Search Results: Humor from the book scot

Earth Publishing Company. No place., 1955 Book size about 5 by 7 inches with some 24 pages including the covers. Bound in illustrated wraps with identical front and rear covers. Illustrated with portraits by Richard Roth. Clemens bawdy take on Elizabethan manners which is still funny today. Slightest of wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Abe Martin Publishing Company. Indianapolis. No date (Circa 1920?)., 1920 Book size about 4 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with some 150 or so unnumbered pages. Bound in light brown paper covered boards with front cover and spine gilt lettering. Illustrated throughout by the author. IN THE ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER with a front cover illustration not in the book. Humor by one of the great American humorists who spent most of his career in Indianapolis. Book with very slight wear; front cover rippled in a few places where the cover did not stay glued down to the boards; previous owner inscription on FFEP; one or two pages with small tears. Dust wrapper with heavy chips at spine top/bottom; more moderate chipping along front cover top/bottom edges; front flap detached (No loss to any of the lettering or illustration from the chipping). Nice copy of a very scarce book in an even scarcer dust wrapper. VERY GOOD+/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1973. First Printing of this reissue edition., 1973 Book size about 5 by 7 1/2 inches with some 222 pages. Bound in black paper covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Book with very slight wear; bit of light foxing to outer edges. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Harper & Brothers. NY., 1926 Book size about 7 by 9 inches with some 120 or so unnumbered pages. Bound in red cloth with a full front cover color pictorial paste-on & black spine lettering. Publisher applied red stain to the top edge. Illustrated end papers (Same for front and rear). Tipped-on color frontis, every other page with a full page black/white image, every other page with a smaller black/white image. Format of the book is to have a page of text facing an illustration matching the text. Book of satiric humor using anthropomorphic cats to illustrate various human foibles. Early printing with previous owner name and date of 1929 at the front. Book a bit shaken; light wear. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

George Routledge and sons. London. No date (Circa 1872--early printing)., 1872 Book size about 6 by 7 inches with some 222 pages plus four pages of publisher ads at the rear. Bound in green boards with beveled edges and front cover illustrations and lettering in gilt--gilt spine lettering. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout by the author. An early printing the date can be determined from the fact that the publisher ads at the rear include 'Every Boy's Annual for 1873'. Covers rubbed; light wear through at three tips; spine top/bottom with moderate wear; both hinges cracked (The rear severely). GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

James A McCann Company. NY. 1919. First Edition. Book size about 6 by 8 inches with some 324 pages. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. The world as Harry Lauder saw it all told in Scot's dialect. Covers with light to moderate wear; hinges cracked; a bit shaken. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Herbert Jenkins. London. 1965. Autograph Edition--First Printing., 1965 Book size about 5 by 7 1/2 inches with some 208 pages. Bound in green paper covered boards with gilt spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper which the publisher has price clipped and attached a printed price label for L1.50 (Label has come loose and is laid-in at front). Book with no sign of wear; foxing to all the outer edges and at the very front. Wrapper with no sign of wear. NEAR FINE/FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine.

George M Hill Company. Chicago. 1900 (Copyright 1891 by E W Nye)., 1900 Tan cloth with front cover Art Nouveau decoration in brown and gold; also small head and shoulders image of the author. Spine with brown and gold lettering and decoration. 504 pages. Small 4to. Illustrated throughout with 'One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations by J. H. Smith'. Title Page tipped-in. This appears to be a reprint of his book 'Remarks' which came out in the late 1880's using sheets prepared previously and with only a Hill Title Page. Contains 'About Two Hundred Sketches By America's Greatest Humorist with A Biographical Note'. The Hill issue of this book appears to be rare as I can find no reference to it in my various references. Light general wear with the bottom tips worn through; spine bottom with light fraying; covers a bit soiled; extremely cheap paper Title Page is cracked at the spine edge for about half its length; top edge darkened. A tight solid attractive copy with uncracked… Read More

Simon and Schuster. NY. 1962. Second printing., 1962 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 283 pages. Bound in bright yellow cloth with a gray cloth spine. Top edge stained black. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AT THE FRONT. Compilation of the witty sayings of this Kansas City Star newspaper columnist. Book with very light wear. Dust wrapper soiled and with sunned spine. VERY GOOD+/GOOD+ Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Harper & Brothers. NY., 1914 Smallish book about 4 1/2 by 7 inches with some 58 pages. Bound in illustrated bright blue cloth with gilt lettering. Fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Tissue guarded color frontis illustrated by Strothmann. The author's take on composer Wagner. Harper date code of A-O; page vii so numbered. Spine a bit sunned else slight wear. A clean and unmarked book. VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

J B Lippincott. NY. Stated First Edition., 1944 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 inches with some 267 pages. Bound in illustrated blue cloth with red lettering. Illustrated throughout with full page line drawings by Ray Inman. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $2.00. From the front flap blurb: 'It is the first book written around Army theatricals, one of the most potent morale weapons ever devised.' A humorous novel about the trials and tribulations of managing a theater company under war time conditions. Book with previous owner name and two Christmas stickers at the front. Wrapper with moderate edge wear most noticeable at the spine top/bottom. Seventy years later it is still a good read. VERY GOOD/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Henry Holt and Company. NY. 1957. Stated First Edition., 1957 Slick illustrated paper covered boards. Unpaginated (some 64 pages). Every page with a full page drawing and caption. Two small pieces out of the front cover spine edge. A clean shiny copy. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Herbert Jenkins. London. 1968. First Edition., 1968 Book size about 5 by 7 1/2 inches with some 189 pages. Bound in green paper covered boards with silver spine lettering. Book with light top edge foxing; light covers soil. Overall very slight wear. VERY GOOD+ Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Roycrofters. East Aurora, NY. No date but circa 1915., 1915 Four page printed advertisement for the Elbert Hubbard humor book published by the Roycrofters. Folded size about 3 by 5 inches. Written tongue-in-cheek style humorous reviews of the book. An exceedingly scarce promotional piece from The Roycrofters. Paper mildly age toned; very slightest of wear. FINE. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

T B Peterson & Brothers. Philadelphia. 1869. New and Enlarged Edition., 1869 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 48 pages. Bound in cream wraps with front cover lettering in black and green. Leland poked fun at the new German immigrants and their heavily accented English in these pieces which were immensely popular in their day. Covers detached at the spine edge; nearly all of the spine cover gone; covers edges moderately chipped; previous owner name in ink on Title Page. All here and the interior is sound. Scarce in the original wraps. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Herbert Jenkins. London. Stated fourth printing., 1926 Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 314 pages plus four pages of publisher ads at the rear. Bound in illustrated green cloth with black lettering. Hinge cracked at title page; covers a bit soiled--interior clean and unmarked. VERY GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 4th Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

James Blackwood & Co. London., 1877 Book size about 5 by 7 inches with some 154 pages plus 22 page publisher catalog at the rear. Bound in dark green cloth with covers decorative blind stamping and illustration in gilt on front cover and spine. Seven humorous tales in all with decoration by 'Phiz'. Very scarce. Corners bumped; light rubbing; light wear. A clean and unmarked book with undamaged hinges. NEAR FINE Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Herbert Jenkins. London. 1965. Autograph Edition--First Printing., 1965 Book size about 5 by 7 1/2 inches with some 208 pages. Bound in green paper covered boards with gilt spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper which the publisher has price clipped and attached a new price label for L1.50. Book with a small chip from bottom corner of first two pages else very slightest of wear. Wrapper with tiny chip at front flap fold bottom else very slightest of wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Ullstein Verlag. Berlin. 1956., 1956 Decorated blue cloth. Unpaginated. Oblong squarish 8vo. Collection of cartoons from the early 1900's to the 1950's. Printed accordion fold style. Light general wear; lengthy inscription on the FFEP. VERY GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good.

Hermann Klemm. Berlin. No date but circa 1920, 1920 Book size about 10 by 12 inches with some 176 pages. Bound in gray paper over boards with salmon cloth spine and tips, front cover large pictorial paste-on. Mottled paper end papers. Illustrated throughout with numerous drawings by Busch. Works of the noted German humorist. Book is completely in German. Tape repair to some latter page edges; wear through at tips and spine top/bottom. GOOD. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.