Last modified September 16, 2009
| Vendor SKU | Author | Title | Publisher | Condition | Description | Keywords(s) | Price | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9332 | Ballbach, Wilbur | The Dubious Dictionary of Wilbur Ballbach A Compendium of Pungent Opinions | Self published. 1977, a presentation copy by the author (not signed) with a typed inscription to his mailman, with 93 pages. | Good. Faint wear on the bottom of the spine. In a fair dust wrapper that has short tears. One tear is taped together. | humor | $20 |  | |
| 11711 | Benjamin, Don-Paul | Downhill | Elevation Press | Good. Both covers have light shelf wear, soiling and some scrape marks. | 11 x 8.25 inches with 45 pages of skiing cartoons. | Humor, Ski, Skiing | $40 |  |
| 2265 | Blakely, Irene, and Jerry Axlund | Life in the Ruff | Self Published 1960 limited with 112 pages of cartoons. | Good in a fair dust wrapper. | Cartoons and poetry. | Humor | $14 | |
| 11840 | Blakely, Irene, and Jerry Axlund | Life in the Ruff | Self Published | Very good. Light shelfwear and fading on the covers. In a good dust wrapper that has one short tear and light shelf wear. | Cartoons and poetry. | Humor | $20 |  |
| 11480 | Blyth, Dr. R. H. | Japanese Humour | Japan Travel Bureau | Very good in a lightly worn and chipped dust wrapper. | Japanese humor. One color and several b&w illustrations. There's an index. | Japan, Humor | $50 |  |
| 9451 | Brady, Jeff and Mike Sica | Best of The Skagway Alaska Police Blotter And Other True Tales From Alaska's Fun City | Lynn Canal Publishing 1995 8 X 8 inch paperback with 111 pages and b&w photos. | Very good. Light shelf wear. | Alaska, Skagway, humor. ISBN 0-945284-05-5 | Alaska, Skagway, humor | $20 | |
| 8408 | Brinton, Joe | How To Murder Your Bookmaker | Henry Regnery Co. 1972 with 220 pages and an index. | Good with light shelf wear and soiling. In a worn dust wrapper that has a one inch tear on the top of the spine and light sun fading on the spine as well. | Humor | Humor | $16 | |
| 11215 | Des Jardins, Glen O. | Asses To Airstreams True Travel Tales (with some exaggeration) | Knw-Yer-Own Press | New | Part autobiography, part Old Airstream, part geezer philosophy along with 70 of Des Jardins’ distinctive B&W photos, and more than a little humor. The reader journeys from eastern Kentucky in the 1950s, to Anacortes, WA – where Glen opened The Business in 1977. | Des Jardins, Glen O., Airstream trailers, Humor, Pacific Northwest, Washington State, Anacortes, WA, recreation vehicle | $20 |  |
| 11032 | Eakin, Jane | I Do All The Work Around Here | The Marcel Rodd Company | Good with light shelf wear and soiling. Contents are very good. In a poor dustwrapper that is missing a large part of both the front and back, bottom areas. | 1946 hardback, with many pages of wry cartoons and an introduction by Danny Kaye | Humor | $20 |  |
| 11392 | Eff, B. | A Guest of the County | The Pisani Printing Co. | Very good in a lightly worn and soiled dust wrapper. | The long inscription is to a lady named "Bollie?" and the author signs as B.F. and then as Barry Woodock? Fiction, humor. | Humor, fiction | $30 |  |
| 4024 | Flemmons, Jerry | Plowboys, Cowboys and Slanted Pigs | Texas Christian University Press | Fine in a good dust wrapper. | 1984 hardback signed by Flemmons, with 230 pages and wonderful illus. by J. D. Crowe | Texas, humor | $20 | |
| 11406 | Gildersleeve, Philip | GIL A Collection of Classic Cartoons From QST | American Radio Relay League | Good with light shelf wear and soiling on the covers. The top right corner has a light crease. | Humor, Amateur Radio, Ham Radio, Gil Gildersleeve, cartoons | Humor, Amateur Radio, Ham Radio, Gil Gildersleeve, cartoons | $20 |  |
| 11625 | Hall, Roger | You're Stepping On My Cloak and Dagger | W. W. Norton & Company | Fair. The top of the spine is worn and has several 1/4 inch tears. The covers and spine show some wear and soiling, The back cover has some short, minor dents. The back free end paper has tape marks. No dust wrapper. | A humerous account of the author's experiences in the O.S.S., Office of Strategic Services, during WW2. | Autobiography, Roger Hall, Humor, WW2, OSS, Office of Strategic Services | $25 |  |
| 10189 | Hele, Ken | Sea Story | Terrydale Publishing | Good. Front cover has the ghost of a price sticker and the lower front corner is lightly creased. The back cover has a lot of small, brown moisture stains and some ball point pen marking. | 1984 paperback with 148 pages and illustrations by Karl Fanning. Fiction, Merchant Marine, humor. | Fiction, Merchant Marine, humor | $20 |  |
| 9573 | Horsey, David | The Fall Of Man | Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1994 10.5 X 8 inch paperback with 154 pages of editorial cartoons. | Very good with faint shelf wear. | Print media, editorial Cartoons, Pacific Northwest, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, David Horsey, Humor. ISBN 0-9624559-3-8 | Print media, editorial Cartoons, Pacific Northwest, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, David Horsey, Humor | $20 | |
| 11899 | Horsey, David | Horsey's Rude Awakenings A Book Of Political Cartoons By the P-I's David Horsey. Forewords by Dan Evans and Dixy Lee Ray | Madrona Publishers | Very good. | Inscribed by Horsey to a state senator. Political Cartoons. | Humor, Political Cartoons, Pacific Northwest, Washington State | $50 |  |
| 11090 | Hughes, Frank C. | Letters and Essays of a Pope by His Holiness Frank C. Hughes Pope of the Bad Lands Specialist in Politics, Religion, Legal Affairs, Oil wells, Contract Bridge, Blood Pressure, Weight Reduction for Fat Women, and Stove Repairs | Self Published | Fair to good. Both covers have wear and soiling. The front cover has moisture waves/creasing and a small owner's name stamp. The back cover has a large moisture stain and a light vertical crease. There are occasional notes in pencil. | 1953 stapled paperback with 67 pages. Irreverent anti-religion. Humor. | Anti-religion, humor | $200 |  |
| 6688 | Hutchins, Robert Maynard | Zuckerkandl! | Grove Press 1968 first printing , 10 X 8 inches with several pages. | Fair. Top 1.5 inches on the spine and cover corners next to it have water dammage. One light scrape mark in cover . Contents VG. In a torn dust jacket. | Humor | Humor | $35 | |
| 8413 | Kandel, Howard, and Don Safran | Nudeniks Or Art Appreciation For The Layman | Macaulay 1960 with 94 pages and b&w illustrations. | Good with light shelf wear. No dust wrapper. | Humor | Humor | $12 | |
| 11380 | Kelly, Walt | The Pogo Stepmother Goose | Simon and Schuster | Good to very good with light shelf wear | Pogo humor.... | Humor, Walt Kelly, Pogo | $20 |  |
| 4965 | Kovacs, Ernie | Zoomar | Doubleday 1957 reprint with an author inscription? See below. | Good to very good in a poor dust wrapper. | Humor | Humor, Ernie Kovacs | $100 | |
| 9722 | Lear, Edward | A Book of Nonsense | Viking Press 1980 8.5 x 11 inches with color illustrations. | Fine in a fair dust wrapper that has a 2 inch tear on the back. | Edward Lear, humor, Juvenile literature. ISBN 0-87099-241-4 | Edward Lear, humor, Juvenile literature | $10 | |
| 7648 | Lindquist, Mark | Never Mind Nirvana | Villard 2000 first edition, signed by Lindquist, with 239 pages. | Fine in a fine dust wrapper. | Humor | Humor | $30 | |
| 3933 | Marquis, Don | Archys Life of Mehitabel | Doubleday Doran 1933 first edition with 182 pages. | Good. Faint water stains on front and back cover, one spot on label on front cover, no dust wrapper. | Archys Life of Mehitabel | Humor | $18 | |
| 10834 | McCarthy, Eugene, and James J. Kilpatrick | A Political Bestiary Viable Alternatives, Impressive Mandates, and Other Fables | McGraw-Hill | Fine. In a good, slightly soiled and worn dust wrapper that has several short tears along the edges | 1978 hardback, signed by the author, Eugene McCarthy, with Illustrations by Jeff MacNelly. Political humor. ISBN 0070443955 | Humor, Political humor | $75 |  |
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| Vendor SKU | Author | Title | Publisher | Condition | Description | Keywords(s) | Price | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10834 | McCarthy, Eugene, and James J. Kilpatrick | A Political Bestiary Viable Alternatives, Impressive Mandates, and Other Fables | McGraw-Hill | Fine. In a good, slightly soiled and worn dust wrapper that has several short tears along the edges | 1978 hardback, signed by the author, Eugene McCarthy, with Illustrations by Jeff MacNelly. Political humor. ISBN 0070443955 | Humor, Political humor | $75 | |
| 9103 | Oxenberg, Christina | Taxi | Quartet Books 1986 hardback with 121 pages and illustrations. | Good. Bottom corners bumped. In a fair dust wrapper that has a long scratch on the front cover. | Humor | $10 | ||
| 11539 | Pavlick, Frank | Golfing Is Fun | Self-Published | Very good with light shelf wear | Golfing poetry, Illustrated by Bob Murray. There's a long author inscription to a friend on the title page. | Golfing, Humor, Canada | $30 |  |
| 1474 | Richman, Jacob | Laughs From Jewish Lore | Hebrew Publishing Company 1954 with 372 pages, glossary. | Fair. Shelf worn, stains on covers and spine. No dust wrapper. | Jewish humor | Jewish Humor | $12 | |
| 7069 | Schwartz, Alvin | Tales Of Trickery From The Land Of Spoof | Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1985 first edition, signed by the author, with 88 pages, illustrations, bibliography. | Very good. Would be fine except for a long owner's inscription in ink inside. In a fine dust wrapper. | Humor | Humor | $25 | |
| 11311 | Surtees, R. S. | Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowed Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks of St. Botolph Lane and Great Coram Street | Methuen & Co. Ltd. | Very good with light soiling and shelf wear on the covers and spine. No dust wrapper. | There are fifteen color illustrations by Henry Alken. | Humor, travel, adventure, sports. | $20 |  |
| 6309 | Thomas, Captain Walter "R", U.S. Navy | The Compleat Pentagon Capers | G&W Publications 1978 hardback | Good with some wear on the back cover. In a very good dust wrapper. | Humor | Humor | $20 | |
| 10779 | Thompson, Rex | Characters On Wheels | Thomas Y. Crowell | Fair to good. A diamond imprint moisture stain has marked 1/2 of the back cover. Spine lightly faded, creased and soiled. Owner's name in ink inside. | 1959 hardback with 182 pages. A story about Aliso Beach Trailer Park, Orange County, California, in the 1940s and 50s. Humor. | Travel Trailer, Aliso Beach Trailer Park, Orange County, California, history, humor | $35 |  |
| 10783 | Thompson, Rex | Characters On Wheels | Thomas Y. Crowell | Good. Light soiling and wear on the covers and spine. Price sticker "shadow" on the spine. No dust wrapper. | 1959 hardback with 182 pages. A story about Aliso Beach Trailer Park, Orange County, California, in the 1940s and 50s. Humor. | Travel Trailer, Aliso Beach Trailer Park, Orange County, California, history, humor | $45 |  |
| 10193 | Trautwein, Bart | What's The Matter, Batter? | Fire Mountain | Fine in a lightly worn dust jacket. | 1982 hardback, signed by the author, with 149 pages. Wyoming, softball, humor. ISBN 0-9608882-0 1981 Crusty Buzzards. | Wyoming, Softball, sports, humor | $25 |  |