First Separate Edition. Scarce separate edition of this classic Twain novella. Very Good, mild dampstaining to lower boards, in Good dustjacket, nickel sized chip at lower front panel and top rear panel, spine ends chipped, noticeable stain to lower panels. Item #10972
First Separate Edition. Scarce separate edition of this classic Twain novella. Very Good in Good dustjacket, chipped along all edges, quarter sized chip at top front panel. Item #34920
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First Edition. J. Ormsbee frontispiece. "The strayed revellers are: Clotilde, a young woman just graduated from Greenwich Village, and much blessed with the real come hither; the members of the artist community up-State where the story happens; a woman who tried to be modern and failed; Corporal Clement Townes, a young aviator who has temporarily lost his nerve, and in trying to get it back finds something more important; and sundry 'natives' of the village, including Clotilde's father, Mr. Hen Hooghtyling. The revel is at times a social satire, always an amusing comedy." Uncommon. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at top spine end. Item #27080
First Edition. Tony Sarg dustjacket art. Humorous novel of a "high-pressure salesman" who set off to the Continent to sell tractors, "beard the Communist in his den and conquer him, stagger Mussolini himself by their dazzling methods". The 1936 comedy film Earthworm Tractors was based on this novel's salesman character. The film was directed by Roy Enright and starred Joe E. Brown and June Travis. Almost Near Fine, tiny closed tear to top spine end cloth in Very Good dustjacket, red at spine faded, chip at top spine end. Item #26826
First Edition. Brehm dustjacket art. Humorous book on the wisdom of fathers. Near Fine in dustjacket, with three inch closed tear at top front spine edge, spine colors faded. Item #8593
First Edition. Collection of over 700 limericks and lyrics edited by Stanton Vaughn. Near Fine in Very Good plus illustrated dustjacket. Item #7545
First Edition. Humorous collection of parodies of current romance and adventure fiction including works by Edna Ferber, Peter Kynd, F. Brett Young, Dale Collins, Robert W. Service, Kathleen Norris, Joseph Hergesheimer, Hugh Walpole and others. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some small edge chip and short closed tears. Item #20232
First Edition. Alice Barber Stephens dustjacket art and illustrations. Humorous novel and third in a series concerning Susan Clegg, who in this novel takes in a boarder. Near Fine with signature to front free endpaper in Very Good plus dustjacket with chipping to top spine end, half dollar size chip to rear top edge, shallow chipping to flap edges, age toning to white, and general shelf wear. Nice example of early dustjacket. Item #14425
First Edition. Original green cloth. Author's first book and humorous collection of sketches. Very Good plus tight copy, small cloth nick at rear board. Item #8875
Later printing. Gomez Amador dustjacket art. Party book of humorous sets of questions, the answers to which tell what kind of person he or she may be. Item #8402
First Edition. Collection of 100 charades in verse by the mystery writer. Near Fine in scarce Very Good tissue-like dustjacket, some light foxing, few cm wide chip at lower rear panel. Item #7551
Fifth Impression. Jazz Age novel and parody of Sinclair Lewis's Main Street. Near Fine in dustjacket with edge chipping, lower spine end with inch deep chip, lower front panel with half dollar sized chip. Item #10090
First Edition. Jazz Age novel and parody of Sinclair Lewis's Main Street. Near Fine but for small bookplate at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips. Item #20000
First Edition. A chronical of humor from the Prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Very Good with light spotting to cloth in Very Good dustjacket with light chipping to spine ends, wear along spine edges, wear along edges,and some mild darkening. 782 pages. Item #11614
Second American Edition, (first illustrated?). Humorous novel of a draper's assistant bent on acquiring refinement. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end and top edge. Item #26083
First Edition. Humor Novel. Near Fine in Good dustjacket with two half dollar size chips to front top edge, light chipping to spine ends, and light chipping to rear bottom edge. An uncommon title. Item #14838
First Edition. Joe Banks dustjacket art and illustrations. Humorous collection of stories of those adventuring children, Billy and Betty, who first gained popularity in contemporary newspapers and magazine. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, few tiny edge chips and shelf wear, vertical crease at both panels and spine. Item #14964
First Edition. Collection of humorous stories culled from the 'Under the Chestnut Tree' department of Everybody's Magazine. Subjects include baseball, dentists, doctors, hunting, intoxication, authors, lynching, polygamy, telephones, war, etc. Uncommon in dustjacket. Near Fine but for foxing to top page edge, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, soiling to white panels, lettering faded at spine, some spotting to spine, lower spine end chipped centimeter deep. Item #40909
First Edition. M.L. Blumenthal dustjacket art and illustrations. Golf Humor. Humorous short work on golf written for “Every duffer who swore he would quit the game- but didn't. Every long-suffering wife who has watched the destruction of her cherished art objects while her husband tried a few practice swings in the living room.” Near Fine but for some natural shadowing to endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, few closed tears and nicks at top edge. Item #34175
First Edition. Humorous short work of Jazz Age collegians and their exploits as pranksters and suitors, told in the form of letters from a student to his father. An uncommon title. Very Good in Good to Very Good fragile illustrated dustjacket with some chipping at top and mid-spine. Item #14625
First Edition. Paul Galdone dustjacket art. Jeeves and Bertram Wooster adventure. Very Good, front pastedown with signs of removed bookplate, in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, some usual age-toning to white of panels. Item #12093
First American Edition. Will Grefe illustrations. Very Good plus copy with light bumping to corners and spine ends. An attractive copy. Item #14666
Reprint Edition of an uncommon Wodehouse title. W. Morgan dustjacket art. Novel which introduces Lester Carmody, a wealthy man with a bad liver and worse disposition. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dustjacket, few short closed tears to edges, white of jacket modestly soiled. Item #19960
First Edition. Humorous London set romance novel. Very Good, top spine end rubbed, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #28482
First Edition. Humorous London set romance novel. Near Fine bright copy (but with rear inner hinge cracked and neatly repaired - now a little tight) in Very Good attractive dustjacket, small chips at top spine end and top front flap corner, some shallow loss at spine ends, dime sized chip at top front panel mended back in place with archival tape at verso, two inch closed tear at top rear panel. Item #39626
