Search Results: Humor from Inno Dubelaar Books

Self-published. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First printing. SIGNED by the author, with a small sketch, number 88/300 copies. Very Good with some sunning of white card covers, spotting to top-edge of text block. Contents Nearly Fine.

Souvenir Press, London, 1966., 1966. F . Hardcover. Fair/Dust Jacket Included. First edition. 62 pp., ills., 12mo, green cloth covers, dustjacket. Nearly Fine text with owner's name, very light wear. Dj is badly torn in a couple of places but mostly complete.

Graphic Grins, 1986., 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. First printing. 61 pp., photos, drawings, colour ills., oversize hardcover in pictorial boards. Clean, tight text with no owner's marks. Nearly Fine copy with minimal wear to spine. Much above-average copy of this uncommon funny book.

Olympian House, 1957., 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket Included. First edition. 192 pp., ill. with cartoons, 8vo, blue cloth, dustjacket. VG text in Fair dj with numerous tears, inside tape repairs.

Elmtree, London, 1984., 1984. Hardcover. Fair/Dust Jacket Included. Second printing, 1984. 160 pp., ills., index, narrow 8vo, red cloth, dustjacket. Ex-library copy with usual markings, protected dj, but lightly worn only. Decent reading copy of this uncommon book.

London: Eyre Methuen, 1974. 1st . Paperback. Near Fine. NAP. Not paginated, profusely ill. in color, 4to, card covers. Nearly Fine with just the lightest wear to extremities of covers. No owner's marks. Exceptional condition for this fragile book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Darien House,, 1977. 1st . Paperback. Fine. Frist printing. 94 pp., photos, ills., oversize (4to) softcover. Nearly a Fine copy with very light rubbing to tips. No tears, no creases. Owner's discreet impression on title page. A lovely copy of the uncommon first printing of the softcover edition, about the nicest we have seen of this fragile book. Laid in: newspaper advertisement for Ricky Jay`s latest show `A Rogue`s Gallery`, as well as an extensive newpaper article promoting this show, with a large photo of Mr. Jay.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Darien House,, 1977. 1st . Paperback. Fine. First printing. 94 pp., photos, ills., oversize (4to) softcover. Fine copy with slightest trace of wear to covers. No owner's marks, no tears, no soiling. A superb copy of the uncommon first printing of the softcover edition, seldom found signed. INSCRIBED by Mr. Jay "For John, Mystically Thine Ricky Jay 25 May 1989". Includes 3 ephemera items related to his 1999 show "Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants": two news clippings with reviews and promotional material sent to ticket holders for the show. A much above-average copy of this fragile book, especially interesting with the ephemera.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Darien, 1977. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. First printing, scarce hardcover edition. 130 pp., many photos, small 4to, hardcover, dustjacket. Text is Nearly Fine: tight and unworn with no owner's marks, few small fades spots to top-edge of cloth, common on this book. Dj is Nearly Fine: very light wear to extremities, few tiny edge-nicks, one neatly repaired closed tear, barely noticeable. Laid in: original ad for "Ricky Jay: A Rogue's Gallery - An Evening of Conversation & Performance", Mr. Jay's 2009 show.

Elm Tree, London,1977., 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First printing. 144 pp., many ills., oversize (4to) hardcover, dustjacket. Fine/VG+.

Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.: Capra Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First printing. Fully illustrated with line drawings and some color ills., large 8vo, quality softcover. Scarce book with wonderfully bizarre illustrations.

Methuen, 1979., 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. First US edition. 189 pp., ills., 12mo, softcover. NF.

Gibbs Smith, 1993., 1993. F . Soft cover. First edition. 96 pp., ills., ovesize softcover with front-cover cut-out. Lacking the bandana, otherwise VG copy.

London: Pavillion, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. As New. First printing. 128 pp., ills., tall octavo, red cloth, dustjacket. Fine/Fine copy. Appears unread, no wear, no tears, not clipped, no owner's marks.

Rodale, 1987., 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. First edition. 88 pp., ills., index, squarish, softcover. Nearly Fine.

Harlin Quist, 1982, 1982. 1st Edition . Soft cover. First printing. 190 pp., profusely illustrated with photos and ills., oversize softcover. VG condition with some wear/creasing and short edge-tear (quarter-inch) to cover.

Paris: Pauvert, 1960., 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. First edition. 489 pp., ills., thick 4to, red cloth, dustjacket. Nearly Fine text in VG dj with some two closed tears, inside tape shadow. Rare book.

Sheed Andrews & McMeel, 1978., 1978. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First printing. 128 pp., profusely ill. in color and b&w, oversize softcover. VG.

Paris: Pauvert, 1964., 1964. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. First edition. 573 pp., many ills., thick 4to, green cloth, dustjacket. Extensive book review by The Times Literary Supplement, dated 1964, laid in. VG/VG with some wear and short tears to dj, tape sh adows to endpapers. No inscriptions. Attractive copy of this excellent reference on hoaxes and practical jokes. Also laid in, a couple of other newspaper clippings related to practical jokes. Rare book.

Debrett's, 1979., 1979. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket Included. Second printing. 80 pp., ills., 12mo, pink boards, dustjacket. NF/VG- with some chips to dj.