Humor / Humour from Charity Bookstall

Minocqua, Wisconsin: Willow Creek Press, 1995. Horizontal 8vo size trade paperback; 104 pages illustrated throughout with black and white cartoons. From back cover: "The world's funniest outdoor-sports cartoonist has embarked on this hilarious and hardly-helpful guidebook for campers. Packed with delightful misinformation and how-to tips. (this book) carries the authenticity of a guy who has 'been there.'… Saber más sobre este artículo

Pusillanimous Books, 2017. Stated First Printing 8vo size trade paperback; 157 pages with a few black and white photographs From back cover: "(This volume) contains 50 odd essays in which (the) author dissects the most mundane of topics (among them cats, toilet paper, the Kardashians) and finds something objectionable about nearly all. He himself is not… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Private Eye Productions, 1978. 8vo size maroon leatherette hardcover has sewn binding and gilt titles on spine and front cover. The cover is designed to replicate a older book with gilt details on the cover illustrating a faux lock on front cover and faux metal corner tips on back cover. Unpaginated - more than 70 pages with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2007. 8vo size trade paperback; 227 pages From back cover: "With her trademark humor and practical wisdom, Loretta tackles how to live a long, healthy, juicy life-using herself and many of her friends and mentors as metaphors. Filled with practical advice, lifestyle skills, wisdom, and spirituality, Kick Up Your Heels . . . is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Virgil Partch, also known as Vip, 1916-1984 was a cartoonist and illustrator who created the nationally syndicated Big George cartoon strip. During his career, he produced 19 books of cartoons and illustrated a dozen other books. He was the recipient of Comic Con's 1979 Inkpot Award. Private Press, no publication information is present Horizontal 8vo size staple… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1941. Rare 1941 updated edition of the popular World War I humor book The author and illustrator were both veterans of World War I, 27th Division (New York.) 8vo size brown clothbound hardcover with darker brown titles on spine and cover. Front cover also has a small illustration; 119 deckle… Saber más sobre este artículo

Crown Archetype, 2014. Flat Signed on title page First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 340 pages with a few black and white photographs From jacket: "Have you ever finished a meal that tasted horrible but not noticed until the last bite? Eaten in your car so you wouldn't have to… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Gallery Books, 2012. Advance Uncorrected Proof 8vo size trade paperback; 241 pages Covers are unique to proof with front cover stating Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Back cover provides an overview of the book, a brief biography of the author, who is a standup comedian and minimal details of the finished book. From back cover: … Saber más sobre este artículo

Fantagraphics Books, 2006. Zippy the Pinhead Helps you recognize the 16 tell-tale signs 4to size softcover; 127 pages of black and white cartoons with a section of color cartoons. Includes Pindex. From cover: "Do you: Occasionally stop by the roadside to converse with large advertising statuary? Blurt out seemingly random opinions and phraseology? Become excitable… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Frederick Fell, 1950. with a foreword by William E. Mountford, MD 8vo size maroon clothbound hardcover with silver foil titles on spine; 273 blue topstained pages illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by Barye Phillips "A compilation of the humorous experiences of the medical practice and the allied professions; the "shop talk" among physicians, dentists,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Nav Press Group, 2007. Signed and inscribed on half title page. 8vo size trade paperback; 148 pages From back: "Coming to grips with life is challenging enough as it is. There's always someone who's thinner, funnier, smarter, and cuter. (We're not that thrilled with them either.) So what can you do? Avoid it,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher, 1961. 8vo size clothbound hardcover; 352 pages Contents include: A Kid for Two Farthings Make Me an Offer The Mendelman Fire Shorts Stories including Expresso Bongo Plays: The Bespoke Overcoat & It Should Happen to a Dog Sunned and bumped head and heel of spine. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1946. with an introduction by Christopher Morley with illustrations by George Herriman 12mo size black clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine and gilt decorations on front cover; 670 toned pages Contents includes: The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel From Archy's Life of Mehitabel From Archy Does… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Knopf, 1996. Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 113 pages with full page black and white illustrations on almost every page. Also includes CD-ROM, still in sealed package! with all of the cartoons from the book. From jacket: "The 100 wonderfully witty cartoons in these pages immerse us in today's newest,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Max Parrish, 1956. 12mo size black clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine; dust jacket; 104 pages with black and white illustrations throughout. Humour. From jacket: "You kno wot they they say the future is in the hands of YOUTH i.e. clots wet and weeds like grabber, peason my bor molesworth 2 (chiz the disgrace of… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Square Peg, 2011. Possible First Edition 4to size printed hardcover with dust jacket; 199 pages with single color illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers. Pagination starts on the right side. From jacket: "The Coffee Table Book of Doom is a handy way to keep you updated on all the ways you and everyone else might suddenly cease… Saber más sobre este artículo

Southport, CT: Bogey Four Productions, 1990. Very Rare Signed Copy of Golf Humor Book Private Press; 1990 First Edition with full numberline. Flat signed "? ? Paul Rusher" and dated. Paul Rusher is a combination of Paul Runk and Bobby Rusher. Bobby Rusher is the most famous author's pseudonym since Mark Twain. No,… Saber más sobre este artículo

White Plains, NY: Poorhouse Press, 1982. 12mo mass market paperback; 96 pages with black and white comic strip style illustrations. This humor book features short illustrated stories ranging from a single cartoon to several pages. There are a couple match the picture quizzes with the answers to them on the last two pages. Edgewear, wear and creased… Saber más sobre este artículo

Running Press, 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket; 3.25 inches long and 2.75 inches wide Unpaginated, about 12 pages with 6 pop ups and brightly colored illustrations. Suitable for children or adults. New, old stock (none of the computer monitors pictured are slim.) We note a small, light spot or foxed spot on title page.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1952. 128 pages book of black and white cartoons. The "cartoon apostolate" of Fransiscan Father Justin McCarthy. "He brings to the nation's comic page a new dimension of fun in the person of Brother Juniper." Interior pages are in great condition expect for one creased page corner; covers have sunning, soil, chipped… Saber más sobre este artículo