New York: D. Appelton Y Compania, 1873. Hardcover. 12mo. Original red cloth, spine decorated in gilt with gilt caricature of a devil dipping a quill into an inkwell. 496 pp., [8] ads. Ownership signature on f.f.e.p., light browning to leaves, some uncut pages, light fading to boards, rubbing along spine..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1918. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. red cloth. vii, 197 pp. Spine cocked, sunned and damp stained. Chafing to extremities, bumping to spine ends and lower front corner. Interior age toned. More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1962. Soft cover. 5.5" x 8" American Century Series. Soft cover. 211 pp. Covers deeply toned, spine faded. Light rubbing to edges. More
Boston: Journey Editions, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full blue cloth. B&W pictorial endpapers. 248 pp. Copiously illustrated in colour and B&W. Fine condition. More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1997. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. xix, 356 pp. Slight curling to front cover, else fine. Translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti. This is the first publication in English that contains Breton's definitive statement on l'humor noir, one..... More
London and Glasgow: Collins, 1955. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full red paper boards. 255 pp. Colour frontis., B&W illustrations in text. Spine cocked, lightly faded at ends. Dust jacket is chipped to spine ends and corners, rubbed to extremities. Once again, Anthony Buckeridge's sparkling humour and..... More
Burlington, IA: Burlington Publishing Company, 1877. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. russet publisher's cloth. 328 pp. [13] B&W plate illustrations. Rubbing to extremities, bumping and wear to corners and spine ends, soiling and staining to rear board. Lacking ffep. More
London: Printed for the Proprietors of English Classics by J.F. Dove, 1826. Hardcover. Contemporary calf boards, new calf spine in contemporary style. vi, 312 pp. Engraved frontis., engraved title. Professionally rebacked, binding tight and square. Calf to boards is cracked, worn, and scuffed. Ink inscription to ffep. Light foxing to..... More
Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1929. Hydeman, Sid L. Soft cover. Orig. grey cloth. 45 pp. B&W illustrations. Spine cocked, light chafing to edges. Dust jacket is chipped and bumped to extremities, damp stained to rear cover and front flap. More
Glasgow & Edinburgh: Porteous Brothers; John Ross & Company, 1877. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Orig. printed wrappers, calf spine, iv, 5-24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24; 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24; 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24; 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24, 24; 24, 24..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1915. Sarg, Tony. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. 64 pp. [4] B&W plate illustrations. Sunning and light wear to extremities. Spine cocked. Some offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, edge worn, chipped and creased to extremities. More
New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1971. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. All edges yellow. 111 pp. Illustrated with photos in text. Covers lightly toned and rubbed. Interior age toned. Based on the wildly funny movie from Walt Disney Productions. Based on the..... More
New York: Exposition Press, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. tan cloth. 63 pp. Offset panels to cloth, light spotting to front board and turn-ins, damp stain to lower corner and bruising to top edge of front board. Spine cocked. Interior age toned. Ink gift inscription to ffep. Cropping to..... More
New York: The Citadel Press, 1961. Rubington, Norman. 1st American Edition. Soft cover. 4.5" x 7" Soft cover. Unpaged. B&W illustration. Covers rubbed, spine sunned, edge worn. Stamp to tail edge. Light wear to hinge inside rear cover. More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. red cloth, viii, 159pp., (8)ads. Spine a bit cocked with some light soiling to boards, bruising to bottom corners o/w very good. A collection of satire previously published in in Punch magazine. Edmund George Valpy Knox (1881-1971) was the..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1996. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. SIGNED with inscription to title page. Quarter black cloth, black paper boards. ix, 271 pp. A few neat pencil notations to text margins. Fine. A scathing - but uncompromisingly fair - look at America's talk show host..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1972. Hardcover. 18mo. Orig. yellow paper boards. 55 pp. Woodcut illustrations and decorative initials by John De Pol. Fine. This is a small but highly selective collection of Franklin's writings. They are filled with wry observations, dry humor, devastating hoaxing, inventive bamboozling; reverence where Godliness and..... More
New York: George H. Doran, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. black cloth, orange lettering. 266 pp. Spine tilted, light rubbing to extremities. Black and gold dust jacket is cropped to flaps, has a few small chips to spine ends, small perforation to rear..... More
New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 9" x 8" Second printing. Oblong. Quarter yellow cloth, black paper boards. 239 pp. Fully illustrated in B&W. Light rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Ink gift inscription to ffep. Foxing to edges of text block. Offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket..... More
New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1971. Herman, Vic. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. All edges yellow. 74 pp. Illustrated with line drawings in text. Covers lightly toned and rubbed, spine tilted. Interior age toned. More
Montreal: Antiquarian Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. SIGNED presentation copy. Orig. tan card wrappers. 149 pp. Fully illustrated in B&W. Light soiling to rear cover, else fine. More
Toronto: John Wiley & Sons/Madison Press, 1980. Johnston, Lynn. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED by Gary Lautens to ffep. Full red cloth. 176 pp. B&W cartoons throughout. Bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket lightly bumped to extremities, a few short tears. Here are the funniest recollections of living, loving and surviving it..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Black quarter calf spine over patterned paper boards and paper spine label, 185pp. Frontispiece and illustrations. Staining on front and rear boards, wear on corners and extremities otherwise near fine. An examination of the writings and caricatures of Max Beerbohm..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942. Soglow, O. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. Orig. red cloth, black stamped vignette. 96 pp. Illustrated. Lightly rubbed to extremities, light white spotting to foot and fore edge of front board. Spine tilted, bruised at head. Dust jacket is price clipped, edge worn, a few..... More
London: Allan Wingate, 1951. Langdon, David. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. blue cloth. 144 pp. B&W illustration. Light chafing to extremities. Light foxing to endpapers. Dust jacket is age toned, foxed to reverse, chipped to spine ends and corners. More