New York: Avon Publishing, 1949. Softcover. 16mo, 158 pp. Light edgewear, price-sticker on front lower corner, gentle crease down spine, yellowed, first few pages chipped at fore-edge, spinetail partially unglued (binding still strong).
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2004. First edition. Hard Cover. Small 8vo. 266 pp. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped, otherwise book is fresh and clean.
New York, NY: D. Appleton & Co., 1898. Cloth. 12mo. 272 pp. Some very light rubbing to covers, light sunning/fading to spine, former owner's ink signature to fpd and ffep. Gilt illustration on front cover very clean and bright. Tale of an Indian who moves to London, and the resulting.....
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1986. Paperback. 86 pp., sm 8vo. Squarish paperback. Inscribed by author, pen to title pg. Illustrated by Jerry O'Brien. Covers & spine fine. Binding tight. Foxing to textblock edges, cover interiors & eps, otherwise textblock interior fine.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1987. Paperback. 88 pp., sm 8vo. Squarish paperback. Inscribed by author, pen to title pg. Illustrated by Jerry O'Brien. Featuring: Dating Difficulties. Covers & spine fine; sticker to rear cover. Binding tight. Foxing to textblock edges & scattered lightly to top edges of otherwise clean interior.....
NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1923. First edition. Cloth. 4to. 50 pp. Green cloth soiled, fraying at ends of spine and corners. Damp stain at top and fore-edge of endpapers; first free endpaper is creased where it once adhered to title page. Body of book is free of dampstaining, though.....
New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Paperback. 185 pp. 4to. Paperback. Rubbing to edges. Lightly scuffed. Faint foxing to textblock. Bumping to spine ends.
London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co. Cloth Hard Cover. 8vo. 308 pp. light rubbing, fraying to edges. Rebacked with original spine laid on. New endpapers. First and last few leaves are foxed, lightly yellowed. With b&w and color illustrations. "Some explanation is perhaps due from a writer who adopts the title.....
Wakefield, RI: Recreation Publications, 1984. Paperback. Unpaginated, 8vo. Paperback. Inscribed in pen on title pg by Martha Smith. A funny look at single life for women over 30. Illustrated w/ cartoons by Don Bousquet. Some light discoloration, rubbing, & shelfwear to covers & spine. Binding very sturdy. Light foxing to.....
Eric Bramley and David Logan, 2003. Paperback. 8vo. 141 pp. Spine ends are lightly bumped. Signed by both authors on the title page. A blazing sea nuggets collection.
Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2006. Cloth. Unpaginated, approx 150 pgs. 8vo (lg oblong). Cloth. Facsimile reprint of the 1913 edition published by P.F. Volland & Co, edited and with an afterword by Jeet Heer. Lt. shelfwear, sl. scuffing to rfep, binding lt. shaken. Pages clean and crisp.
New York: Roadside Amusements, 2005. Paperback. 149 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Hilarious autobiographical anecdotes from the Mayor of Comedy. W/ CD (includes: "Mayor of Comedy" - live comedy performance by Bruce Bruce)."One of the biggest talents in comedy today, and not just in sheer girth....Bruce Bruce is one of the most.....
Kermit L. Buntrock, 1985. Cloth Hard Cover. 8vo. 104 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped, light rubbing along dj spine, light sunning along dj spine. Otherwise book is in excellent condition. Signed and numbered 117 out of 500 copies by the author, 2nd edition. Signed.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 210 pp. Light wear to corners and spine ends, light soiling, lettering to spine faded.
New York and Boston: Grand Central Publishing, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 292 pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Dj slightly scuffed, bumping to sp. ends and corners. Light wear to board edges, bumping to sp. ends, bump to front lower edge. Little faint stain to front board at top.....
NY: William Morrow and Company, 1999. First edition. Hard Cover. 4to. 98 pp. Two short wrinkles on paste-down endpapers (manufacturing flaw), one-inch scuff on top edge; white dustjacket shows slight rubbing in a few spots. Introduction by John Lithgow. Portraits of 49 comedians, both classic and contemporary.
New York: George H. Doran, 1915. Leather. 86 pp. 16mo. Floppy leather. Signed by the author. Rubbing to cover edges and joints. Scuffed, soiled. Spine worn w/ 2" piece and 1" pieces of leather missing. Sm. chips to leather along cover edges, large chip to rear lower corner. A.e.g., scuffed.....
New York: The Smit, 1986. Paperback. 8vo. 82 pp. Light sunning to spine. Light bumping to spine ends.A collection of crank letters to places such as The New York Herald Tribune, editors, The New York Times, etc.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 94 pp. Light bumping to spine ends and light soiling to book covers. Light discoloration to dj and light rubbing to dj. Tiny tears to dj spine. Sunning to dj spine.
New York: Madison Square Press, 1988. Cloth. Unpaginated. 4to. Cloth in dustjacket. Shelfwear to dj, bumping to spine ends and upper corners, soiling to spine. Minor shelfwear to book, has light musty odor. Few small stains to title page and facing page. From the exhibition, Humor '88 held at the.....
New York: Poorhouse Press, 1975. Paperback. Small 4to. 64 pp. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn. Light rubbing to covers. Otherwise book is fresh and clean. With cartoons and text such as "How to avoid obesity by burning up calories: 'Hate food. Thinking hateful thoughts or hating people.....
New York: Hyperion, 2005. First edition. Cloth Hardcover. 8vo. 358 pp. Book is in pristine condition. Pages are fresh and clean, dj is bright and clean. A novel from comedian Chris Elliot.
Cincinnati: The Eagle White Lead Co. Pamphlet. 12mo (skinny). Unpaginated. Spine ends and corners, light sunning to spine. A Promotional pamphlet given out by The Eagle White Lead Co. to advertise their lead pipe systems and products. Includes fine frontis photo of Luke McLuke "The Shakespeare of Humor", also filled.....
North Kingstown, RI: The Providence Journal Company, 1978. Cloth. 4to. Unpaginated. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn. Piece of dj torn at bottom of front cover. Wear and light rubbing to dj and covers. Pages are fresh and clean, binding tight. B/w illustrations throughout.
Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1905. Paperback. 87 pp. 12mo. Paperback. Worn, soiled. Spine paper largely missing. 4 x 4" triangular piece missing from rear cover and last page, which is an ads page. Tears and large pieces missing from bottom edge of rear cover and last few pages. Pages.....
