Search Results: Humor/Wit from 100 POCKETS

Watermill Press, 1992. First Edition, 1st Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated softcover/NF w/trace wear. Collection of jokes and riddles about school. "What do you get it you cross a horn and a school instructor?" Why, "A substi-toot teacher", of course. The book, possibly trying for parents, is bound to thrill youngsters with the by-product of sharpening of wits and skill in word-play. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Doubleday, 1984. First Edition, First Pinting . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Bi=-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF showing trace discoloration. PO label to fEP. A fund of f jokes, one-liners and quips arranged in 250 categories for easy reference. Assembled for moments when timely injections of humor into speeches, letters and coversations are decidedly beneficial by master comedy writer Robert Orben (1927 -).

New York, NY: St Martins Press, 1994. First Edition, First Pinting . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/Near Fine. BRAND NEW COPY w/price-clipped dustjacket. Sheer delight. Winning collection of quotations, erudite and highly irrevent, to bring a smile to the scholarly who tend to take the pursuit of knowledge ever so seriously (and rightly so).

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 1987. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/None as Issued. First Edition, First Printing. Remainder mark to upper text edge. Text/VG; thumb/finger tip smudges to some 6 ps (mercifully confined to text margins), else Near New. Illustrated (George Booth, 1987) high-gloss boards/NF. DJ/None as Issued. Anthology of food cartoons of eating in these United States --- from greasy spoons, hot dog stands, and fast foods to haute cuisine. Works of celebrated cartoonists George Booth, Roz Chast, Edward Koren, Charles Addams, and those of fifty other artists under one cover.

Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED COPY. Text/BRAND NEW. White boards/NF. Annoyances of a magician: German Language Text. Seller Inventory # 204798The feuilletons in this book are divided into the following topics: Salzburger Marginalien; Nil; Utopische Szenen; Zirkusstucke; and the longest piece, Das Terrassenbuch, where the subject becomes another scene of Utopie.113 pages, plus two unnumbered pages, Inhalt. Ex-Lib markings include a DDSC sticker at front; stamps on front pastedown and upper text edge; and signout sheet on rear endpaper. Boards otherwise show slight shelf use, but are sound; text otherwise is clean and strong.

New York, NY: Scholastic, 1992. First Edition, 23rd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Bill Watterson (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated softcover/VG w/light wear to edges, corner tips & surfaces. Comic strips. Anthology of the magical world of Calvin, the 6-year old and his sidekick Hobbes, a cuddly tiger, created by Bill Watterson (1958 -), 1986 winner of Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. The collection includes cartoons that appeared in Yukon Ho! and Wierdos from Another Planet. Sunday cartoons are in color and full-page. The series was syndicated from 1985 to 1995; Watterson stopped drawing Calvin and Hobbes at the end of 1995

San Diego, CA: Pfeiffer & Co, 1994. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Gilt embossed maroon boards w/a laptop/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace rubs to corner tips. A sequel to Up The Organization; this time posing the question: What can we do for our youth? The youth in need of aid are called the Beavis & Butt-Head Generation, or B2 for short, and are distinguished by not reading much "beyond comic books, TV listings, and computer screens." Author not certain where he found the disk containing the B2 Chronicles --- at any rate, it is journal kept by a certain fellow named Crunch who, along with Dooley and Archibald, like video games, believe life can be fun and exciting, think about goals and how best to utilize everyone's energy, including that of their boss. A witty & humorous book heavily spiced with truth.

Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1954. Hard Cover/Stitched. Very Good/Good. Danuta Laskowska (Illustrator). Tex/NEW. Boards/Fine. Glassine DJ/Good; nips, chips to upper edges & loss to upper front corner. (2) PO names to fEP (one w/strike-out). Translation of a humorous satire on the woes of marriage translated from a version penned in the 16th century by illustrious statesman and historian, Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 - 1527); author of the treatise on statecraft, The Prince, in which it is argued, for pragmatism, political cunning and unethical methods of governance is justified. It has been suggested that this lively novella of marital unhappiness by Machiavelli is autobiographical --- that antecedents can be traced to old Latin and sacred writings of the Hebrews, renders it unlikely. Though unstated, this edition is of Thomas Roscoe's translation.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW copy. Text: Laptop format. Boards/Fine: Padded, faux-laptop cover. DJ/None as Issued. All in laptop format (unpaginated as laptop screens are). As you & I have laptops in hand, how do they differ from Bill Gate's secret lap-top computer in hand? A witty, fictional spoof, "Obviously Faked By Henry Beard & John Boswell; skillfully Forged By Ron Barrett". Padded cover is stamped with "don'tell what's inside" (variant of Intel logo). A totally unenforceable license binds the reader to periodic chuckles, chortles & knee-slaps. Great fun from Henry Beard (founder of National Lampoon), John Boswell (New York book packager), and Ron Barrett (author-artist).

New York, NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1983. First Edition, First Pinting . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/None as Issued. Simon Bond (author/cartoonist. Stated First Edition. Text/Bright, clean & Near New. Illustrated cover/NF. Another uproarious cartoon collection by master creator who gave us 101 Uses for a Dead Cat, 101 More Uses for a Dead Cat, and Upspeakable Acts. Fine copy of good laughs.

New York, NY: Avon Camelot, 1999. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/None as Issued. Lynn Sweat (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/NF w/trace wear. A jolly story starring the impossible, the beloved, the innocent Amelia Bedelia who has so often brought giggles of cheery hilary to young readers. In this adventure, Amelia Bedelia fetches the train conductor (instead of the music conductor) for the school concert. Fine with Amelia emerging as the heroine despite all odds.

New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. First Edition . Paperback/Stapled. Near Fine/None as Issued. Charles M. Schulz (Author-Illustrator). FRENCH LANGUAGE TEXT. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light wear to leading edges. French translation of You Need Help, Charlie Brown, issue of 1964. Guide when in need of psychiatric help offered by Lucy ... who else?

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. First Edition, First Printing . Impressed Aqua Linen. Near Fine/Very Good. 9 1/4" Tall. By Author. This is a successor volume to the late cartoonist's superior CDB? It continues the alphabet games initiated by its predecessor: one kid standing before a television picture of a batter at the plate says to the other R T-M S B-N B-10 ("Our team is being beaten"). Another describes a patient lying on the couch as he spills all to his psychoanalyst: K-C S N N-L-S-S ("Casey is in analysis"). The humor is so-so; the drawings are little masterpieces of economy and urban wit. About 60 unnumbered pages. Dustjacket shows insignificant shelf-use; boards are clean and sound; inked gift dedication dated Christmas 1984 (first printing, thus) on front endpaper recto; text is clean and strong.

New York, NY: Alladin Paperbacks/Simon & Schuster, 1982. First Edition, 45th Printing . Paperback. New/None as Issued. Ron Barrett (Illustrator). BRAND NEW Copy. Softcover/Fine. How it would be were food to rain from the sky? Marvelous? Messyt? Given no choice, what if untasty and too much fell? Unpaginated showers of food. Was adapted to a computer-animatedv version by Sony Pictures Animation & television.

London, UK: Victor Gollancz, 1958. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Text/Underlining to Forward, else NEW & Bright. Maroon linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; nips & losses to edges, price sticker shadow to upper front corner; under mylar. Strike-out to fEP, sticker shadow to title page. Critical anthology of American humour. Historian Kenneth Lynn (c. 1923 - 2001) was known for biographical studies of famous authors such as Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, Ernest Hemingway, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Here he examines of how popular, oral humor became transmuted into print in American literature. 463 pgs. A study of 19 authors from Benjamin Franklin, Washinton Irving, through Edgar Allan Poe, to Mark Twain, Henry James, and Finley Peter Dunne.

New York, NY: Crown Publishing Group, 1994, 1994. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/Fine. BRAND NEW Copy. First Edition, First Printing. A collection of some 50 gifts better to give than to receive, and, where to find them. Humorous, historical record of American preoccupations of mid-1990s. For instance: a medically accurate model of one pound of human fat; a rubber slug; or an IRS Christmas tree ornament! Born from 4 years of research by renowned humor columnist Dave Barry (1947 -) & his crack "gift-finding" team at the Miami Herald. Contemporary Americana from Barry, whose honors include the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1988) & the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (2005).

New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 2004. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. New/New. BRAND NEW Copy. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Humor/American. The 43rd president. George Walker Bush (1946 - ) served two terms (2001 - 2009),, previosuly as governor of Texas (1995 - 2000). The eldest son of Babara and George H. W. Bush (the 41st president of the USA). Among his accomplishments, mastery of the English language is not included. For instance : "The illiteracy level of our children ARE appalling:). And, pocking fun on himeself, Chapter 1, Who I Am: "I've coined new words, Like misunderstanding and HISPANICALLY". Light hearted commentary on the dynamcis of language in these United States of America.

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Crest, 1959. First Fawcett Paperback, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Fawcett Crest # k874; published at 40 cents. Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/NF w/light wear; trace rubs to upper/lower spine edges, and, small loss to lower back spine edge. Laughs with Dennise the Menace, "born 1931". This edition was especially prepared for Fawcett Publications.

Stuttgat - Berlin: Desutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1939. 22.-25. Tausend . Printed Beige Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 5/16" Tall. Olaf Gulbransson. Forty-seven light-hearted and often perceptive essays and vignettes (Plaudereien) by the gifted observer. The general subjects are Adam und Eva; Spanische Reise; Uber das Gluck; Miszellen; and Theatrum Humanum. 223 pages, with Inhalt and illustrations. Boards are slightly grimed; text is clean and strong.

Munchen, Germany: Bassermann, 1902. 1902 Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/None (as Issued). Wilhelm Buch (Author & Illustrator). Text/AS NEW & Bright. 1902 Edition. German language text. Illustrated boards w/line back strap/NF; sound w/light surface wear & Munchen bookshop sticker to lower front. PO name to first title page. . German author & illustrator, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908), was known for his comic illustrated cautionary tales. Cartoons w/verse captions, Die Fromme Helene satirizes religious hypocrisy among the well-to-do. 113 pgs. Die Fromme Helene (The Pious Helene, or, Helen Who Couldn't Help It) satirizes religious hypocrisy among the well-to-do. First published 1872; this is a 1902 printing.