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Science: The Elements of Laughter
de Featuring Cartoons from The New Yorker
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good+
- Edición
- Stated First Edition
- Published
- 2008
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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A book of science-related cartoons from The Cartoon bAnk, a Division of the New Yorker Magazine Company.
Book - Very Good+ condition. Very minimal wear, but corners do have an outward curve.
Please use photos as part of the description.
86 pages, plus Index of Artists Precio
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The Devil's Dictionary (Dover Thrift Editions)
de Ambrose Bierce
- Estado
- Usado - Good+
- Published
- 1993-05
- ISBN
- 9780486275420
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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From back cover: "In this splendid 'dictionary' of epigrams, essays, verses and vignettes, you'll find over 1.000 pointed definitions, e.g. Congratulation ("The civility of envy"...)... Anyone who likes to laugh will love The Devil's Dictionary."
Book - Good condition. Covers have light bumping and light edge/corner wear. I noted 1 bottom corner crease and a couple tiny edge closed tears. Text… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Girls with the Grandmother Faces: Not "How-to" but "Why Not?" for Today's Most Interesting New Breed of Women
de Frances. Weaver
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- Usado - Near Fine
- Published
- January 23, 1991
- ISBN
- 9780843129007
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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From back cover: "...To think of yourself in that way takes daring. Her ideas are a constant challenge to us and to herself to live up to what she claims we can be." - Peter Trumbull, Post Star, Glens Fall, N.Y.
"Her style is a cross between Andy Roney and Erma Bombeck." - Judy Hoff, Book Editor, Niskayuna (NY) Journal
Near Fine… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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On Growing Up: Letters to American Boys & Girls Including "The Uncommon Man" and Other Selections
de Herbert Hoover, ed. William Nichols
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 1962
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
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- 1
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From the Editor's Preface: "...you will find Herbert Hoover writing not as a former President, but as a former Boy. It is a role which suits him well. He has always loved the memory of his own boyhood, with a grave, affectionate, and wisely humorous regard for all boys and girls who are engaged in the serious business of growing… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Best of Bill Vaughan
de Edited by Kirk W. Vaughan, Robert W. Butler
- Estado
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good+
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- ISBN
- 9780830902613
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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From the hard cover dust jacket that is on a different listing: "In 1939, Vaughan came to work for the Kansas City Star, where he remained for thirty-seven years, except for three years spent in the Army Air Force in World War II. Shortly after his return from Europe, Vaughan was given "Starbeams," thought to be the oldest continuously published… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Essential Handbook of Victorian Etiquette
de Thomas E. Hill
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Published
- September 1994
- ISBN
- 9780912517124
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- 1
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From back cover: "Every do and every don't in this book is exactly as it was written down a hundred years ago by the Victorian era's leading expert on manners and morals!"
"One of the most useful volumes that was ever laid upon the drawing room table." - Chicago Evening Post
Learn things like:
How to properly criticize your spouse.
How to refuse soup… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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A Red Skeleton in Your Closet: Ghost stories gay and grim selected by the master of comedy
de Red Skelton
- Estado
- Usado - Good+
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1965
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
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- 1
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From "Of Course I Believe in Ghosts" by Red Skelton:
"DOESN'T EVERYBODY?
Sometimes, just before I go on stage, the ghost of the greatest pantomimist of all whispers in my ear. His name was Grimaldi and even though he lived a couple of centuries ago, he tells me funny things to try and do."
This is a collection of ghost stories from various… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Raccoons Are The Brightest People
de Sterling North
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1967
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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Quote from first page: "Beyond our maddest hopes...Everyone will pick his own favorites from a rollicking ring-tailed procession - and from about 90 of the most amazing animal photographs ever assembled." - Chicago Tribune. Good condition. A little, but not much edge/corner wear. Spine is creased. Book has a curve. Text is clean and binding is VERY tight. Black &… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Presidential Anecdotes
de Paul F. Boller
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- Usado - Very Good-
- Published
- 1982-09-30
- ISBN
- 9780140063493
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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From back cover: "Paul F. Boller, Jr., opens the White House doors and introduces us to thirty-nine men with little more in common than their address - a temporary one, at that. From George Washington to Ronald Regan, here are the Presidents of the United States in their unguarded moments, revealing their frustrations, their flights of fantasy, and, most of… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Spotlight on History
de Hugh Chase
- Estado
- As New
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- November 1, 2002
- Encuadernación
- Leather look over boards
- ISBN
- 9781585971466
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 23.44
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From the dust jacket front flap: Hugh was a native of Kansas City, MO and a veteran of World War II, He entered the Police Academy in the early 1950's and became one of Kansas City's finest. His active duty came to a halt after an on duty accident. After many months he returned to the department as their librarian… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Best of Bill Vaughan
de Edited by Kirk W. Vaughan, Robert W. Butler
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Published
- 1979
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- ISBN
- 9780830902613
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 14.09
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From the hard cover dust jacket that is on a different listing: "In 1939, Vaughan came to work for the Kansas City Star, where he remained for thirty-seven years, except for three years spent in the Army Air Force in World War II. Shortly after his return from Europe, Vaughan was given "Starbeams," thought to be the oldest continuously published… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Bill Vaughan, Starbeams
de Edited by Kirk W. Vaughan, Robert W. Butler
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good-
- Edición
- Assumed First Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Encuadernación
- Leather over boards
- ISBN
- 9780830903290
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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From the dust jacket, back flap: "In 1939, Vaughan came to work for the Kansas City Star, where he remained for thirty-seven years, except for three years spent in the Army Air Force in World War II. Shortly after his return from Europe, Vaughan was given "Starbeams," thought to be the oldest continuously published column in the country (it… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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My Lady Nicotine
de J.M. Barrie
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- Usado - Good
- Published
- 1899?
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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This book is by the creator of Peter Pan. It is an earlier work written in first person about his days as a smoker and to his last pipe as he becomes a non-smoker. It includes humorous stories about his companions, habits, and quitting.
Good condition. Olive green cloth cover with black text and black & green graphics. Spine edges and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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1001 One Minute Stories
de H.S. Chapman
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- Usado - Fair
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1927
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
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- 1
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This book lives up to it's title. It is full of very short stories - many of them with some humor.
Here's a sample:
"A young man was one day talking with a lady about some of the ironies of married life. 'I can't imagine anything more dreadful,' said he, 'than for a woman after mending her husband's coat, to… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Half the Battle
de Bill Vaughan
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- Usado - Fair
- Published
- 1967
- Encuadernación
- Red paper covered boards with gold cloth spine and white lettering
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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From title page: "More than 100 forays, advances, skirmishes, ambushes, victories, cop-outs, standoffs and outflankings in the funny business of living."
Fair condition. Good reading copy. Text is free of marks. Cover and spine show wear. Inside cover has bookplate: Robert Uhlmann Medical Library Donor Kansas City Star.
Front endpaper has glue residue, stamp, and black… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Kansas City Coffee Breaks: Laughs from the Office
de C.R. Van Orman
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- Stated First Edition
- Published
- 1961
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Per the front DJ flap: "...where the most amusing tales of office vagaries and personal experiences are told to friends and co-workers. The congeniality and simplicity of the various incidents are told in a clear, near colloquial voice. This gives the feeling that we're listening to an old friend who has a deserved reputation for having a keen eye and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Bettyville: A Memoir
de George Hodgman
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- Usado - Good
- Published
- 2016-02
- ISBN
- 9780143107880
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Review: "A remarkable, laugh-out-loud book." - The New York Times.
From back cover: "When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself - an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook in a head-on collusion with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will." George can't bring himself to force her from the home both treasure.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Cheers! 1024 Toasts & Sentiments for Every Occasion
de Kevin P. McDonald
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- Usado - Very Good
- Published
- 2004-01
- ISBN
- 9781579123864
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Nervous about an upcoming toast responsibility? This book will give you all the tools you need to pull off your post like a pro. The toasts cover all kinds of life events - from A to Z, from birth to death. There is even a "Do's and Don't" section.
The book has a leather look cover over a thin board.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Last Chapter and Worse
de Gary Larson
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- Usado - Good
- Published
- 1996-09-01
- ISBN
- 9780836221312
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- 1
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This book includes the cartoons from Larson's final six months of newspaper syndication, plus 13 new cartoons he drew since he retired. Mingled with these are a few other cartoons that were never published in a Far Side book.
Good condition. Small water stain and a bump at the top corner. The water stain shows on most pages. Otherwise clean with… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Women on Men Views on the Opposite Sex
de Lois L. Kaufman
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- April 1990
- Encuadernación
- Decorative Printed paper over boards
- ISBN
- 9780880885850
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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From Introduction: "This book contains both humorous and serious quotes on men, boys, guys and husbands. Women have always been eager to express their views about the opposite sex, and their attitudes about men transcend time and place, economic station, and nationality. Women's comments about men are witty and irreverent, bawdy… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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