Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 180pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear; ownership last name inked on front flyleaf. Tight and attractive first edition. More
N.p. Paramount, n.y., [ca. 1980?]. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff yellow wrappers bound with 3 metal prong-type clasps. 3 text pages (rectos only), 2 glossy black-and-white photographs (8" X 10"). Near fine. Interesting "Paramount Portfolio 1" press kit sent by the studio to network affiliates for the re-release of this 1957..... More
Chicago: P.F. Volland & Company, 1909. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff pictorial wrappers, three-punched and tied with thick beige satin ribbon. 64pp. Very good. Mildest of edgewear only, with faint touch of dampstain at top of several leaves near rear. A handsome first edition of this early title compiled by the famed..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth and blue paper over boards. 96pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Rear jacket cover slightly soiled. First edition. Irreverent account of American history, beginning with "Prehistoric America (before Lawrence Welk)" and continuing through "The Space Age, or Upsy Days." More
New York: Random House, 1992. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xii, 257pp. Good plus. Rather edgeworn, but tight and decent. Later printing of the paperback edition, signed large and sloppy by O'Rourke in black ballpoint on the half-title page. More
Wausau, WI: Oak Press, 1987. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 229pp. Line drawings. Very good. First edition o this collection of northwoods humor, inscribed by the author on the title page: "Have fun, Merv / D Oakland." More
New York: Schocken Books, [1948]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 201pp, (4pp). Very good/very good. Jacket with small edge chips, mainly along top. A tight and nice second printing of this (to cite front jacket panel) "selection of classic Jewish humor, told in Yiddish but printed in the..... More
New Haven: Ticknor & Fields, 1982. Hardcover. Foreword by Gary Trudeau. Small 4to. Red cloth, dust jacket. 190pp. Heavily illustrated. Very good/good. First edition of this collection of drawings by Robert Osborn, "one of America's most admired artists and satirists. More
Columbus: Creative Light Press, 2000. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 100pp). Numerous line drawings. Near fine. Later (8th) printing of this popular 1980 collection of Palnik's immensely-populated and often Biblical cartoons, inscribed large and bold in blue ballpoint by Palnik on the title page: "To Suzanne in..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1983]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with silver lettering and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 262pp. Near fine/near fine. A wonderfully handsome and bright first edition of this bizarre self-help parody. More
Evanston, IL: The Schori Press, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. White buckram, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xi, 120pp. Illustrations, decorated endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Autograph of Ward Schori tipped in. Schori Press deluxe edition, with signature of publisher tipped in. Retirement humor written by this former "Chicago Tribune" columnist. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903. Hardcover. Illustrations by E.W. Kemble. Introduction by John Kendrick Bangs. Small 8vo. Yellow cloth with red lettering and red-bordered gilt lettering and black and red pictorial stamping. xvi, 332pp, (4pp ads). Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, small- and full-page line drawings. Near fine. Nonauthorial..... More
[New York]: Dutton, 1992. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth spine and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 210pp. Near fine/near fine. Ownership signature at top of front flyleaf. Tight, clean, attractive first edition -- signed large and bold by the author in black ballpoint on the front flyleaf. More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1983. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 276pp. Very good. Minor shelfwear; archivally mended tear on half-title page. First edition of "The Comic Novel of Annapolis," inscribed big and bold by the author on the half-title page: "To Kevin -- / Enjoy the old days. /..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1977]. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Extensive line drawings. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with chip at spine tail. Sharp, attractive and tight first edition highlighting some of the best cartoons of this "New Yorker" cartoonist. More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1993. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and lavender paper over boards, dust jacket. xiv, 239pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Fine/fine. First of this edition; originally published in 1955 as "The Devil's Pretty Daughter." More
Stillwater: Oklahoma State University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Edited by Joseph A. Stout, Jr. Small 4to. Grey cloth, dust jacket. xv, 174pp. Frontispiece. Fine/fine. First edition. Series II of "The Writings of Will Rogers" sponsored by the Will Rogers Memorial Commission and Oklahoma State University. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Illustrations by Grim Natwick. 16mo. Orange pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 77pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight, quite handsome eighth printing of this slim, humorous medical tale first told in "The Saturday Evening Post" in 1927. Front..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1936. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 351pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and light scuffing. A tight, attractive later printing of this 1924 gathering of humorous essays, illustrated with Nate Collier's fine full-page cartoons -- reissued after the..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Hardcover. Foreword by A.P. Herbert. 4to. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and salmon paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 150pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Just a book club edition, but tight and attractive. More
Honolulu: Manoa Press, 2001. Hardcover. Illustrations by the author. Complete 2-volume set. Wide 12mo. Glazed pictorial paper over boards, blue cloth over boards slipcase with paper label. (30pp, 30pp). Full-page color illustrations, map. Fine/fine/near fine. Nonauthorial gift inscription on first volume front flyleaf. Superb and tight first edition of this..... More
Garden City: Anchor Press / Doubleday, [1977]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards. 399pp. Illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear; lacks dust jacket. A tight, attractive first edition of this examination of The Windy City, its people and places, as seen through..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, [2002]. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. 156pp. Extensive illustrations (much color). Fine. Pristine first edition of this gathering of Christmas-theme "Peanuts" strips. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff red pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 75pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good. Text block lightly age toned, per usual. Quite tight and attractive first edition of this early "Peanuts" collection. More
Hollywood: Murray & Gee, 1943. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiii, 276pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn, with a number of small edge chips and one larger chip at tail of spine. Tight, attractive second printing, boldly inscribed on the front flyleaf "To Max Shallett, too /..... More