Search Results: Humor and Comedy from Recycled Records and Books

Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A.: American Press, 1953 127pp. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Edges of text block are dust stained. Spine is sunned. Boards are sunned along edges. Spine is shaken and cocked. Boards have light stains. Front board has a stain at lower edge. Inside of boards and endpapers are sunned along edges. Inside of boards have light glue bleed from pastedown. Endpapers have light horizontal stains. Inside of rear board and rear endpaper have a long, light vertical stain. Pages 74/75 have a small, light stain at signature. Pages are toned. Inide of dust jacket is sunned along edges and heavily foxed. Edges of jacket have creases, have tears, and are missing pieces. Rear flap fold shows signs of biopredation. Jacket is sunned and soiled. Text is unmarked. . First Edition ?. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Minus Jacket.

NY: Dell Publishing Company, 1933 47pp. Spine is rubbed. Staples are rusty. Wraps have a small split athe the spine head and spine heel.Tips are bumped. Wraps have light soiling, scuffs and light scratches. Rear wrap has creases. Spine edge of wraps have small creases. Lower edge of rear wrap has a tiny tear. Pages are toning. B/w photos through out. Text is unmarked. First Printing. Paperback. Good Minus. Magazine.

American Greetings Corporation Unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. Two former owner names on front endpaper (One in the "TO:" Line and one in the "FROM:" Line. "2" written on inside front board at the top tip. Inside rear board has a small surface tear. Tips and spine ends are lightly rubbed. Boards have light sunning along the edges. . First Edition?. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Dust Jacket.

New York: Horizon Press, 1953 270pp. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine is shaken. Inside boards and endpapers have light foxing. Page edges have light foxing. Top edge of text block is heavily dust stained. Fore edge and lower edge of text block have light dust staining. Small water stain at the lower edge of the text block. Boards have light scuffs and light scuffs and scratches. Dust jacket is poor with flaws including but not limited to large pieces missing, tears, chipping, scuffs, sunning and stains. Text is unmarked. . Third Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus/Poor Jacket.

Cambridge (MA): Self Published, 1954 Unpaginated. Wraps have light soiling. Spine head is chipped. Front wrap has light creases. Wraps have light edgewear. Rear wrap has light creases and a small surface tear to foredge. Text is clean and unmarked. . First Printing. Plastic "Comb" Binding. Good Plus.

Salzburg: Josef Huttegger , 1986 144pp. Text is unmarked. Boards have a bend. Spine ends are bumped. Top tip of rear board has a small bumped spot. Page edges have very light foxing. Former owner inscription on front endpaper. Jacket has scuffs and light scratches. Tips and spine ends have light chipping. Spine panel is sunned. Jacket has a large damp stain at the lower edge at portions of front, rear and spine panels. Text is unmarked. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair Jacket.

New York: Dell Publishing Company, 1957 48pp. Stapled Wraps. Old price sticker on front wrap at the top tip. Lower tips of wraps are missing. Wraps have creases. Spine edges of wraps have some cracks and creases. Staples are rusty. A one-inch by one-inch piece is missing the spine head of the rear wrap. Fore edge of rear wrap has several small tears and missing a few small pieces. Fore edge of pages 43-48 have a small tear at the fore edge. Pages are toning. Text is unmarked. . Paperback. Fair.

London: Bancroft & Co, 1962 126pp. Wraps have light soiling and light creases. Pages are toning. Spine has light creases. Front hinge is a bit weak. Text is clean and unmarked.. First UK Editiion. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1963 118pp. Rear board has a slight bend. Front board has a one-inch warp. Tips and spine ends are rubbed. Spine ends are bumped. Former owner bookplate on front endpaper. Inside boards and endpapers have varying degrees of foxing. Edges of jacket have tears, creases, chipping and pieces missing. Rear panel of jacket is foxed. Spine panel is sunned with correlating toning to the inside of the jacket. Spine panel has a small damp stain. Flap folds have a couple of tiny holes. Spine panel has small surface tears. Rear panel has a small red stain. Jacket may have other flaws. Text is unmarked. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good Minus/Poor Jacket. Illus. by Dik.

Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: The Comedy Center, 1963 57pp. Staapled wraps. Spine edge of wraps have small creases. Tips and spine ends are rubbed. Spine ends are chipped. Front wrap and first half of text have a one-inch diagonal crease at the top edge. Wraps have light smudges and light scratches. Text is unmarked. . Second Printing. Paperback. Good Plus.

Sequana, Paris: Ree Julliard, 1946 Unpaginated. Text in French. Front Note: "Four hundred copies have been extracted from this work on a vellum of arches in the form of numbers 1 to 400 plus thirty copies per hour and two thousand copies numbered on a rag of cervol the proud all constituting the original edition." Rear Note: "Has completed printing on the presses of Nordisk rotogravyr a stockholm, for rene juliars, publisher in paris, on the eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six." Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Edges of text block are heavily dust stained. Top edge of text block has a couple stains near top tip that affect both wraps and all pages. Spine is sunned, has tears, and is missing tiny pieces at spine ends. Wraps are heavily sunned and have a few stains. Rear wrap is missing a small piece at top tip. Wraps have a few light surface tears. Hinges are starting to open. Front endpaper has a light crease at lower tip. Rear endpaper has a small crease at top… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934 295pp. Tips and spine ends are heavily bumped, heavily rubbed, and are startng to fray. Cloth boards exhibit some edgewear, causing a few small creases. Edges of text block are dust stained. Lower edge of text block has a 3" damp stain. Spine is sunned and has many small stains. Boards have some light scratches. Rear board has a few small damp stains. Former owner inscription on front endpaper. Inside of rear board and rear endpaper have a couple tiny stains. Hinges are weak. Spine is shaken and cocked. Signature open at page 81. Pages are heavily toned and lightly foxed. Text is unmarked. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket.

NY: Grove Press, 1968 811pp. Spine is shaken. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Top edge of both boards are sunned. Pages 286-412 have creases at the top tip. Top edge of jacket has creases, tears, chipping and pieces missing. Top edge of front panel has a two-inch closed tear. Top tip of front flap is clipped, not including the price. Tips of flap folds are chipping. Jacket has scuffs and scratches.. Later Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Minus Jacket.

New York: Self-published, 1842 230pp. Printed by Lange, Little and Hillman.Tips, spine ends and lower edges of boards are rubed. Tips and spine ends are heavily bumped. Lower edge of rear board has a bump. Spine edges are rubbed. Boards have heavy soiling, scuffs and scratches. Edges of text block are dust stained. Former owner name on front endpaper. Title page has a triangular hole near the lower edge. Lower tip of frontispiece has a small crease. Lower tips of 229 through first rear endpaper are missing a piece. Pages have light toning along the edges. May have other flaws. . Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket.

Buffalo (NY): Crestwood Publishing Company, Inc., 1948 Unpaginated Spine is heavily rubbed with half-inch tears at both spine ends. Spine edge of both wraps have small horizontal tears and creases. Wraps have light scuff and scratches. Wraps have light soiling. Tips are lightly bumped. Pencil date written on front wrap. Tips of rear wrap have several creases. Wraps have light soiling and light edge wear. Last several pages have a 1 1/2 inch crease at the top tip. Pages are toning. Top edge of rear wrap has two tiny tears and a light crease. Text is unmarked. . First Printing. Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Reamer Keller. Magazine.

North Fort Myers, FL: SWM Enterprises, 1994 92pp. Tips and spine ends are lightly rubbed. Wraps have a light reading crease. Top tip is bumped, causing a small crease to both wraps. Spine edge of book has a ripple. Spine head of rear wrap is bumped. Wraps have light scuffs and scratches. . First Printing ?. Paperback. Very Good.

Chicago: Thos. W. Jackson, 1938 96pp. Spine heel is chipped. Front cover is detached at spine ends. Center portion is still attached. Several passages are bracketed or circled in blue marker. Text is clean and unmarked. . Revised. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Pavilion Books Ltd., 1989 192pp. Wraps have light scratches. Tips and spine ends are rubbed. Lower tip is bumped. Top tip of half title page has a light crease. Lower tip of rear wrap has a couple light creases. Wraps have light edgewear. Text is clean and unmarked. 1851453571. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good.