Search Results: Humor from The Vintage Bookstore

Rand Mc Nally, 1930. Orange cloth w/brown spine & cover lettering, deco endpapers, 126 pgs w/photos. Firm binding, covers worn, prev.owner name, finger wrinkles to pgs w/some finger smudges. Biopic of the radio show popular in 1920's including photos and some script dialogue. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Photos.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1940. Clean tight volume w/previous owner dedication fep. Priced DJ has top spine/corner chips, closed tear now in mylar sleeve. Forward by John A. Lomax '.these rhymes were made by the settlers and pioneers to amuse their children.' Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Ed Harris.

NY: William Sloane Assoc, 1947. Stated 1st Printing. Black Binding w/green deco boards, 315 pgs w/Author cartoons published at the time. (Political Humor, Satire) Owners inscrp fep dtd 1948, exlibris inside cvr. Priced Intact DJ w/author photo on back has spine soil/edge chips now in protective removable mylar. ".There are two hundred pictures of our present world and 50,000 honest, open-hearted words about how and why Mauldin drew them that way." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good in Mylar. Illus. by Author.

Cleveland/NY: The World Publishing Co, 1953. Stated First Edition. Blue Cloth HC w/gold spine/cover lettering, red Deco on spine and cover. 350 pgs w/b&w illustrations, red tpe. Priced Intact DJ is soiled with spine edge/corner wear, small chips around edges, now in removable, protective mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good in Mylar. Illus. by Sprod.

Back Bay Books, 1971. Stated No.1 Printing. Clean Tight Volume w/faint crease to top corners. no names. 390 pgs. First Paperback Edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Sun Dial Press, 1939. Blue cloth w/black spine lettering/cover deco, 311 pgs w/previous owner name/date fep. Covers and interior pages Clean. Dust Jacket has top/btm spine edge chips now in protective sleeve.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

OH: The World Publishing Co, 1945. Copyright 1944 by Smith & Durrell, this is the 1945 Tower Books Edition, First Printing of 1945. Burnt Red HC w/Yellow spine & cover lettering, Deco on cover, 194 pgs. Binding is Firm, Pages are Clean >no names or marks tho Age tanned. Covers are Clean w/slight spot on cover at Author's name. Priced Intact DJ has top spine edge wrinkle, closed tear, now in protective, mylar sleeve. "A Novel of the Great American Family" based on the Newspaper Comic Strip of the time. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good in Mylar.

Toronto, Canada: Collins, 1979. Red Binding w/gold spine lettering, 192 pgs. Clean Tight Copy- *Appears New. Intact Clean DJ has minor spine edge/corner wear now in protective removable mylar. '.glittering and hilarious remarks made thru the years by some of our most glamorous and gutsy movie personalities' 1915-1979. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good in Mylar. Illus. by Graham Pilsworth.

NY: Grove Press, 2002. Tight Clean Soft Cover w/faint crease to spine. 394 pages. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Alfred a Knopf, 1995. Clean Tight Gift Quality Volume in Priced like DJ, 192 pgs illustrated with b&w drawings. Story of Boy and his human. Fiction/Humor. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Illus. by Edward Koren. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. 1st printing. Clean Tight Volume in priced DJ w/tiny invisible ding near spine. 361 pgs including Index. Non Fiction/Humor . First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Frederick Fell, 1949. First printed in 1948, this is the 2nd printing/1949, Tight and Clean w/small tape shadow on fep. Humor vignettes for the Medical Profession.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Barye Phillips. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1956. Clean Tight Copy w/light foxing to top page edge. Clean Price clipped DJ mirrors book covers has 1 closed tear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Fritz Kredel.

NY: Lyle Stuart, 1974. Cleaned Ex-Library >no pocket - DJ in new wrap< Yellow Binding w/tape marks on covers, lib numbers on spine. 96 pgs. Priced Intact DJ has minor closed edge tear, in new protective, removable mylar. "Being the strange adventures of a Madison Avenue vice-president and various and assorted creatures of nature" Hilarious Satire. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good in Mylar. Illus. by George and Jane Reichart. Ex-Library.

TX: Brownlow Corp, 2000. Clean and Sound >no names or marks or dings. Presentation page Clean. Gift Quality. Humorous how-to's to brighten the season. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Author.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1958. Stated First Printing. Black/White Binding, red spine lettering 255 pgs illus w/political cartoons & others of 1950's Binding is Tight-Pgs Clean HC has edge/corner wear, spine-age soiling. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

NY: Fleet Press Corp., 1970. Presumed 1st Edn as no other cpy stated. Black binding has gold spine lettering, 214 Clean pgs w/over 25 pgs photos. Not Ex-lib or remainder. Clean Tight Copy. Intact DJ has spine/edge discoloration (Smoke?), now in Mylar Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine in Mylar.

NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1941. Yellow Binding w/black spine lettering/cover deco. 321 rough cut pgs w/blue tpe. Binding Firm, Interior Pgs Clean w/owners name/address inside cvr. Covers Clean. Intact Clean DJ w/ list on books on reverse side, now in protective removable mylar. '.country doctor's homely, humorous experiences, crammed with the honest stuff of American life' Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good in Mylar.

NY: Stein & Day, 1968. Purple Cloth Binding w/Yellow Boards/spine lettering, 251 rough cut pgs. Binding Firm, Pgs/Covers Clean-No Marks. Clean *Priced Yellow DJ w/minor spine edge wear now in protective, removable mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+ in Mylar.

NYC: Stewart, Tabori & Chang,, , 1996. Clean Tight Volume > Gift Quality 1st Printing in like Dust Jacket. Wonderful 2-tone illustrated fantasy. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.