The Smiling Phoenix: Southern Humor from 1865 to 1914.
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1965. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red buckram, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 375pp. Fine/very good. First edition. More
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1965. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red buckram, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 375pp. Fine/very good. First edition. More
London: Methuen, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Green paper over boards, dust jacket. xv, 238pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Slight even age toning to text pages, as usual. Tight, nice first edition. Agate (1877-1947) was "the archetypal 'man about town' -- wit, spendthrift, homosexual, eccentric, gossip-monger...." 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), 4 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 1952..... More
New York: Vantage Press, [1967]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth, dust jacket. 55pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Surprisingly scarce first edition -- tight and handsome -- of this funky counter-culture parody, "the memoirs," according to the jacket front flap, "of a singularly free soul, a man who, in pursuit of off-beat..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1972. Hardcover. Engraved by John Held Jr. Small 4to. Brown and red cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. Numerous woodcuts. Very good/near fine. First of this edition. Classic American folk ballad accompanied by Held's striking woodcut illustrations. More
London: HarperCollins Publishers, [1995]. Hardcover. 12mo. Red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 52pp. Illustrations, decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. Tight and pristine first edition of this tongue-in-cheek featuring such contributors as Walt Whitpig, Lord Baconbum, Robert Hedgepig, Geoffrey Porker and others. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1958. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue and grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 71pp. Color frontispiece, color illustrations. Very good/very good. Chip at foot of jacket spine. First edition. Tongue-in-cheek collection of paintings by the fictional Mr. Otis, "surely one of the most original and vivid painters..... More
New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1976. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 785pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Very good/very good. Very minor edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this mammoth reference work -- and signed and inscribed by the author huge and bold in green fineline on the half-title..... More
New York: Avon Books, [1977]. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 784pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Very good. Mild edgewear, with inoffensive vertical crease lengthwise along front wrapper. A tight and quite decent first softbound edition of this indispensable, hefty reference work, still most useful for research. More
Rough and Ready, CA: Inspiration Press, [1992]. Paperback. Illustrations by Robert L. Walker. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 105pp. Very good. Mildest bit of wear to wrappers. A tight and attractive first edition of these humorous essays on rural ways, nicely inscribed and signed by the author in black ballpoint..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, [1902]. Paperback. Illustrations by Gelett Burgess. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers with brown, black and burgundy lettering and decorations. (5ppp). Frontispiece, full-page line drawings, decorative borders. Good. Outer wrappers typically worn, with 1½" chip at tail of spine; as always, text block moderately age..... More
N.p. Richard Abel & Company, [1968]. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff beige printed wrappers. (1p), 23pp. Near fine. Faintest of age toning to outer wrappers (only). Scholarly book distributor Abel introduces this facsimile reprint of this undated but apparently 18th century pamphlet published in Salop, England by one J. Eddowes -- one..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, [1965]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey/green paper over boards with black spine lettering, dust jacket. 163pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Tight and quite attractive reprint edition. More
[London]: Methuen, 1984. Hardcover. Edited by Martin Green. Illustrations by Posy Simmonds. 8vo. Grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 292pp. Illustrations. fine/fine. First edition, tight and handsome, of this "Methuen Humour Classic," which combines "Three Men in a Boat" with other select writings. More
N.p. Paramount, n.y., [ca. 1980?]. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff tan 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 3" press kit sent by the studio to network affiliates for the re-release of this 1958..... More
Tel Aviv: Spotlight Publications, 1973. Paperback. Preface by Teddy Kollek. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial pink wrappers. (Ca. 150pp). Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Light edgewear; small non-authorial gift inscription inside front wrapper. Later (4th) printing, tight and attractive, of this comic guide and history. More
McLean, VA: EPM Publications, [1977]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jeff MacNelly. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 174pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Faint bit of jacket edgewear; nonauthorial gitf inscription on front pastedown. Tight, handsome later printing, with fine cartoon illustrations by Pulitzer Prize-winner MacNelly..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Hardcover. Illustrations by Mircea Vasiliu. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 176pp. Line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Slightest of jacket edgewear. Superb, tight, attractive first edition of this lighthearted memoir about raising twin girls, signed big and bold by Kimbrough on the half-title..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards, dust jacket. 241pp. Very good/very good. Later printing. Beware! Guaranteed to offend everyone. More
New York: Parvenu Press, [1988]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Michael Witte. Square 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering pictorial dust jacket. ix, 86pp. Line drawings, decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. A tight, pristine first edition of this mock guide to modern manners, signed large and bold in black ink by Kron on the..... More
Seabrook, NH: Power Press, Summer 1975. Paperback. (Volume 1, Number 3). Folio. Pictorial wrappers. 63pp. Extensive illustrations (many color). Very good. Slightest of edgewear. Tight and attractive example of this short-lived quarterly, housed in a clear heavy-duty mylar sleeve that keeps its nice. More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1943]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue/green paper over boards with yellow spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xx, 265pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with several tiny edge chips; text block lightly age toned as usual. Tight and attractive third printing of this "Tower Books Edition" --..... More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1942]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with yellow spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xx, 265pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf; text block lightly age toned as usual. Tight and attractive first edition of the "Tower Books Edition" -- an appealing..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1988]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 25pp. Near fine/very good. Mild bit of faint jacket edgewear. Tight, clean, handsome first edition of the prolific news journalist's first book, a comic novel featuring One-Eyed Mack "and his odyssey through the Southwest..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 190pp. Near fine/very good. Very minor jacket edgewear. First edition, a handsome copy boldly signed by Levenson on the front flyleaf. More