Softcover. Rutland VT, self-published, 2nd Ed., 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, red paper covers stamped with a black title and cartoon portrait of author. Yankee humor in the form of short sketches originally published in the Rutland Herald. The author (pictured in a photo on the first inside page) was a member of the Vermont legislature. Several cartoons by George Randall embellish the 90 pages of text. Ads in rear. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Robert M. McBride & Company, 1st, 1944, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 80 pages. Introduction by Ogden Nash. Edited by Gurney Williams. Rea's cartoons for Colliers, he also contributed heavily to the New Yorker. Paper starting to peel from spine, otherwise clean, sound copy.
Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Illustrated red paper covered boards over black cloth spine; illustrated endpapers. Illustrated stylistically in black and white by Richard M. Powers. 64 pages, "the exaggerated nonsense, the bellylaugh humor, and the colorful salt-water lingo of Miss Ritchie's story clearly stem from the well-loved American traditional tale. But it is also as modern as today, and Richard M. Powers has designed and illustrated it with the bold, freewheeling vigor of our times." Clean copy.
Hardcover. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 128 pages, illustrated throughout by Searle's drawings. A witty and irreverent glance at the three-hundred-year history of the Hudson's Bay Company, North America's oldest continuing commercial enterprise. Light edgewear to the dust jacket, otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 154 pages. Profusely illustrated in b&w. A collection of cartoons by Andre Francois, whose work often appeared in Punch magazine as well as in Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Atlantic Monthly, and Picture Post. Clean, light wear to dust jacket, price clipped.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 120 pages. Satirical writing by author. Unlike Al Capp's all cartoon books, this one is a work of prose with occasional comic illustrations, some nearly full page in size. Dust jacket with light shelf wear, unclipped.
Softcover. NY, Workman Publishing, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 223 pages, b&w illustrations. Detailed summaries of the Lost Episodes that are now on TV and descriptions of some that are still lost. The long-awaited, definitive guide to the earliest Honeymooner skits, hidden away by Jackie Gleason himself for more than 30 years. Plot synopses of The Lost Episodes pack as many surprises as Ralph himself, including the origins of the racoon hat and "pow----right in the kisser! " Clean copy.
Softcover. NY, Doubleday, Revised Ed., 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, yelow pictorial wrappers, 422 pages illustrated in b&w. Everything you ever could hope to know about 'I Love Lucy'. Behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show. Cast listings, ratings and original air dates. Dialogue and interviews with the stars, writer, directors, producers and more. Mold shelf wear, clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne and Co, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black. 76 pages, seven color plates & numerous b/w illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke. No date, probably 1950s. Small ownership stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2nd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. Artist Alex Beard brings to life an African savanna filled with humor and misunderstandings.When Bird mixes up something Turtle says, he accidentally starts a rumor about the watering hole drying up. One misunderstanding leads to another, with animals making their own hilarious assumptions. No one is hearing anything right, and soon the animals are in an uproar from one end of the jungle to the other. Elephant is trumpeting, Croc is snapping, and the Flamingos are fleeing! Beards story will have every child wondering if peace can ever be restored in the animal kingdom. No dust jacket, clean copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, reprint, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 64 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Laura Brey. A variety of stories that teach valuable lessons in a good-humored, sympathetic way. Light soil to covers, name on front fly leaf, section of dedication page cut away, not affecting any text or pictures. Otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 8'' x 5 1/4 ''. Contains 92 printed pages of large text with color illustrations throughout.
Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, two-tone blue cloth covers, 120 pages. The blackly comic play about the oppressed lives of women in 1950s New York. One of literature's leading humorists, Dorothy Parker drew from the dark side of her imagination to pen The Ladies of the Corridor, a searing drama about women living on their own in a New York residence hotel. Loosely based on Parker's life, and co-written with famed Hollywood playwright Arnaud d'Usseau, The Ladies of the Corridor exposes the limitations of a woman's life in a drama teeming with Parker's signature wit. This copy INSCRIBED BY FRANCES STARR on the front fly leaf who had a leading role in the play as Mrs. Nichols.
Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, pictorial cardboard covers, unpaginated. Over 250 b&w cartoons from the 40s: Syd Hoff, Soglow, Dave Breger, Ali, E. Simms Campbell, many others. No periodicals credited so assumed their first appearance. In a worn dust jacket with light soil, chipping.
Softcover. NY, New York Review Books, reprint, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages, b&w illustrations. A new edition of Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker's riotous and immensely influential handbook for drawing and reading cartoons-a book that's both a parody of humorless how-to guides and a genuine (and genuinely instructive) ode to the art of making comics. Both a send-up of lofty how-to-draw books and a sincere and hilarious love letter to the art of drawing cartoons, the Lexicon is a joyously exhaustive cheat sheet to key comics visuals that has been referenced and treasured by generations of cartoonists. This new edition includes a foreword by Chris Ware and a meticulous appendix by Mort's son Brian Walker, who delves deep into the visual language of comics. Clean copy.
NY, Lincoln MacVeagh. Dial Press, 1st US, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and vignette on front cover, 290 pages. A Story of Northern Ireland before the Revolution. Rich in humor and humanity, it was one of the six novels chosen, out of thousands by Harrap, the English publisher for a cash prize. The green cloth has discoloration, washed out splotches mostly to rear cover and part of spine. The interior is clean, binding tight.
Hardcover. NY, Phaidon Press, reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated by Ungerer. Nice reprint edition in a bright dust jacket. Originally published in 1963.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover shows wear but otherwise tight and internally clean. Black & white illustrations by the author. previous owner's bookplate front paste-down. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. New York, Dutton, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Yellow cover boards, no dust jacket. Black & white cartoons selected by the editors of the Saturday Evening Post.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 86 pages. Adam Joshua can't understand why his parents want to move. He certainly doesn't! Who will his best friend Peter get to collect ants with, or to play star commander and Frankenstein if he's gone? Moving. Muck! But moving is just the beginning of a whole series of new events for Adam Joshua. There's also a new baby sister, monsters in the night, loose teeth, new friends, dinners with his Great-Aunt Emily, and lots more. Janice Lee Smith humorously chronicles the ups and downs in the life of a small boy, and Dick Gackenbach perfectly captures Adam Joshua's spunk and spirit in his delightful drawings.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co. , 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color art by Stephen Harvard. A vain & lazy barnyard cat makes a coat of mouse-skins- the mice consider him their god & trust him to send them to heaven. An unusual, humorous tale with a happy ending. Bookseller stamp to front endpaper, name on front flap. clean internally.
 "The Gentleman from Hayvilleby: Howard L. Hindley")
 "The Half-Naked Knightby: Andre Francois")
 "The Hardhat's Bedtime Story Book by: Capp, Al")
 "The Kinderkinsby: Fox, Frances Margaret/Laura Brey")
 "The King of Things and the Cranberry Clownby: Callahan, John")
 "The Laugh Round-Up: A Collection of the Funniest Cartoons of the Day by: Cerf (Introduction), Bennett")
 "The Loughsidersby: Bullock, Shan F.")
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 "The Mellops Strike Oiby: Ungerer, Tomi")
 "The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapezeby: Thurber, James")
 "The Modern Beat - Cartoons From the Postby: (Saturday Evening Post)")
 "The Mouse God by: Kennedy, Richard/Stephen Harvard")
 "The New Yorker 1955-1965 Album/Fortieth Anniversaryby: N/A")