humor

Softcover. Seattle, WA, Fantagraphics Books, 2nd pr., 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 68 pages. Softcover with light wear to paper wrappers. Black and white illustrations by Gorey. Tight, clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, Book Club Ed., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket.158 pages. Black & white illustrations by Jamie Wyeth. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagrahics, 1st thus, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed pictorial boards, 202 pages. Book presented in both English and French in a collaboration between Fantagraphics and Editions de l'An 2. Preface by Thierry Smolderen. A. B. Frost born in 1851. An anthology of Frost's works Stuff and Nonsense (1884), The Bull Calf and Other Tales (1892), and Carlo (1913). Comics in B/W. Most have both English and French translations. No DJ (as issued).

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2nd pr., 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 97 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Light soil to dust jacket. Tight copy. Illustrated with Marshall's b&w humorous cartoon drawings.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 2nd pr., 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, color illustrations by Robin Preiss Glasser. Determined to be as perfect and neat as her older sister Olivia, Sophie tries to be tidy, but the more she tries the messier she becomes while her sister watches in exasperation, in a delightful book that keeps readers amused as they follow Sophie's funny and appealing antics. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full color illustrations by Ron Barrett. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st , 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards. Non-paginated. Color illustions by Craig. No dust jacket issued. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grove Press, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a chipped, lightly worn dust jacket, 262 pages. A collection of short stories by a Tennessee humorist. His creation of Sut Lovingood, a Southern mountaineer who opines on various subjects. Popular in the pre-Civil War era. Introduction by Brom Weber has 2 lines with underlining, otherwise clean copy.

Softcover. Kansas City, Andrews McMeel, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover with light wear to paper wrappers. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Tight copy. Cartoons by Cullum.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, Marshall's zany humor with Sendak's color illustrations. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY SENDAK on copyright page.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Unpaginated, color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Light edge wear to dust jacket, small scratches on rear. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Softcover. Montreal, Drawn and Quarterly, 2nd, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 200 pages. Softcover. Light edgewear to wrappers, Color, Black and white pictures throughout.

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st Thus, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages plus "A Word to Grown-Ups" and Ad. Hardcover. Features 4 full color illustrations by Harry L. Smith. Dust jacket with light chipping at corners, top and bottom of spine - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Coward McCann, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 262 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket edgewear and chipping. Illustrated end papers. Black & white illustrations by Sgt. Glen Rounds. Light gutter crack by title page.

Hardcover. New York , Random House, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 183 paqes. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A novel-in-cartoons follows the fortunes of a man who no longer wants to be a husband and father, who no longer wants any responsibilities, who wants only to be a two year old.

New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, light blue cloth stamped in black. 155 pages. Top front cover with slight bend. Black & white illustrations by Reginald Birch. Dust jacket fair only with fading, chipping, tears. Brodart cover. The story of an Irish lad and his tin whistle that makes an old cow dance, complete with a Fairy Queen, Celtic humor and a happy ending. No markings.

Hardcover. London, Max Parrish, 7th pr., 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 128 pages, illustrated in b&w by Ronald Searle. Dust jacket with light soil, price-clipped. Previous owner's inscription on the front fly leaf.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, hundreds of b&w cartoons from the magazine's golden age. Tan cloth spine with blue boards. No lettering on spine. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, hundreds of b&w cartoons from the magazine's golden age. Tan cloth spine with blue boards. No lettering on spine. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial glossy boards, 48 pages illustrated in 2-colors by Seuss. As topical today as when it was first published in 1938, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins is the story of a young boy and his unjust treatment at the hands of a king. Written in unrhymed prose, The 500 Hats is one of Dr. Seuss's earliest works, and while it may not be as well-known as his other stories, the book addresses subjects that we know the good doctor was passionate about throughout his life: the abuse of power, rivalry, and of course, zany good humor. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 108 pages in color. With all his literary accolades and awards, it's easy to forget Ware (Jimmy Corrigan) is one of the warmest, funniest cartoonists in America. The Acme Novelty Library collects a few issues of Ware's comic book series by the same name and adds plenty of new pages and visual delights. It is, like all of his work, an utterly immersive experience. You're not just reading his comics, you're inhabiting his world: from fake ads to diagrams for paper models to a lengthy and very funny fictional history of the Acme Novelty Company. These strips combine complex and beautiful visuals with the humor of hapless, often sad characters in ridiculous predicaments. "Rusty Brown", a series of strips based around an obsessive collector who will be the subject of Ware's next graphic novel, is particularly strong. These comics showcase Ware's unusual sensitivity towards his characters, building an incisive, multi-dimensional portrait of Brown and his friend Chalky White. On top of all of these riches there is Ware's own personal "history of art" in cartoon form, and a multi-page story about a naked superhero. Combining surreal humor, cutting satire, stunning visuals, and empathic characters, Ware's latest is a wondrous journey into the universe of a master cartoonist in peak form.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 108 pages in color. With all his literary accolades and awards, it's easy to forget Ware (Jimmy Corrigan) is one of the warmest, funniest cartoonists in America. The Acme Novelty Library collects a few issues of Ware's comic book series by the same name and adds plenty of new pages and visual delights. It is, like all of his work, an utterly immersive experience. You're not just reading his comics, you're inhabiting his world: from fake ads to diagrams for paper models to a lengthy and very funny fictional history of the Acme Novelty Company. These strips combine complex and beautiful visuals with the humor of hapless, often sad characters in ridiculous predicaments. "Rusty Brown", a series of strips based around an obsessive collector who will be the subject of Ware's next graphic novel, is particularly strong. These comics showcase Ware's unusual sensitivity towards his characters, building an incisive, multi-dimensional portrait of Brown and his friend Chalky White. On top of all of these riches there is Ware's own personal "history of art" in cartoon form, and a multi-page story about a naked superhero. Combining surreal humor, cutting satire, stunning visuals, and empathic characters, Ware's latest is a wondrous journey into the universe of a master cartoonist in peak form.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, reprint, 1934, Book: Good, Hardcover, light gray boards decorated in red and black.120 pages.. Features 6 black & white plates by Harrison Cady. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Schwartz & Wade, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 40 pages. Newbery Honor-winning author McKissack and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Pinkney have outdone themselves in this heart-warming picture book infused with humor and the true spirit of Christmas.Christmas always comes to Nella's house, but Santa Claus brings gifts only once in a while. That's because it's the Depression and Nella's family is poor. Even so, Nella's hoping that this year she and her two sisters will get a beautiful Baby Betty doll. On Christmas morning, the girls are beside themselves with excitement! There is Baby Betty, in all her eyelash-fluttering magnificence. "Mine!" Nella shouts, and claims the doll for herself. But soon she discovers that Baby Betty isn't nearly as much fun as her sisters. SIGNED BY PINKNEY.