Humor

Very Good: $79.95 Hardcover

The Breast   (1972) by Philip Roth Description Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First Edition, stated. Maroon boards, bright gilt lettering and author initials, very good tight condition. Orange ffeps. Original dust jacket, price marked out, closed tear, spine bumps. A man turns into a breast. The ...

Near Fine: $24.95 Softcover

Hemingway’s Chair   (1999) by Michael Palin Description St. Martin’s Griffin, 1999. FIRST EDITION, first printing with full number line. Soft cover. Excellent condition, illustrated wraps, one bump on edge on rear. Martin Sproale is a mild-mannered assistant postmaster who lives with his mother, has ...

Good: $89.95 Hardcover

Letters Of A Self Made Diplomat To His President : Volume One   (1926) by Will Rogers Description Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. FIRST EDITION. Good overall condition, brown cloth covers a bit wavy and corners bumped., minor additional age flaws. Tightly bound - pages well attached, no writing or marks inside book. Volume One although Rogers ...

As New: $34.95 Hardcover

More Of The Best Of Milton Berle's Joke File : 10,000 Of The World's Funniest Gags, Anecdotes, And One-liners   (1994) by Milton Berle, Milt Rosen Description Castle Books, 1993. FIRST EDITION, 2nd printing. Near mint condition, like new. Original dust jacket, like new, not price clipped. Laugh along with Uncle Miltie! Here are 10,000 of Berle's funniest gags, anecdotes, and one-liners collected during ...

Very Good: $179.95 Hardcover

Stoddard Library, The - 10 Volumes : Christian Anderson, George Eliot, Emerson, Tennyson, Thackeray, Thoreau, French Literature, German Literature, Marlowe, Maupassant, Melville, Milton, Poe And More    (1913) by Hans Christian Anderson, George Eliot, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allan Poe, Guy De Maupassant, Herman Melville, John Milton, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Tennyson, Omar Khayyam, Plato, Thomas Babington Macaulay Description Geo. L. Shuman & Co. of Chicago and Boston, 1913. "A Thousand Hours of entertainment With The World's Great Writers". Ten of 12 volume matched set. Very good condition, green cloth with paper spine labels, moderate general wear; interiors quite ...

Very Good: $239.95 Hardcover

The $30,000 Bequest And Other Stories   (1906) by Mark Twain Description Harper & Brothers, 1906. FIRST EDITION. (September 1906 on copyright page and boxed listing of Twain books.) 5x8 inch. Very good condition, red cloth with decorations and bright gilt. Not to be confused with the earlier “The $30,000 Bequest” this ...

Very Good: $89.95

The Family Mark Twain   (1935) by Mark Twain Description Harper Brothers, 1935. Beige cloth over dark brown in very good condition, gilt titles to spine faded, minor soiling and corner wear, rough cut edges. Paper is split inside front cover but binding still tight. This is a complete collection of ...

Very Good: $179.95 Hardcover

Short Reign Of Pippin Iv, The : A Fabrication   (1957) by John Steinbeck Description Viking Press, New York 1957. FIRST EDITION. Very good condition, no damage, writing or stains; minor foxing on endpaper, pencil signature of previous owner. Rare original dust jacket in good condition, with minor tear and small stain, price ...

: $24.95 Hardcover

Operation Shylock   (1993) by Philip Roth Description Simon & Schuster, 1993. FIRST EDITION, numberline 2-10 Gray paper boards wtih author's initials blind-stamped near tail of top board, gray cloth spine with gold-stamping, gray endpapers. Original black dust jacket with white and tan horizontal ...

Very Good: $429.95 Hardcover

Sketches Of Mark Twain : New & Old   (1875) by Mark Twain Description American Publishing Company , 1875. FIRST EDITION, second state (does not contain the repeated footnote on page #119.) Overall very good condition, remarkably bright blue cloth stamped in gold, book is complete, back cover & spine have been lightly ...

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