Search Results: Humor from Old Bookshelf

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Stanton and Lee, 1948. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Clare Victor Dwiggins. 107pp. Grey pictorial boards. Spine very slightly faded, endpapers age-darkened, book is clean and sound. Unclipped dust jacket is torn along folds, darkened and chipped, but is overall complete. A comics-like pencil sketch by Clare Dwiggins INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "Dwig" on front pastedown. Text is profusely illustrated throughout by Dwiggins.

London: Thomas Tegg, 1813. Fifth Edition, Enlarged . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 216p. Printed blue paper over boards, color frontispiece. Wear to corners and spine ends, spine sunned and lightly chipped, owner's bookplate and glue residue on front free endpaper, chip to lower front endpaper, but the text is clean and crisp, and the binding and hinges are sound.

Boston : Lee and Shepard, 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 303pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Clean and sound both inside and outside, inscription on front free endpaper reads "Ella with the regards of the author Oct.27, 92'" in the author's handwriting. A wonderful collection of sketches and anecdotes.

Paris: Paul Ollendorf, 1881. Soft cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Luigi Loir. 34pp. Couverture souple. Stitched binding. Soiling to covers, spine missing, binding loose but holding, text is age-darkened and is complete.

Portland, Maine: D. McGregor & Co., 1873. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Beatrix Potter. 164pp. Brown flexible embossed cloth, gilt lettering, marbled edges, 2 folding maps. Light shelfwear, gilt slightly chipped but all readable, inner hinge cracked, text block holding, title page not present, contents age-toned. Maps are lightly chipped along outer edge and clean tears archival tape repaired, in otherwise sound condition. Complete astronomical almanac information and Tide Tables showing the time of high water morning and evening, for the principal ports in the United Kingdom, plus a listing of the lighthouses of the United Kingdom. The last part of the book has a section on the "Treatment of the Apparently Drowned", with illustrations, followed by an extensive advertising section. One map is of Falmouth Harbour, and the other is the Firth of Clyde. But for the lack of a title page, a well-preserved scarce nautical record.

New York: Sheldon & Company, 1871. First Edition, Second State . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 46pp. Terra cotta cloth, gilt lettering. Corners and spine ends very lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned, clean and binding is tight. First Edition Second State with Ball, Black & Co. ad on copyright page. Not really a biography, but amusing. Illustrated.

Unstated: Ustated, 1930. Soft cover. Good. Tall 4to. Mike Davis - Photography. Unpaginated 32pp. ,measures 10 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, no publication date c 1930s. Light green stiff wraps, pictorial paste-on title to front cover. Corners chipped, light wear and soil to cover, contents are clean and unmarked. Illustrated.

Hartford: S. Andrus & Son.. Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 156pp. No date, circa 1850s. Brown stamped cloth, gilt spine lettering. Covers faded, light wear to corners, some chipping along spine, binding is tight and hinges are sound, contents moderateley toned and occasionally foxed. These stories were originally published in Punch in 1845.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 74pp. Very light wear to covers, contents clean , binding is sound. Book measures 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches and is in well-preserved condition.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Groth. 250pp. Grey cloth. Nice copy. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket is mildly toned, chipped along edges, 1 inch triangle missing from top.

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1943. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Don Blanding. 85pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Book is in clean, unworn condition. Boldly INSCRIBED to Suzie AND SIGNED on the front free endpaper. Laid-in is a typed letter SIGNED "Don", in pencil, to Susie [sic]. In the letter he enthusiastically discusses the promotion of his book. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly chipped and rubbed along edges and folds and slightly darkened.

Hollywood, California: George Palmer Putnam, Inc., 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 201pp. Orange cloth. Bottom edge rubbed, some discoloration to endpapers, text is sound. Dust jacket is soiled and has been taped along edges. Inscribed, stamped and signed by W.Parker Lyon, foreword by Irvin S. Cobb. Includes a handwritten 1942 letter by W. Lyon Parker, and a W. Parker Lyon Narrow Gauge Railway ticket from Arcadia to Santa Anita along the Haw Haw Route, plus addressed envelope.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. 1st Edition First State. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Oblong 16mo. 411pp. Original green publisher's cloth, gilt lettering and gilt and black decoration. First Edition, First State with uncorrected errors on pages 124, 263 and 362, Franklin Press imprint on copyright page. Edges rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, fraying along spine, inner rear hinge cracked, some signatures starting to loosen, endpapers lightly soiled, age toning and scattered light soiling to text mainly in margins, slight dampstaining and wrinkling to last 4 leaves, small tape repair to rear free endpaper, former owner's name and date in pencil on front endpaper

New York: Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation, 1867. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 192pp. Blue pictorial wraps. Slight fading to covers,small chip to tail of spine, text is clean and sound. A collection of of over 70 humorous speeches and recitations.

Unknown: Unknown, 1880. Soft cover. Very Good. 24pp. No date circa 1880s. Grey illustrated wraps. Very minor wear, text sound, some pages loose. Promotional booklet exalting the benefits of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, and an amusing illustrated story about Mr. Brown's mule.

Newburgh and New York City: S. Stroock & Co., Inc., 1939. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paki. Unpaginated [24pp]. Beige boards, black lettering and black and red illustration. Some cracking of front joint, very light soiling to covers, contents are clean and binding is tight. Humorous verse and illustrations describing the fur sources (llamas, camels, alpaca, guanaco, etc.) and extolling the virtues of S. Stroock & Co.'s luxury fabrics.

New York: The Planet Press, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 20 Hrs. 40 Min.; Our Flight in the Friendship. 245pp. Blue cloth. Limited edition of 2,000 copies. Covers clean and unworn, binding is tight and contents are clean. Clipped dust jacket is chipped and worn at edges, somewhat darkened. Amusing adventures of a baby from embryo to birth with comic illustrations throughout. Translated by Louis Colman.

Milano: Arnoldi Mondadori Editore, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 254pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering, in Italian language. Covers are clean and binding is sound, contents clean. Dust jacket is slightly faded, worn along top edge and has a few short tears. Book is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author , in French, on front free endpaper. Inscritta dal autore in francese.

New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. C. Jay Taylor. 167pp + ads. Grey pictorial cloth, black and red lettering and decoration. Miminal wear and light soil, contents are age-toned, binding is sound, owner's name on front free endpaper. Author's first book. Illustrated by C.J. Taylor.