Humor from Crabtree's Collection Old Books

NY: Harper & Brothers. VG Hardback in G DJ (some edgewear DJ). 1959. 3RD Printing. Assessment of 13 of the most unimportant nations on the face of the earth. Book store stamp on front endpaper. .

NY: Putnam. G HB in G DJ. (1966). Truly a son of the Great Society. Here he tries to explain that Society and what it means to all of us. Price clipped dj. . Owner inscription (in French) fep .

NY: New American Library. G PB (some edgewear). (1977). 1st prntg. Photos from TV shows with funny captions and identification of actors in pictures. .

guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. VG PB. (2002). 1ST Ed, 3rdptg. Roundtrip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things, the Pine Tree State has to offer. .

Camden, ME: Down East Books. VG PB. (1991). 1st printing. When should you feed your lobster, how should you handle discipline, What should you do if he is caught in a tree? .

Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel. VG spiral 1997 Dilbert desk calendar. (1997).

Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press. G. (1983). Author captures the unique texture and humor of real Maine life. Illustrator Sample was born in Aroostock County and grew . up on the Maine coast and picked up on the wit and humor of Maine people. He is well known as a humorist performing throughout the country. He lives in Winslow, Maine. Some… Read more about this item

NY: Sun Dial. Fair in fair DJ ex-library. (1937). Wodehouse exposed American love next situation; USA swept by gales of laughter. Edge wear to binding and DJ. .

NY: Boni. G. 1927. Illustration of cowboy riding an airplane and trying to land in Russia on front endpaper. "If you like the following . subjects you wil jut love this text book. Aviation, Vocka, Bathin Bareback, Whiskers, long ones; Propaganda, all sorts; Free Love; Bombs, etc. and 21 other wrong ways to run a country. Colorful binding, black… Read more about this item

Boston: Back Bay/Little Brown. VG PB. (2008). 14th ptg. "It's not just that Sedaris's crisp prose is humorous. What makes his work a consistent joy to read is his decliously skewed . vision of the world, and his dead-pan delivery....Sedaris is a connoisseur of human nature at its worst." Christopher Muther, Boston Globe .

NY: Dover. VG PB. (1963). Reprint. "Bitter Bierce" earned his livelihood as the country's most provocative weekly columnist in the unrestrained days of the . early Hearst empire. A genius at enraging people he used his great gifts againt hundreds of individuals, many of whom are remembered only through the immortality their attacker unwittingly gave them. Owner name front… Read more about this item

NY: Galahad Books. VG in VG DJ. (1991). Real life stories of real people with a helping of nostalgia for growing up in the simpler days of small-town America. . By the author of "Elvis Is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself", and "Shoot Low, Boys -- They're Ridin' Shetland Ponies". Grizzard writes about today's unsung heroes of… Read more about this item

NY: Harvest. G PB. (1973). A collection of pieces and drawings about human beings and less alarming creatures. Edge wear. .

NY: Pocket. VG PB. (1973). Back from Korea and zanier than ever, these four irreverent surgeons - Hawkeye, Trapper, Duke and Spearchucker - are eager . and ready to operate again. This time it's on the crusty natives of Spruce Harbor, Maine, where they meet their lunataic equals and join with them in a wacky, hilarious romp through every… Read more about this item

NY: Norton. G PB. (1954). Owner name front endpaper. .

NY: Riverhead. VG PB. (2016). 1st PB ed. "Induces binge reading..."NPR "Fictionalized evocation of the era is spot-on." Entertainment Weekly Set in 1960s London, . adventures of an intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to TV starlet...endears us to a cast of characters who are funny, if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves… Read more about this item

NY: Morrow. VG in G DJ. (1997). 1st ed 1st ptg. Geist's personal struggle with the aging process from the trauma of receiving an AARP application to the realization he . can't really see the menu, near the waiter, or remember the specials. Wear along bottom edge of DJ near spine. .

Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press. VG in VG DJ. (1994). 1st ptg. "When teachers get old, like over fifty-five, they're always in a bad mood." "No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize . cats" Funny and smart, poignant and wise, sentimental and sassy. .

NY: New American Library. VG in VG DJ. (2015). 1st ptg. The Washington Post columnist turns her satirical eye on her own life with hilarious results. Everything you fear is not . that bad. .

Rye, NH: Great Life Press. VG PB. 2016. Ron, a cross between Larry David and Don Rickles, has worked as a summer camp director & storyteller for over 30 years. . His stories are based on his life. .