The Rise and Fall of American Humor.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xii, 506pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Red remainder dot on bottom page edges. First edition, tight and clean. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xii, 506pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Red remainder dot on bottom page edges. First edition, tight and clean. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Hardcover. Illustrations by Ron Carreiro. Small 8vo. Salmon paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. x, 175pp. Line drawings. Very good/very good. Mild bit of jacket wear, else a tight and quite nice first edition of this tongue-in-cheek look at colonial America. More
New York: American Book Company, 1937. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. 573pp. Very good. Ownership signature on front flyleaf. First edition, a tight and clean copy of this classic. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1972]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Light grey cloth spine with brown lettering and dark grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with couple of archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears, but overall attractive. Tight and nice first..... More
New York: Weathervane Books, 1972. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear; abrasion on front flyleaf. First edition, tight and nice, of this "Devilish View of the Yankee Past," being 35 folk tales divided by category ("Witches," "The Sea," "Indians," "Pirates,"..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1966. Hardcover. Illustrations by Bill Mauldin. 12mo. Orange, white and black paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. (78pp). Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Inscribed and initialed by Mauldin. First edition. Inscribed "For Hattie / M" by Mauldin on the front flyleaf. Uncommon as such. More
New York: Promontory Press, [1993]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Warren Chappell. Small 4to. Blue and grey paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xx, 625pp. Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Handsome, tight reprint of the thick classic 1960 study. More
New York: Promontory Press, [1981]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Warren Chappell. Small 4to. Yellow paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xx, 625pp. Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. A quite tight and sharp reprint edition of the thick classic 1960 study. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. Hardcover. Illustrations by J.J. Lankes. 8vo. Green decorated cloth with gold foil spine label. vi, 225pp, (1p), (4pp ads). Two-color woodcut frontispiece, numerous small woodcuts, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Mild binding edgewear only, else internally tight and near fine. Attractive first edition of this..... More
Mukilteo, WA: Scott Publications, 1975. Hardcover. Drawings by Harriet U. Fish. 8vo. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 182pp. Drawings, map endpapers (front only). Very good/good plus. Inscribed by Mary Edith Branham. First edition, inscribed by one of the authors on the front flyleaf verso "To Elma Lacock -- / With..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth spine and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. xii, 324pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight, attractive first edition. Memorable essays on memorable humorists: Fred Allen, Robert Benchley, George Bond, Marc Connelly, Finis Farr, Corey Ford, Nunnally Johnson, S.J. Perelman, Arthur Samuels, John..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine and black paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 220pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First edition, a tight and nice copy of this lightweight memoir by the wife of Art Buchwald. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. Hardcover. Illustrated by Steve Mendelson. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 350pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. First edition. Amusing compendium of politically-fueled verbal attacks by the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. Hardcover. Illustrated by Steve Mendelson. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and yellow paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 334pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Later printing. Collection of satiric essays lambasting Ronald Reagan's presidency and policies. More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 778p, (2pp ads). Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, handsome later printing of this Modern Library Giant, #G14, first published in 1934 and this printing..... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 778p. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive early printing (undated, but ca. 1940) of Modern Library Giant #G14, first published in 1934. More
New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1969. Hardcover. Illustrations by Derek Alder. 8vo. Green paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 159pp. Line drawings. Very good/good plus. Single jacket chip on rear panel. Later printing, tight and clean. "The Art of Irish Blarney... and how to Blarney back. More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906. Hardcover. Illustrations by Will Crawford. 16mo. Tan cloth with black lettering and black/ivory pictorial stamping. 37pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 4 full-page plates. Very good. A tight and nice early (4th) printing of what is by far the best-known story from this prolific American author..... More
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1970. Hardcover. Foreword by Al Capp. Illustrated by Charles Brooks. Small 4to. Green marbled paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 127pp. Cartoons. Near fine/near fine. First edition. Collection of quotations of this former vice president. More
Winona, MN: The Winona Post, 1996. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan glazed wrappers. vi, 106pp. Illustrations. Fine. First edition of this collection of homespun humorous essays, boldly signed "All the best! / Jerome" inside the front wrapper. Move over, Garrison Keillor! More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pictorial paper over boards. vii, 61pp, (2pp). Frontispiece, 3 illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Bit of normal edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf. First edition of this volume in this humorist's "Cobb's America Guyed Books" series." "KANSAS," screams the pictorial..... More
New York: Current Books, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth. xviii, 446pp. Very good. Lacks jacket, but a tight, clean and attractive copy nonetheess -- and signed boldly by Conroy on the front flyleaf. Bookplate on half-title page. First edition. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1987. Hardcover. Introduction by Alvin F. Poussiant. 8vo. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 176pp. Near fine/near fine. A tight, attractive first edition of the comedian's thoughts on aging, with an archival decorative-edged bookplate on front..... More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange decorated cloth. x, 161pp. Illustrations. Fine. Tight and pristine first edition of this "high spots" annotated bibliography, with sections on Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa, East Africa and the West Indies. Quite useful for reference. More