Search Results: Humor from Zoar Books & Gallery

New York: Simon, Schuster, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 238 pages. A review of our times with 311 cartoons and notes by D. R. Fitzpatrick. Foreword by Joseph Pulitzer, profile by Thomas B. Sherman. Fitzpatrick contributed political cartoons to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for more than forty years. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Brodart-protected. Price-clipped. Front free end-paper clipped. Owner's name and date on front pastedown. Poem by Kipling (written by owner) on ffep. Very minor underlining in some spots. Stain on half-title page. Rear fep and pastedown browned by newspaper cartoons tipped-in. Three color cartoons tipped-in. Dust jacket has some chips and small pieces missing.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 286 pages. The very best of Capsules of Wisdom, Bits of Humor, the light Verse, Potpourri, and Beloved Poems that have appeared in the past generation. Edges and ffep lightly soiled. Dust jacket chipped on spine ends and corners. Some edge wear. Staining on inside-top of jacket. It looks like there is a small sticker pull on the front cover with some letters missing.

New York, NY: Simon, Schuster, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 5 3/4" X 8 3/4," 293 Pages. What a delight! Bet Your Bottom Dollar is warm and witty, a feast for the heart. This impressive debut will have readers eagerly awaiting another visit to Cayboo Creek.

New York, NY: Mallerybooks.com, 1997. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2." 228 pages. Everything you need to know about backyard bird feeding. Chock-full of solid advice and uncommon wisdom, this book explains how to create a bird-friendly environment, build a nesting box, mix delectable suet dishes, and a whole lot more. Some shelf rubbing. Two creases on front wrap.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Editions No Bar Code Press, 2007. First Edition . Trade Paperback. As New. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2." 79 pages. The newest collection of rebel verse, fantasy, rant, short fiction and anarcho agit prop recipes. It contains over 30 stirring, provocative capsules of Nawrocki's trademark wit, passionate rage, love and reflection. Volume 1 of "The Brainfood Trilogy.

New York: Penguin Books, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 271 pages. A very funny book that was made into a movie. Some shelf wear.

Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews and McMeel, 1996. Printed Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128 pages. A Dilbert Book. Minor edge-wear. Crease on corner.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 265 pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Some shelf rubbing on dust jacket.

New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1990. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Louise Russell. 5 1/4" X 8 1/4." 304 pages. Laced with glimpses of a rich and fulfilled life, this book asks questions that many of us might like to avoid; questions about loss, loneliness, limitations, and death. Yet what prevails throughout these pages is Jonnie's humor and appreciation of life. Price-clipped. gift inscription on ffep. Very light soiling.

Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1944. Peoples Book Club Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Protected in plastic cover. Green cloth with blue and gold lettering on spine. DJ has fading, tears, and some missing pieces on edges, slightly soiled.

New York, NY: Scholastic Inc., 2011. Soft cover. Fine. Ursula Vernon. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4." 153 pages. Meet Danny Dragonbreath. He's the only mythical creature at a school filled with reptiles and amphibians.He can't breathe fire like a normal dragon. And the school bully keeps stealing his lunch. A fun read.

Hamilton, Montana: Duckboy Cards, Inc., 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8" X 8." 104 pages. Photos & Yarns: The best from Duckboy Cards and Calendars. Very funny.

London: William Tegg, 1873. First Edition . Decorated Hardback. Fair/None. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 262 pages. With remarks on the obsequies og various nations. Red cloth with gilt lettering and cross with angel. Black embossed border with beveled edges. Gilt edging. Front and rear boards detached. Spine attached to front board but torn. Very light foxing. Owners stamp on ffep.

Garden City, NY: Garden City Pub., 1941. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 5 3/4" X 8." 352 pages. One of the most widely appreciated and imitated writers of light verse. Nash considered himself a "worsifier." Among his best known lines are "Candy / Is dandy, / But liquor / Is quicker" and "If called by a panther / Don't anther." His poems also had an intensely anti-establishment quality that resounded with many Americans, particularly during the Depression. Some soiling. Spine ends bumped. Gift inscription on ffep.

New York, NY: Mysterious Press, 1993. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 4 1/8" X 6 3/4", 192 pages. Meet Charlie Poole, a Canarsie bartender, couch potato, and one of the biggest nebbishes in Brooklyn. When two hitmen come after him, he's totally baffled and suddenly on the run. Now Charlie has to learn how to handle his Mafia Uncle Al (point with a gun, not a finger, and threaten to tell Aunt Florence everything.) He has to learn how to deal with a beautiful woman who saves his life (telling the truth is good; making love is better.) And he has to do the very things he has been avoiding all his life: stand up for yourself--and leave Brooklyn for not only Manhattan, but the Bronx, and Staten Island, too. Spine slightly canted.

Whipped & Beaten Culinary Works, 2010. Soft cover. As New. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2." 162 pages. Teaches you the basics of good cooking if you can stop laughing long enough. Throughly funny.

Atlanta, GA: Turner, 1986. First Edition . Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Brian Froud. 6" X 8.5." 126 pages. A Who's Who of the goblin world.Spine ends bumped with one 1/2" tear on spine head.

New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8" X 5." 195 pages. Inscribed and signed on ffep. Has an address sticker of the author's address on ffep. The stories of how Morine helped protect land through its acquisition for the Nature Conservancy. A look at the dirty job of keeping America Clean. Light rubbing.

New York: Scribners, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240 pages. A collection of humorous anecdotes and quotations.

New York, NY: Knopf, 2002. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5 1/2" X 8 1/8," 292 pages. Roy Eberhardt is the new kid in Coconut Grove and the following have suddenly become of vital importance to him: alligators, snakes with glittery tails, crooked politicians, a bully with a lisp, some slippery fish, a renegade eco-avenger, a sinister pancake PR man. and some puny burrowing owls. Roy has most definitely arrived in Carl Hiaasen's Florida.