Search Results: Humor from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Magenta paper-covered boards textured to resemble cloth, illustrated endpapers, [78] pp, 17 3-color illustrations. Very faintly musty. DJ has two 1 cm closed tears, rear panel lightly soiled; in Brodart archival cover. Stubby, a 4-legged ass who learns how to talk and read, goes to Washington and straightens out messes made by the more common 2-legged asses. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Margot Johnson. 18½ X 26 cm (oblong).

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Purple ribbed cloth, gilt titles & decoration on spine, top edge imitation gilt, [vii], 221 pp, 8 ff b & w plates. Bottom corners of boards bumped. corner of rfep creased, partially unopened, top edge fake gilding is tarnished. Apparently the first combined edition, although Coffee & Repartee was published separately in 1893, and The Idiot in 1895. In Bangs' light novels, the residents of a boarding house, including the Doctor, the School-master, the Bibliomaniac, and the genial gentleman who occasionally imbibes, engage in verbal persiflage with the Idiot over breakfast. Somehow, the Idiot always comes out on top. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . VG/No dj. 20 X 13½ cm.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cover, 178 pp, index. Bottom corner of front cover lightly bumped, else as new. From Ch 2: "...back in those days may people believed that the world was flat. Today, of couse, we know that this is true only in heavily Protestant states such as Iowa, but back then people believed that if you went too far, you might sail right off the edge. In fact you would probably want to sail off the edge, since the average sailing ship had about the same size and seaworthiness as a Yugo hatchback." Shipping weight 1 lb.. 2nd ptg. Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. 21 X 13½ cm.

New York: Simon & Schuster WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial yellow paper covered boards, 127 pp, 22 ill. Top and bottom edges browned and slightly worn, boards slightly bowed, owners address label on ffep, else fine. DJ rubbed and soiled at joints, slightly soiled elsewhere, with a few closed tears, the largest of which is just under 2 cm long; in Brodart archival cover. Entertaining smart-aleck answers to typical advice-columnist questions, for example: "Q: Do you think Lady Chatterly's Lover should be banned? A: I think it is entirely up to Lady Chatterly." However, the illustrations by Pogo creator Walt Kelly are the main draw. It is interesting to see Kelly drawing people instead of funny animals. Shipping weight 1 lb.. First Edition. . VG+/VG. Illus. by Walt Kelly. 21 X 13 cm.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter light grey paper with dark grey paper-covered boards, foil titles on spine, x, 258 pp, numerous Dilbert cartoons. One corner bumped, spine ends slightly rumpled. DJ price-clipped, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. A send-up of books by futurists and business forecasters, illustrated with reprinted Dilbert cartoons. Postcard offering Dilbert merchandise laid in. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by the Author. 21½ X 16½ cm.

New York: Hyperion, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth with yellow paper-covered boards, 210 pp. Faint grey line on rear board, slight wrinkle to rear free endpaper, else as new. DJ shows a hint of wrinkling along top edge, else as new; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Hyperion, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth with yellow paper-covered boards, 210 pp. Leaning, slight wear to fragile bottom edges near corners, else as new. DJ has perfectly straight closed tears at top & bottom of fore-edge between front panel and flap, else as new; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). 5th ptg. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date. Harbrace Modern Classics No. 5. Grey cloth with titles in red on front board and spine, dec. endpapers, [xi], 176 pp. Edges and spine ends slightly worn. DJ is rubbed at joints and fore-edges, has small chips at spine ends and corners, flaps clipped at all four corners, spine slightly faded, rear panel lightly soiled; in Brodart archival cover. The highly entertaining progress of Mr. Kaplan, immigrant from Warsaw, in his beginning English class. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). Reprint. . VG+/VG. 20½ X 14 cm.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, gilt titles on spine, 176 pp, index. Edges of boards sunned, else fine. DJ covered with adhesive plastic, else fine. This is an entertaining collection of mistaken opinions of the past, generally on topics of which actual knowledge is possible. Technological opinions seemed to be more hilariously wrong when they were too conservative rather than too optimistic, but I for one am sorry that this prediction of T. Baron Russell, in his book One Hundred Years Hence (1905), never came to pass: "...however rapidly and however frequently the the trains or airships of the period may travel, the process of making up van loads of mail matter for despatch to remote centres, and redistribution there, is far too clumsy for what commerce will demand a hundred years hence. No doubt the soil of every civilised country will be permeated by vast networks of pneumatic tubes: and all… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Boards covered with blue paper textured to resemble cloth, title & ill. stamped in black on front board, ill. endpapers, [vii], 244 pp, over 50 cartoons. Extremities rubbed, owner's signature on recto of ffep. Book-of-the-Month Club review laid in. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). BOMC. . VG/No dj. Illus. by Gluyas Williams. 21 X 14½ cm.

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, grey spine with gilt titles, xxii, 233 pp. A little rubbing to edges of boards & DJ. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/VG+. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter white cloth with sky-blue paper-covered boards, 211 pp. DJ very lightly rubbed, else as new; in Brodart archival cover. Collection of humorous essays previously published in various magazines, but mostly Outdoor Life. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . As New/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, white cloth spine with red foil titles, ix, 214 pp. Price-clipped DJ has a couple of surface chips to rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. Collection of humorous essays originally published in Outdoor Life and other hunting magazines. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: The John Day Company, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth-textured boards, black titles on front board & spine, dec. endpapers, 191 pp, dozens of cartoons. Corners & spine ends rubbed, else fine. DJ corners trimmed, moderate edge wear, small tears under 1 cm; in Brodart archival cover. How to " 'ave it all and not get 'ooked," as Doolittle put it. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). First US Edition. . VG+/VG+. Illus. by Dennis Mallet. 19 X 13½ cm.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1921 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sage green boards with dark green decoration and titles on front board and spine, 102 pp. A few minor bumps, corners and spine ends a bit frayed, boards and edges a bit dusty, owner's embossed stamp on ffep, front endpapers browned by old sales receipt laid in, one leaf has a partially blotted ink spot. DJ rubbed, soiled, with chips ranging from tiny to 1 X 2 cm; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "These humorous poems and sketches of life at the fashionable Florida resorts are full of gay and cheerful snatches of local color. Compiled in the most up-to-date slang and New Yorkese, they afford a colorful picture of the delights and humors of the South in wintertime." Shipping weight 1 lb.. First Edition. . G+/G+. 19½ X 13 cm.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1978 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red paper-covered boards textured to resemble (vaguely) leather, gilt cherry cluster on front board, [xv], 203 pp, 15 full-page illustrations. Slight edge wear and a small stain near top corner of rear board, small stains on fore-edge, gift inscription on recto of ffep. DJ starting to brown, with just a hint of wear at corners and spine ends; in Brodart archival cover.. First Edition. . Very Good/Fine. Illus. by Hal Just. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2010 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale blue boards with red spine, yellow titles, xv, 254 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. The Free Lance Books, No. VI. White boards with black titles & decorative border, black cloth spine with titles on paper label, xviii, 210 pp. Covers soiled & heavily rubbed, 5 cm tear to pp 13-14. Back-handed praise from the master of invective. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). 2nd ed. . Good/No dj. 19 X 13 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light grey cloth with maroon titles and design on front board, top edge dyed maroon, vi, 258, [2] pp. Boards somewhat soiled, corners bumped, spine ends worn, spine sunned and tail of spine stained, part of DJ tipped onto recto of ffep, remains of a bookplate on verso of rfep, offsetting from no longer present source on rpd (possibly this was a rental library copy), stain on rear endpapers, contents good to very good. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Good/No dj. 19½ X 13½ cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light grey cloth with maroon titles and design on front board, top edge dyed maroon, vi, 258, [2] pp. Boards soiled, corners bumped, spine ends worn, cloth on front board pierced in a few places, apparently by a dog's teeth, part of DJ tipped onto recto of ffep, remains of a bookplate on verso of rfep, offsetting from no longer present source on rpd (possibly this was a rental library copy), contents good to very good. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). 4th ptg. . G-/No dj. 19½ X 13½ cm.