Search Results: Humor from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

New York.: Perennial Library / Harper & Row., 1964. 1st Perennial printing. No print line.. Mass-market paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Top edge darkening from smoky fire. Spine sun-fade; author name readable, not title.. 1 Slightly taller than mass-market paperback. 398 p. Line art Illustrations. A sampling of Thurber's world. Dozens of humorous essays and hundreds of drawings from the humorist whose work frequented the New Yorker magazine.

Fawcett Gold Medal, 1981. 1st printing.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Inked number stamps, top. Blemish front left center.. 1 Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 128 p. Back cover color toons. Inside B&W cartoon drawings. Cavepeople 'toons; first six leaves introduce the cast of characters. B.C. is "A humble servant to naivety. A most pleasant encounter for those who dislike encounters. " To avoid unpleasant encounters, do not share this literary and artistic achievement with the political correction police.

New York / Chicago / San Francisco.: Henry Holt & Company., 1954. No number line: 1st printing.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Loosening binding. Moderate edge wear to this much read classic.. 1 Unpaged. 24 cm. B&W cartoon Illustrations. Cartooning: Hank Ketcham's mischievous, curious, slingshot toting, tyrannical 4-year-old Dennis offers advice to those who would dare babysit. Attached inside still, a detachable card, "This is to certify that...The bearer is reasonably sane, sound of wind and limb, does not eat or drink much, and really doesn't have to baby-sit...just likes children".

Regional Journalist Strohmeyer and West Lebanon, NH, Valley News photojournalist Hansen teamed up here during the late 1990s to take on the imagery challenge of womanhood for girls using Barbie and Ken dolls posed in contemporary settings, several based on news of the day. Sections I: From Tropical to Topical; Section II: From Hysterical to Historical. Instructions for playing out the roles. This volume is falling down funny, and (sadly) still contemporary in its satire. Numerous B&W Photos on interior pages. Color cover.

Avon Books Division / Hearst Corporation., 1948. 'T-437' Abridged.. Mass-market paperback. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Short tears to lower spine. Moderate edgewear, cover soiling.. 1 221 p. Line art cartoons saying much w / little. Cover note: 'A magnificent carnival of untamed wit and whimsy by America's greatest humorist. ' Thurber was a reporter, cartoonist, playright, often amusing even the targets of his insults. Vintage paperback with cover price of 35 cents.

The Century Co. / The De Vinne Press, 1892. 11th Copyright since 1879.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Lower outside corner moisture staining, moderate page by page but through all, stopping short of illustrations. Minor edgewear and soiling to covers.. 0 38 p. Includes illustrations. Horizontal format, pen&ink illustrations. Wide borders. Good quality materials. Precisely drawn cartoons in comical scenarios. Partial here to the hedgehog stealing an apple, page 16. Preface: Some cat-land fancies, drawn and dressed / To cheer your mind when it's depressed. "

New York.: Leslie-Judge Company., 1922. Collection: weekly editions.. Hard cover. Good. Clean pages w/ only random light soiling. Page blocks show minor soiling. Well-bound. High quality paper. Vibrant colors.. Various illustrators.. 1 Series periodical bound together in red cloth-covered boards. Cover color paste-on art of child-character "Captain Kid". 29 cm. Each edition about 26 pages. Published "With Which is Combined Leslie's Weekly" beginning June 24, Number 2121. Introductory title page, "A joyous collection of the brightest things printed in Judge during the past year. Judge, the Happy Medium, charms the greatest family of optimists ever drawn to any humorous publication, " drawn from hundreds of foreign publications. Contributing writers include George Mitchell, Heywood Broun, Monte Sohn, Burgess Johnson, George Jean Nathan, and more. Artists: from full-color lithograph plates to 2-color and Pen&Ink cartoons. Sections include With the College Wits,… Read More

New York.: The Wormwood Press., 1945. 2nd printing.. Hard cover. Very good in fair dust jacket. Weakening lower binding, page 64-65. DJ chipped, soiled.. Machamer, Jefferson (Cartooning by). 1 Red cloth over boards. illustrated. 158 p., 1. 23 cm. Cartoon B&W drawings. First edition. This 1940s view of management offers perspective on the sexist view of the business world and its employees, and humor common to that era. It's a "training" manual for the workplace with some relevance still, indicating there's not been much improvement. Foreword, A Little Farther Foreword, Introduction, 11 Chapters, Backword, Summary. Helpful might be: How to Pound a Table, How to Serve on a Committee, How to Outwit a Bureaucrat, Glossary of Gobbledygook.

Hertfordshire, England: Wordsworth Classic, 1994. Complete and Unabridged. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor cover shelf wear.. 0 272p.; Colorized Lear illustrations, front cover. B&W line art inside. Classic 1900s rhyming humor, animals and people amd places.

Delacorte Press., 1989. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in fine dust jacket. Book volume fine save for darkening of top page block.. 1 Cloth and paper over boards. 142 p. B&W Stock Photo section. Audience: General/trade. Comedians and comedy writers, Chris Elliott (the younger, writer / actor for the Dave Letterman Show) and Bob Elliot (of the legendary "Bob and Ray" comedy stage act) together offer up what the public has shown sells: turmoil and shame amidst a Hollywood family. This, too, is a comedy act richly laced with what the public also enjoys: laughter, satire, irony, humor, and good belly laughs.

New York.: Three Rivers Press., 2001. 7th printing.. Trade paperback. Fine.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 176 p. 8.5x11in. B&W news pages facsimiles. Audience: General/trade. American Studies / Media Mockery / Humor / News Reporting Primer. All the news that would have been more fun to read. A parody collection from the Madison, Wisconsin, based newspaper periodical, "The Onion".

Boston / New York.: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press., 1930. First edition. Presumed 1st. No print line.. Hard cover. Fine in good dust jacket. Jacket has age-toning, small edge tips.. 1 26 p. Blue cloth over spine; Pen&Ink comically illustrated front light gold paper cover; art repeated on jacket. No artist credit. 4x7 in. Back jacket author bio. American early 20th century humorist. Author of "Pigs is Pigs". Popular magazine columnist who has turned his collections into popular books here jabs at this newest publishing trend by which he has profited.

Laurence Harbor NJ / Rochester NH.: Phyll-Rich Ltd., 1992. First edition. July 1992.. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light cover wear. Short cporner creasing, front. Lower back small damp stain.. 1 [96] p. Includes illustrations. Horozontal paper cover format, 10x7in. B&W pen&ink w/ print screen overlay where needed for shading. Single 'toon per page. Captioned out of box. Stapled binding. Editorial cartoonist John DeAngelis's collection of work, 1989-1992. Literal images, plus aliens, animals, sea creatures.

Riverside / Cambridge MA.: Houghton, Osgood and Company., 1879. First edition. Presumed 1st. No print line.. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Lower corner minor bumps. Else fine. Pencilled by prior owner: Lila, Thanksgiving Nov 27 / (18)78.. 1 152 p. Brown cloth over boards. Gold titles ornate w/ black outline and decorations. Spine titles stamped gold, spine end graphic borders. Gold page blocks, 3 sides. 4x6 in. 199 p. Beveled cover edges. Decorated title page. Audience: General/trade. Poetry, a volume that first brought recognition to author Celia Thaxter: 58 "Dwift-Wood" Poems (11 titled: Song); 15 Poems for Children. A compact attractive volume by one of New England's best-remembered late 19th century writers. She began her life living with her father on the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire. He was a lighthouse keeper, then an inn owner, the first for a growing summer tourism clientele to the Shoals. Nature and the sea were themes that… Read More

Kingfisher, 1995. 2nd printing, American.. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. Hurt-Newton, Tania. 1 64 p. What's gray, wrinkly, and has sixteen wheels? The answer's on page...oh, shucks, no page numbers. I know, buy the book and read it together!

Boston / Norwood MA.: John W Luce Co. "The Publishers" / The Plimpton Press., 1905. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Minor wear, light rubs to extremities. Front inside "ex " form provided; inked with "Rufus S. Carpenter with the Compliments of the Publishers, Dec 1905".. Goldsmith, Wallace (Pictures by).. 1 100 p. Patterned woven copper-toned cloth over boards. Paste-on spine and vertical front b&w art title boxes. Paper: light blue Sun, moon, stars, end papers, alternate pages. 19 cm. Satirical annual with horoscopes, historical notes, numerous drawings, lunar lessons, puns, advice for living, fractured quotes, and much much more. Lots of fun here.

Boston and New York.: Houghton Mifflin Company., 1919. Crowell Publishing 1918.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Interior clean. Moderate cover soiling.. 1 Olive green cloth over spine; tan paper over boards. 3 p. 1., 3-30 p., 1 l. 18 cm. Early 20th century American humorist, Ellis Parker Butler focuses here on being a writer. As for goat-feathers, are gathered one at a time by a man, sticks each on his own hide to make himself look like the village goat. Butler notes it takes 6 days, 3 hours, and 18 minutes to gather one goat-feather. To understand the importance of this and its relevance to being a writer, reading Butler's tale will make it all clear, maybe.

New York.: Family Library by arr. w/ Beacon Press., 1973. FT3008.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Signed by previous owner.. 1 59 p. Mass-market (rack) paperback. Christian, subtitled: "Surprising routes to God's truth for modern man! "

Tor Books / Tom Doherty Associates Inc., 1999. First edition. 1st TOR printing.. Mass-market paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Minor age-toning. Small gold oval book store sticker on back over code.. 1 Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 128 p. B&W cartoon box sequence art. Audience: General/trade. RARE: Grimmy Inc. The star of this cartoonist's character group is a dog with a big belly, big snout, and bulging, or sometimes disinterested eyes. But in the Mike Peters view of life, there are also dinosaurs, bugs, police, mail carriers, Ham the talking pig, a cat, and Ms Goose, who provides food and shelter for Grimmy, though it's hard to know how they ever became companions.

Cambridge MA.: Harvard Lampoon., 1966. Wraps. Very good. Top staple off-fold (production error). Minor edge wear. Light cover soil. Top front corner crease.. Donnell, W S (Cover art by).. 1 52 p. Includes illustrations. Magazine-style format and materials. Cover: Pen&Ink w/ color paper doll art. Stapled binding. B&W photos, line art w/ text and advertisements. Published 8 times annually, the classic Harvard Lampoon is a spoofing publication with changing themes. This 1966 issue theme, Movie Worsts over the prior 12 months included The Ten Worst Pictures of the Year; Worst Actress, Worst Actor, Obnoxious Movie Songs, Supporting Roles, and many more. Several articles, a short play, Lampy's Movie Trivia Crostic (unmarked), cartoons, verse. Many of the ads are designed with humor.