globe culled from the New Yorker. Many illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages . Item Price
$20.00

What Am I Laughing At?
by Stein, Sgt. Ralph
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket in two pieces. Jacket tattered, toned, waterstained, gift inscription on title page.
- Published
- 1944
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$25.00
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NY: Whittlesey House. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket in two pieces. Jacket tattered, . toned, waterstained, gift inscription on title page.. 1944. Hardcover. A collection of World War II era cartoons culled from Stein's contributions to Yank, the Army Weekly. Foreword by Sgt. Joe McCarthy. Red cloth binding. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00

Revenge of the Son of the World's Tackiest Postcards
by Irwin, Dennis
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 0932592260
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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Palo Alto, CA: Klutz Press. Very Good. 1989. First Printing. Softcover. 0932592260 . Illustrated cardstock covers in spiral metal binding. Color photographs and illustrations. A collection of 30 humorous cards, including one with a 45 rpm record. All postcards and record present. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 35 pages . Item Price
$15.00

Letters of Thanks: A Christmas Tale
by Kempadoo, Manghanita
- Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly scuffed.
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671627945
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
- Item Price
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$12.00
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NY: Fireside Library. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly scuffed.. 1986. Hardcover. 0671627945 . A humorous retelling of the Twelve Days of Christmas song, as viewed by the recipient of the partridge in a pear tree, two turtledoves, etc. , who suffers a nervous breakdown as a result. Oxenbury is a two-time winner of the Kate… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00

Snoopy and the Red Baron
by Schulz, Charles M.
- Condition
- Used - Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket worn, jacket has cup ring on front panel and is missing sections at spine.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket worn, jacket has cup ring . on front panel and is missing sections at spine.. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. The first Peanuts novel featuring World War I doghouse flying ace, Snoopy! Printed on yellow and green paper. ; 12mo 7" - 7½"… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00

Happy Valentine's Day, Sweet Babboo!
by Schulz, Charles M.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly wrinkled.
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 069400961X
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$25.00
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NY: Harpercollins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly wrinkled.. 1997. Later Printing. Hardcover. 069400961X . A sweetly humorous picture book featuring the Peanuts cartoon characters. Specifically, Sally waits for her crush Linus to send her a valentine. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall . Item Price
$25.00

Unlucky Wally
by Briggs, Raymond
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 024112106X
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 024112106X . Illustrated boards. A portrait of an unlucky, unhealthy, socially awkward young man, who is much loved by his parents. Written and illustrated by the late Raymond "The Snowman" Briggs. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 48 pages . Item Price
$15.00

Duplex Planet: Everybody's Asking Who I Was
by Greenberger, David
- Condition
- Used - Very Good; Covers faintly worn.
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 0571198147
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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Winchester, MA: Faber and Faber. Very Good; Covers faintly worn.. 1994. Softcover. 0571198147 . Signed by Greenberger on the title page. Gently humorous collection of answers from nursing home residents to the author's questions. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 170 pages . Item Price
$15.00

It all Started with Marx
by Armour, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and sunned at spine.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0070022542
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and sunned at spine.. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 0070022542 . Illustrated satire of Marxism and Communism. Richard Armour bookmark laid in. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 104 pages . Item Price
$15.00

Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes
by Graham, Harry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, bookseller label on front free endpaper.
- Edition
- Twenty-Fourth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$40.00
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London: Edward Arnold. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, bookseller label on . front free endpaper.. Twenty-Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Circa 1910s. Pictorial mustard cloth. Illustrations by GH. A collection of mordantly funny verse about people who meet their demise and other dark topics, reminiscent of Edward Gorey or the darker versification of Ogden Nash.… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00

Mondo Boxo: Cartoon Stories
by Chast, Roz
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 006015795X
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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NY: Harper and Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 006015795X . Color illustrated boards. A collection of cartoons by Roz Chast. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Item Price
$20.00

The Drop
by Landwehr, Michael
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed.
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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The Pink Panther Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed.. 1968. Hardcover. Measures 6x6 inches. Illustrated hardcover. Pink Panther story with cartoons by Al Kilgore. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall . Item Price
$20.00

Jittery Goose
by Billout, Guy; Chess, Victoria; Claveloux, Nicole; Couratin, Patrick; Mercie, Tina; Nicollet, Jean-Michel; Sumichrast, Jozef
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 0825201357
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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Harlan Quist. Very Good. 1975. First Printing. Softcover. 0825201357 . Zany twists on traditional Mother Goose rhymes with glorious color illustrations. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . Item Price
$20.00

CDC?
by Steig, William
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket sunned.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374310157
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
- Item Price
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$15.00
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NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket sunned.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374310157 . Cartoons with alphabet puzzles by the New Yorker cartoonist. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$15.00

Country Colic
by Lawson, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1944
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
- Item Price
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$20.00
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth binding. Illustrations by the the two-time Caldecott medalist. A humorous A to Z collection of observations about rural life, from ants to poison ivy to wells. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$20.00

Batman: Nine Lives
by Motter, Dean
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1563898535
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$35.00
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NY: DC Comics. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. 1563898535 . Glossy illustrated boards. Black and white and color comic illustration. Lettering by Bill Oakley. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 122 pages . Item Price
$35.00

Barks Bear Book: 33 Stories from the Forties
by Barks, Carl
- Condition
- Used - Very Good; Spine toned.
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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Editions Enfin. Very Good; Spine toned.. 1979. First Printing. Softcover. Black and white comic illustrations, short author bio. A collection of 1940s comics featuring the characters Andy Panda, Porky Pig, Benny Burro, Happy Hound, and Barney and Betty. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 274 pages . Item Price
$15.00

Security is a Thumb and a Blanket
by Schulz, Charles M.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket tattered.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1963
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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San Francisco: United Features Syndicate and Determined Productions. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket tattered.. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Peanuts cartoons and quotes about happiness and security. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall . Item Price
$15.00

"...them Damned Pictures": Editorial Cartoons by SZEP
by Szep, Paul
- Condition
- Used - Very Good; Covers lightly soiled.
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$15.00
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Boston: The Boston Globe. Very Good; Covers lightly soiled.. 1977. First Printing. Softcover. Unpaginated. Brown and white political cartoon illustrations by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall . Item Price
$15.00