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Angell, Roger, 1920- . Koren, Ed, illustrator.
A Day in the Life of Roger Angell.
Publisher: Penguin [1978].
153 p. "Here is a (Comic) Book of Hours, a guided tour to chaos, and a survival manual for people who still believe in laughter." Cover illustrated by Ed Koren. Academic paperback; small stains; good+. Stock# 24723.
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Item number: 24723.
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Bates, Darrell.
SHELL AT MY EAR.
Publisher: London: Rupert Hart-Davis (1961)..
First Edition. "An account of the joys and pains and absurdities of growing up and trying to come to terms with the world and the strange people - particularly the women - who live in it, is serious and acutely observed" (and often comic). 179 pages; 22cm. 332g. Book: Very Good Plus (clean, bright, and tight; name free-front endpaper, a few upper tips lightly creased). Dustjacket: Good Plus (edgewear with a few small chips and tears). Red hardcover with silver spine titles. Book condition: Very Good Plus. Jacket condition: Good Plus.
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Item number: 2834.
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Bentley, Nicolas w/intro. by Malcolm Muggeridge
How Can You Bear to be Human?
Publisher: Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1961 reprint..
142pp. illus. paperback: Good+ [text is age browned; else a clean and complete copy] British humour by the author and illustrator Bentley (1907-78), whose father invented the clerihew. This edition features an old-style Penguin cover illustration by the author.
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Item number: 13581.
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Bracken, Peg Illustrator: Illustrated by Paul Bacon
WINDOW OVER THE SINK A Mainly Affectionate Memoir
Publisher: Avon New York NY 1981.
Third Printing Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; The popular columnist and best-selling author reminisces about growing up in mid-America and the colorful relatives, friends, and experiences that remain vivid in her memory. ; B&W Illustrations; 221 pages
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Item number: 68849.
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Burns, George, 1896-1996, with David Fisher
All My Best Friends
Publisher: N.Y., Putnam,1989.
320 p., illus., 23.5 cm. "Most of what I say is true, the rest is show business."Stock #29,652. Vg/ dj vg.
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Item number: 29652.
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Douglas, Jack
What Do You Hear From Walden Pond?
Publisher: NY, Putnam's Sons [1971].
222 p. Humourist Douglas describes living in a cabin in Western Ontario for two years. Stock #27079. Good +, black cloth boards; no nj. American literature, sixties.
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Item number: 27079.
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Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995
Fillets Of Plaice
Publisher: N.Y., Viking, 1971.
x, 178 p. 22 cm. Five tales that Gerald Durrell couldn't fit in elsewhere, but are bright and needed publishing. From his youthful days with a pet store, an irresitible and impossible girlfriend, a painful rest cure in the looney bin, helping a friend in Africa get his promotion by the dropping of a Mamba into a dinner party, and the Durrells commit tourism on a Greek Island. Some read very much like brother Larry's on the Dips of the Foreign Service. Stock# 30,338. Vg/ dj good+, small tears.
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Item number: 30338.
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Foxworthy, Jeff
NO SHIRT, NO SHOES NO PROBLEM
Publisher: Hyperion New York 1996.
First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; 239 pages
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AUD 9.80 | CAD 10.02 | EUR 7.58 | GBP 6.41 | JPY 909.09 | MXN 111.11 | ZAR 90.09 |
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Item number: 32436.
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Gilbreth, Frank and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey Illustrator: Illustrated by Donald McKay
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell New York 1948.
First Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; 237 pages
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AUD 11.76 | CAD 12.02 | EUR 9.09 | GBP 7.69 | JPY 1,090.91 | MXN 133.33 | ZAR 108.11 |
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Item number: 11956.
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Gilbreth, Frank and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey Illustrator: Illustrated by Donald McKay
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell New York 1948.
Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name; 237 pages
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AUD 7.84 | CAD 8.02 | EUR 6.06 | GBP 5.13 | JPY 727.27 | MXN 88.89 | ZAR 72.07 |
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Item number: 66778.
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Gillis, Don , Illustrated by: Foge, William
The Unfinished Symphony Conductor
Publisher: The Pemberton Press Austin, TX 1967.
(6), 148 pp, green cloth covered boards w/black lettering, SIGNED by author w/musical bar beneath his signature, red dj w/wht lettering & black illustration, . This is a pretend-to-be textbook for symphony conductors. The author was a producer of the NBC Symphony broadcasts for ten years. dj rubbed along the edges, chipped at top front corner and 1" chip at front top left corner Signed by Author Good+ Hard Cover Near Fine Sm4to from 9" to 11"
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AUD 20.83 | CAD 21.29 | EUR 16.10 | GBP 13.62 | JPY 1,931.82 | MXN 236.11 | ZAR 191.44 |
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Item number: 038774.
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Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
I Owe Rusia $1200
Publisher: Garden City N.Y., Doubleday, 1963.
272 p. illus., 21.5 cm. Hope tells of his travels entertaining American servicemen with about ten Hope-style quips per page. Stock#30,137. Vg/ dj vg.
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Item number: 30137.
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Kerr, Jean Illustrator: Illustrated by Whitney Darrow
PENNY CANDY
Publisher: Doubleday & Co. Garden City, NY 1970.
Book Club Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. Small damp stain on DJ front ; 186 pages
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AUD 5.88 | CAD 6.01 | EUR 4.55 | GBP 3.85 | JPY 545.45 | MXN 66.67 | ZAR 54.05 |
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Item number: 17320.
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Kerr, Jean Illustrator: Illustrated by Whitney Darrow
PENNY CANDY
Publisher: Fawcett Crest New York 1971.
First Paperback Edition Paperback Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; Mass Market PB; 144 pages
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AUD 5.88 | CAD 6.01 | EUR 4.55 | GBP 3.85 | JPY 545.45 | MXN 66.67 | ZAR 54.05 |
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Item number: 31962.
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Kerr, Jean Illustrator: Illustrated by Whitney Darrow Jr.
SNAKE HAS ALL THE LINES
Publisher: Doubleday Garden City, NY 1960.
Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket; Exlibrary with markings. ; Autobiography by the author of Please Don't Eat the Daises and wife of Drama critic Walter Kerr; 168 pages
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AUD 6.86 | CAD 7.01 | EUR 5.30 | GBP 4.49 | JPY 636.36 | MXN 77.78 | ZAR 63.06 |
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Item number: 162.
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Lear, Edward, Illustrated by: Lear, Edward
Bosh and Nonsense
Publisher: Allen Lane London 1982.
Very good+ condition, name/date and inl limerick front endpaper; dust jacket near fine. (xi) 79 pages, 79 sketches from two sketchbooks found in 1981, also included are two tetters and sketches for Ada Duncan and her mother written in 1864; oblong 8vo; brown boards Hard Cover
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AUD 13.73 | CAD 14.03 | EUR 10.61 | GBP 8.97 | JPY 1,272.73 | MXN 155.56 | ZAR 126.13 |
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Abstract Books.
Item number: 016109.
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Love, Paula McSpadden, Illustrated by: Photos
The Will Rogers Book
Publisher: Texian Press Waco, TX 1972.
xxviii, 202 pp, dark blu similated leather w/gilt lettering on the front cover & spine, dj light blu spine & rear panel w/black lettering w/tan-red-pink-black illustration on the front panel. The book contains a collection of the philosophy of America's beloved cowboy humorist-columnist-ambassador at large. It was written by Will Roger's niece, Paula McSpadden Love. Reprint Very Good+ Hard Cover Near Fine 8vo - Over 8" - 9" Tall
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AUD 15.00 | CAD 15.33 | EUR 11.59 | GBP 9.81 | JPY 1,390.91 | MXN 170.00 | ZAR 137.84 |
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Item number: 039504.
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MacKey, Gordon, Illustrated by: Stanush, Frank Anthony
Tall Tale'n and oratin'
Publisher: The Naylor Company San Antonio, TX 1939.
xi, 145 pp, light brown cloth covered boards w/green lettering, dj brown w/green illustrated front panel w/wht spine w/dark brown lettering. Stories of Tumbleweed Joe and other articles of humor. Tells of when Brigham and the Senator go out to visit Washout. dj chipped on the corners and edges and rubbed on the edges, prev owner wrote name on the ffep. Good- Hard Cover Very Good Sm8vo 7-1/2" to 8" Tall
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AUD 14.17 | CAD 14.48 | EUR 10.95 | GBP 9.26 | JPY 1,313.64 | MXN 160.56 | ZAR 130.18 |
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Item number: 034679.
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Marx, Arthur, 1921-
Not As A Crocodile; illustrated by Gil Walker
Publisher: New York, Harper [1958].
ix, 207 p. illus. 21 cm. The son of Groucho (Julius Henry) Marx, 1890-1977, is a fast man wirh the language as he tells of his domestic trials. Stock# 38,527. Vg/ dj fair.
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Item number: 38527.
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Mauldin, Bill Illustrator: Illustrated by Bill Mauldin
SORT OF A SAGA Text and Illustrations
Publisher: William Sloane Associates New York NY 1949.
First Edition Hardcover Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket; Edgewear, Exlibrary with markings. DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; 301 pages
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Item number: 71466.
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Mowat, Farley w/illus. by Paul Galdone
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
Publisher: New York: Willow Books, 1967 reprint..
160pp. paperback: Good+. A humorous childhood "dog memoir" by the Canadian writer Mowat (b. 1921).
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AUD 1.95 | CAD 1.99 | EUR 1.51 | GBP 1.28 | JPY 180.91 | MXN 22.11 | ZAR 17.93 |
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Item number: 13367.
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Perelman, S.J. (Sidney Joseph, 1904-1979)
Westward Ha! Around the world in 80 Cliches Drawings by Hirschfeld
Publisher: N.Y. Simon and Schuster, 1948..
159 p. '6th Printing' One of his most successful books. It describes a world encircling trip he made with Al Hirschfeld. Stock #26356. Vg/good +, spine darkened. Humor
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Item number: 26356.
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Rothman, Rodney
Early Bird: a memoir of premature retirement
Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005 1st ed..
240pp. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj [small name label on ffep; else nrF] A humorous memoir of a young writer's life in retirement in a community of Florida senior citizens.
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Item number: 15625.
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Schmook, Kathy Grizzard
How to Tame a Wild Bore & Other Facts of Life with Lewis: The Semi-True Confessions of the Third Mrs. Grizzard
Publisher: Atlanta: Peachtree, 1986 1st ed..
160pp. illus. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a Good dj [some tiny foxing top & fore edges; else nrF; dj = small loss @ bottom edge of front cover; else G] Georgia newspaper humorist Lewis Grizzard (1946-94) said of this third wedding (to the author) that he especially enjoyed the individually wrapped Slim Jims at the reception. He also said "This might quite possibly be the best book any of my ex-wives has ever written about me."
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AUD 2.93 | CAD 3.00 | EUR 2.27 | GBP 1.92 | JPY 271.82 | MXN 33.22 | ZAR 26.94 |
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Item number: 17352.
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Schmook, Kathy Grizzard
From Debutante to Doublewide
Publisher: Atlanta: Peachtree, 1987 1st ed..
190pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj [text is age browned owing to paper quality; else nrF] Lewis Grizzard 's ex-wife wrote this sequel to her "How to Tame a Wild Bore."
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Item number: 11089.
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Schwartz, Jim
Fishing Like a Muskrat
Publisher: Middleton, OH 1998.
Very Good with no dust jacket CHJ Publishing Paperback Light edge and corner wear to cover. Top open corner is lightly bent. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; If you enjoy the humorous memoirs of Patrick McManus, you'll probably enjoy these short, humorous stories written in a similar tone on a variety of subjects from having a goose you tamed flying over your pickup while you are on the road, to childhood shananigans, to playing tricks on friends who are about to go hunting and more. Just the thing for relaxing on coffee breaks.
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AUD 11.65 | CAD 11.90 | EUR 9.00 | GBP 7.62 | JPY 1,080.00 | MXN 132.00 | ZAR 107.03 |
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Item number: 3721.
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Sharp, Margery and McKie, Roy, Illustrated by: McKie, Roy
Mélisande
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Boston, MA 1960.
unpaginated, blu cloth covered boards w/dark blu lettering on the spine & dark blu illustration of Mélisande on the front cover. The book is a pictorial memoir of Mélisande, a most uncommon dog, who becomes a famous opera singer and the darling of musical society. First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good Sm4to from 9" to 11"
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AUD 7.09 | CAD 7.24 | EUR 5.48 | GBP 4.63 | JPY 657.27 | MXN 80.33 | ZAR 65.14 |
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Item number: 039649.
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Shiflet, David, Illustrated by: Street, John
In the Turnip Truck - Confessions of a Country Bumpkin
Publisher: Eakin Press Austin, TX 2005.
226 pp, orange boards w/gilt lettering, dj wht w/blk-orange illustrated front panel w/color pictorial of the author on the rear panel, SIGNED by the author on the ffep. The book is about the small town in all of us. His hilarious and insightful view of those innocent years of ages five to twelve takes a look at the people and events that shape our lives. Signed by Author First Edition Near Fine Hard Cover Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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AUD 32.50 | CAD 33.22 | EUR 25.11 | GBP 21.25 | JPY 3,013.64 | MXN 368.33 | ZAR 298.65 |
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Item number: 038182.
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Smith, H. Allen
WE WENT THATAWAY
Good in Fair dust jacket Doubleday, 1949 Hardcover, Stated First. Blue cloth, with picture of Indian and sun on front cover and a man reading a map by a signpost on the spine. Deckle edges. Ends of spine and corners are worn. Corners are slightly bumped. Dust jacket, now protected in new mylar sleeve, is torn around edges. Last page has long light stain. Smith tells of his adventures in the Dakotas, Wyoming, New Mexico, and other parts of the West.
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Item number: 484.
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Thurber, James
SELECTED LETTERS OF JAMES THURBER
Publisher: 1981.
Very Good in Good+ dust jacket Little, Brown First Trade Edition Hardcover Blue cloth spine rubbed in places. Jacket has chipping, small tears, and creases near edges, and some rubbing on of color from other sources on jacket surface, especially near spine and on rear. Gift inscription to previous owner on 2nd page. Some foxing on top edge. ; Line drawings by author. Beige end papers. ; 8vo; 274 pages; Edited by Helen Thurber and Edward Weeks
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AUD 9.70 | CAD 9.91 | EUR 7.49 | GBP 6.34 | JPY 899.09 | MXN 109.89 | ZAR 89.10 |
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Item number: 1308.
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Twain, Mark (Samuel Langhorne Clemens).
Extracts from Adam's Diary. Translated from the Original Ms. By Mark Twain. Illustrated by F. Strothmann.
Publisher: NY & London, Harper & Bros. [April 1904].
89 p., illus.; 21 cm. "Monday. This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don't like this; I am not used to company. I wish it would stay with the other animals... Cloudy to-day, wind in the east; think we shall have rain... We? Where did I get that word? ...I remember now-- the new creature uses it." Red cloth stamped in black & white; minor wear, no dj, ink owner name & stamp; VG. stock#732 (fifi).
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Item number: 732.
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Winterich John T.(Tracy) 1891-1970
Another Day Another Dollar Illustrated by Beatrice Tobias
Publisher: Philadelphia Lippincott [1947].
204p. illus., 21 cm. "First edition". A light hearted memoir of his youth in Providence and humorous account of his years at Brown University. Stock# 31,116. Vg/ dj good, some tears.
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Item number: 31116.
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Winters, Jonathan, b.1925
Winters' Tales: Stories and Observations for the Unusual
Publisher: NY, Random House [1987].
xvii, 216 p., illus.;20.5 cm. Sixty short sketches from a visitor from another planet, stationed here so that we don't get too complacent in our perspective of our world. Stock# 30,850x. Vg/ dj clipped.
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Item number: 30850.
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