Search Results: Humor from Conover Books

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1910. Minor edge and corner wear, corners are bumped and rubbed, spine is faded, first couple of pages are faded, overall a very clean, collectible first edition! Green cloth with black gilt lettering. Wonderfully well-preserved! 114 clean and unmarked pages! "Brass Tacks" isn't a very pretty name, but it attracts attention and gives individuality. The name doesn't matter anyway. It is the thing the name stands for. Brass Tacks will stand for net concrete truth and will be a place where we digest and grind up the ideas that we take into our mental digestive apparatus. These lines were written between times, during the strenuous life. The writing, analyzing, and thinking has helped the author and it is hoped the reading will help you. The writer has no strangle-hold on knowledge---claims no originality, assumes no superiority and tells nothing new. He tells old things in a new way. Just read "Brass Tacks" lines and maybe you… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 2003. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean signed first edition (stated)! Red boards quarterbound by gray with red lettering on the spine. Signed by the author on the half-title page! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 249 very clean unmarked and uncreased humorous and historical pages! "What do Sweet Potato Queens, Steel Magnolias, Ya-Ya Sisters, and Southern Belles have in common? They're Grits ---- Girls Raised In The South! Now you, too, can benefit from the unspoken rules, rich traditions, and distinctive style of the Southern woman. Like a tall glass of Grandma's lemonade, The Grits Guide to Life is sweet, sharp, and chock full of Southern Charm.". Signed by Author(s). First Edition / First Printing. Red Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Jove Pubns, 1993. A very crisp and clean first Jove Books paperback edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Full-color illustrated red wrapper with black and yellow lettering. Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in black and white! Extremely scarce and out-of-print! "There may be some argument about which European discovered America ---- an Italian or a Viking. But now the whole world has discovered that jolly Viking, Hagar the Horrible. Hagar is back, with his entire Viking crew plus Helga, Honi, Hamlet, Snert, Kvack, and of course, Lucky Eddie, Hagar's sidekick.". First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Jove Pubns, 1993. Minor edge wear, spine is lightly creased, pages are toning, some very light shelf wear, overall a very crisp and clean first Jove Books paperback edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Full-color illustrated blue wrapper with black and red lettering. Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in black and white! Extremely scarce and out-of-print! "There may be some argument about which European discovered America ---- an Italian or a Viking. But now the whole world has discovered that jolly Viking, Hagar the Horrible. Hagar is back, with his entire Viking crew plus Helga, Honi, Hamlet, Snert, Kvack, and of course, Lucky Eddie, Hagar's sidekick.". First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Bantam Books, 1960. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased, pages are toning, gently shelf worn, overall a very clean used vintage first Bantam Books paperback edition! 182 unmarked and uncreased hilarious pages! "All my life I have spun in a wild tarantella of unappeased longing----from girl to girl to girl. Yet due to an excessive lack of height (often mistaken for lack of manliness or sex-drive), I have always had what some people (also mistaken) call perfect love---all despair and no fulfillment. Still I go on trying....." . First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1955. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, spine is creased as well as the wrappers, pages are toning, shelf worn, couple of splits in the head and tail of the spine, overall a clean readable used first Ballantine Books paperback edition! Full-color illustrated wrappers with red and black lettering. 185 humorous pages! "Animation Dept.: Here is a thought! Who amongst you have seen the sight of man turned beast? A hapless few, we trust!....And yet....though we are repelled at the sight of man turned beast....we revel to see beast turned man! When you pass along this thought....remember you saw it in MAD!....." ----- from page 2.. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, stain the size of a quarter near the lower corner of the front of the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, overall a clean signed first edition (second printing)! Inscribed by the author on the ffep! Red cloth with black lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 219 very clean unmarked and uncreased hilarious pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "'Laugh and the world laughs with you ---- but only if the joke is good. If you want to 'make funny' for the people you must be prepared for battle,' says Joey Adams. And here, from a master comic, are the secrets of success in the joke-telling game.....". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition / Second Printing. Red Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York, New York: Warner Books, 1973. Minor edge and corner wear; scuffed and scratched; spine is creased as well as the upper corner of the front of the wrapper; light liquid stain on the front and rear of the wrapper (does not affect interior pages); some shelf wear; small tear in the upper portion of the rear of the wrapper; overall a nice used copy! Full-color illustrated wrapper with purple and red lettering. Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in black and white. . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York: Ballantine Books, 2014. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; upper corner of the ffep is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Flatsigned by the author on the second free endpaper! Pink boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 192 very clean unmarked and uncreased humorous and therapeudic pages! "TV host and New York Times bestselling author Jenny McCarthy is like your favorite friend: honest, open, and oh-so-funny. She also speaks her mind and says what the rest of us are thinking, a characteristic that has won her millions of fans no matter how much she 'stirs the pot.' Combining the secrets of her hard-won wisdom, witty observations, revealing notes to herself......." (SIGNED FIRST EDITION).. Signed by Author. First Edition. Pink Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York, New York: Berkley Books, 1989. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased as well as the lower corner of the front of the wrapper; some light shelf wear; former owner's name is written in ink on the title page! Color illustrated wrapper with violet and black lettering. Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in black and white! "For Wade the duck, fear isn't just an emotion, it's a way of life! His three biggest fears are water, the dark........and everything else! Peek in on Wade, Orson, Booker, Roy and the rest of the U. S. Acres gang.............". First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

U.S.A.: Cornerstone Press, 2012. A very crisp and clean SIGNED COPY; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Flatsigned by the author on the title page! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. 75 very clean unmarked and uncreased fun-filled and humorous pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "'You'll never find a book that better describes Wisconsin than this one.'-Dan Dieterich, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Prof. of English "Now is the time to read 'Wisconsin River of Grace'."-Door County Style magazine Ghosts and kielbasa. Blow guns and flying whitetails. Abraham Lincoln and the Wisconsin-Illinois Truce of '07. Aldo Leopold's warning and Icelandic immigrants who wave. These are just a few of the mysteries of Wisconsin River of Grace, a book that explores the irresistible pull of Gods Country. Kyle Whites essays are full of humor and reflection, delving into that sense of place for which we all long. Pining… Read More