Humour
NY:Cupples & Leon. 1919. *Part of paper wrapper drawing has peeled off stiff board. T02.
$40.00
James Thurber on writing and writers, humor and himself. Edited by Michael Rosen. New York:Harper & Row. (1989). 263pp. Illustrated. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket show some light wear to the edges and corners but otherwise in very good, clean condition. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn siwth a slight warping of the baords. Interior is bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a very good, clean copy.
$12.50
With drawings by Margaret Freeman. New York: Minton, Balch & Company. 1925. 124pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, lacks dust jacket. Binding is worn at the edges and spine ends. There are scattered dots where the cloth has been worn down to the board but otherwise in good condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a good, tight copy.
$10.00
NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. (nd). 314pp. Illus. 1st. American edition. Text in German. Hard bound. With dust jacket. Book in fine, tight, clean condition. Light fraying at edges of dust jacket. . TS027.
$45.00
Verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit. Chicago:P.F. Volland & Co. [1913]. Oblong. Binding is tight but shows light wear and soiling, with front hinge cracked and rear hinge intact. Pages are clean and bright. Overall, a very good copy.
$45.00
NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. (nd). 355pp. Illus. 1st. American edition. Text in German. Hard bound. With dust jacket. Book in very good, tight, clean condition. Dust jacket frayed at edges. Also 2" tear at front cover. TS027.
$45.00
New York:Charles Scribner's Sons. 1908. 1st edition. 139pp. Illustrated with pictures by Oliver Herford. Hardcover. Decorated boards clean and bright with just the slightest hint of soiling and with some of white print rubbed off the spine strip. Edge points are gently bumped. Internally, pages clean and bright, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good, clean copy.
$35.00
East Aurora, NY; Roycrofters, 1914. Hardcover, no dj. First Edition. 172 pages. Good+ condition. Boards worn, especially at extremities, with some soiling and including a dampstain. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges and watermarked paper. Some foxing to prelims and title page. Otherwise the interior is clean, unmarked, square and tightly bound. The world according to Elbert Hubbard, with words of wisdom such as "every man is a damn fool for five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit"; humor in dictionary form. (cfm)
$35.00
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