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The Dear Walter Papers
Braamfontein, South Africa Mail & Guardian 1997 0620211636 / 9780620211635 Softcover Very Good
Covers lightly scuffed, else a clean, tight copy. Humorous alleged correspondence between Walter Sisulu and Nelson Mandela, which is probably funny if you are South African, but is rather mystifying to this American. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 160 pages
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12.00 USD
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Adams, Franklin P. Nods and Becks
NY Whittlesey House 1944 Second Printing Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket
Owner bookplate and gift inscription on front endpapers, corners bumped, jacket chipped and tattered along edges, two browned tape stains along top edge of rear panel. In jacket protector. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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8.00 USD
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Adams, Joey Strictly for Laughs
NY Frederick Fell Inc. 1955 Cloth Good in Fair dust jacket Illustrated by Cydney
Joke after joke fill this compendium by comedian Joey Adams. Photo of the author on rear jacket flap. Boards rubbed, musty, jacket waterstained and creased, lift-off on front jacket panel. In jacket protector. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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7.00 USD
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Alper, Rabbi Bob A Rabbi Confesses
Eden Prairie, MN Finkstrom Productions 1995 1888016183 / 9781888016185 Softcover Very Good Signed by Author
Cartoons by Finkstrom. Signed by the author on the title page. Cartoons about life as a rabbi. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author
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8.00 USD
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Armour, Richard Golf Bawls
NY The Beechurst Press 1946 Cloth Good in Good dust jacket Illustrated by Herb Middlecamp
Cartoons by Herb Middlecamp. Green pictorial cloth binding. A compilation of humorous verse and cartoons about the game of golf. Cigarette burn on front jacket and boards, owner name on front free endpaper, jacket tattered. In jacket protector. Author and illustrator photos and bios on rear jacket panel. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 77 pages
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12.00 USD
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Benchley, Nathaniel Robert Benchley
NY McGraw-Hill Book Company 1955 Cloth Good in Fair dust jacket
Foreword by Robert E. Sherwood. Jacket design by H. Lawrence Hoffman. Caricature of Benchley by Gluyas Williams. A biography of the American humorist, actor and author by his son, Nathaniel. Several pages of photographs. Boards rubbed and worn at corners and spine, jacket tattered and creased, and missing several pieces at spine. In jacket protector. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 258 pages
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13.00 USD
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Blechman, R. O. The Life of Saint Nicholas
NY Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1996 1556705069 / 9781556705069 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Illustrated by R. O. Blechman
An illustrated and humorous look at the life of Saint Nicholas as viewed in the wavering lines of author/illustrator R. O. Blechman. Jacket lightly scuffed, else a clean, tight copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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6.00 USD
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Bracken, Peg I Hate to Housekeep
NY Harcourt, Brace and World 1952 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket Illustrated by Hilary Knight
Index. Pictorial light green cloth binding. Funny commentary, easy and interesting household tips and whimsical illustrations by "Eloise" artist Hilary Knight; a perfect combination. Owner name on front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped and lightly tattered, else a clean, tight copy. ; 176 pages
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13.00 USD
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Bryson, Bill, Jr; Bryson, Bill The Book of Blunders
NY Dell 1982 First Printing Softcover Very Good Illustrated by Arnie Levin
Gift inscription on half-title, covers lightly worn. A collection of humorous anecdotes from around the world by the bestselling writer of such (much more entertaining) books as "A Walk in the Woods", "A Short History of Nearly Everything" and "Notes from a Small Island". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 89 pages
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25.00 USD
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Busch, Wilhelm Gamtliche Bildergeschichten
Gutersloh, Germany Prisma Verlag 1985 3570097005 / 9783570097007 Reprint Hardcover Good with no dust jacket Illustrated by Bush, Wilhelm
Brown hardcover binding. Boards scuffed and lightly soiled, else a clean, tight copy. Text in German. Numerous illustrations, some in color. ; Large Octavo
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15.00 USD
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Carson, Anthony Travels Near and Far Out
NY Pantheon Books 1963 First Printing Hardcover Good in Fair dust jacket
Preface by Evelyn Waugh. Cover art by Tomi Ungerer. A collection of humorous travel sketches involving "the eerie antisepsis of a new West German suburb" to "nursing disconsolate sheep on a New Zealand ranch". Endpapers darkened, jacket price-clipped and tattered along edges, jacket lightly soiled and has several closed tears. In jacket protector. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 309 pages
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7.00 USD
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Clark, Gregory Things That Go Squeak in the Night and Other Stories
Montreal OPTIMUM 1976 First Edition Hardcover Very Good
Red cloth binding. Mouse gnawed section at fore-edge of rear boards, bookseller's ticket on front pastedown endpaper, jacket soiled and tattered, else a clean, tight copy of this collection of humorous stories by the Canadian newspaper columnist. In jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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15.00 USD
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