Humor from Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare

Boston: Frederic S. Hill, 1831. First US Edition. Hardcover. 285pp. Original green cloth with paper label affixed to spine panel. Engraved title and three inserted plates with etchings. Wear to cloth, chips to label. Contemporary owner's name on front free endpaper, pencil markings on endpapers, scattered foxing throughout. A good+ copy.; 12mo.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Thurber, James. 276pp. Cloth backed boards. Light foxing to cloth on spine. A near fine copy in good+ dustjacket with several chips along the edges and mild foxing. ; Octavo.

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Armed Services Edition 865. Oblong format. Light fading to spine. A near fine copy. ; Small octavo.

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Armed Services Edition R-7. Oblong format. Fading to spine panel. A very good+ copy.; Small octavo.

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Armed Services Edition R-5. Oblong format. Fading to front cover and spine panel. A very good+ copy.; Small octavo.

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Armed Services Edition Q-6. Oblong format. Fading to spine panel, faint stain affecting upper edge of first few leaves. A very good copy.; Small octavo.

Los Angeles: Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. With twelve pop-up/pull-tab illustrations. A fine copy. ; Octavo.

London: Services Central Book Depot / C. Tinling & Co. Hardcover. Guild Books Services Edition (Guild Books S97). 160pp. Cloth backed boards. For circulation to the Fighting Forces of the Allied Nations. This copy with the stamp of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) on the front cover and half-title page. Toning to pages, name on half-title, wear… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Age Books, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 145pp. Cloth. A humorous guide to food, drink, and cookery. With illustrations. Toning to endpapers. A fine copy. ; Octavo.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. A Cock Robin Mystery. 215pp. Cloth. Murder aboard the transatlantic luxury liner Florabunda where the passenger list includes nine world-renowned detectives: Atlas Poireau, Sir John Nappleby, Jerry Pason, Broderick Tourneur, Trajan Beare, Miss Fan Sliver, Spike Bludgeon, Mallory King, and Lord Simon Quinsey. An amusing spoof. Light wear to extremities.… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. A Cock Robin Mystery. 215pp. Cloth. Murder aboard the transatlantic luxury liner Florabunda where the passenger list includes nine world-renowned detectives: Atlas Poireau, Sir John Nappleby, Jerry Pason, Broderick Tourneur, Trajan Beare, Miss Fan Sliver, Spike Bludgeon, Mallory King, and Lord Simon Quinsey. An amusing spoof. Light wear to extremities.… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Unpaginated. Signed and inscribed on the first page to radio host celebrity Ralph Gardner: "To Ralph Gardner / Remember, TINKER-BELL LIVES! / Tom Tierney." From the blurb: "Attitude is particularly useful at parties when one is meeting a motley assortment of people. And a motley crew it is, assembled here… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 253pp. Cloth. Introduction by Tim Wilkinson. Illustrations by the author. Light fading to spine panel as usual. A near fine copy in fine slipcase. ; Octavo.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited. Hardcover. 12th printing. 176pp. Green cloth lettered in black on the front and the spine. Upper corner tips slightly bruised else a fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with a few minute chips to edges, a short closed tear to lower edge of front panel, and light toning to spine panel.; Octavo.

New York: Avon Publications, Inc, 1953. Paperback. Avon 557. Second printing. A very good+ copy. ; Small octavo.

New York: James B. Pond, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. Frontispiece and illustrations by the author. Light toning to free endpapers, minor wear to extremities. A bright, very good+ copy.; 12mo.

New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888. Hardcover. 124pp. Half vellum over paper covered boards. Frontispiece. Vellum is somewhat soiled. Short closed tear to spine on the back cover, foxing to endpapers, drawing and scribbles in pencil on the rear free endpaper, some wear to extremities. A good+ copy. ; 12mo.

Washington, DC / [New York]: The Infantry Journal / Penguin Books, 1944. First Edition. Paperback. A Fightin Forces -- Penguin Special S224. With 24 maps. A very good+ copy. ; Small octavo.

New York: Avon Publishing Co., Inc, 1953. Paperback. Avon 513. Collects jokes and cartoons. Light spine slant and wear. A very good copy. ; Small octavo.

New York: Bantam Books, 1949. First Edition. Paperback. A Bantam Book 419. Mild slant to spine, lamination peeling at corner on back cover. A brgiht, very good+ copy. Cover art by Casey Jones. ; Small octavo.