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Quo Vadimus?  Or the Case for the Bicycle

Quo Vadimus? Or the Case for the Bicycle

by White, E. B.

Condition
Used - Good; Edges rubbed, pages toned, owner name on title page.
Edition
Later Printing
Published
1935
Binding
Softcover
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NY: Editions for the Armed Services. Good; Edges rubbed, pages toned, owner name on title page.. 1935. Later Printing. Softcover. A solid copy of the Armed Services Edition (696) of this classic humor title. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 160 pages .
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Will Success Spoil Jeff Davis?  The Last Book about the Civil War

Will Success Spoil Jeff Davis? The Last Book about the Civil War

by Connelly, T. Lawrence

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.
Edition
First Edition
Published
1968
Binding
Hardcover
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NY: McGraw Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated vignettes spoofing Civil War reenactors and history. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 143 pages .
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The Complete Ozy and Millie, Volume 1

The Complete Ozy and Millie, Volume 1

by Simpson, Dana

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
2009
Binding
Softcover
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Self Published. Very Good. 2009. Softcover. Volume one of a two volume complete collection of the cartoons featuring the two young foxes, Ozy and Millie. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 337 pages .
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The Complete Ozy and Millie, Volume 2

The Complete Ozy and Millie, Volume 2

by Simpson, Dana

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Used - Very Good
Published
2009
Binding
Softcover
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Self Published. Very Good. 2009. Softcover. Volume two of a two volume complete collection of the cartoons featuring the two young foxes, Ozy and Millie. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 335 pages .
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Funny Things:  A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz

Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz

by Debus, Luca; Matteuzzi, Francesco

Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.
Edition
First Printing
Published
2023
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781603095266
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San Diego, CA: Top Shelf Productions. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.. 2023. First Printing. Hardcover. 1603095268 . A cartoon biography of the late Peanuts cartoonist, Charles M. Schulz. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 440 pages .
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One Man's Fancy

One Man's Fancy

by Saxon, Charles

Condition
Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, jacket tattered and waterstained.
Edition
First Printing
Published
1977
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780396075097
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NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, jacket tattered and . waterstained.. 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. 0396075096 . A collection of cartoons by the New Yorker cartoonist, including several pages in color. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Lampy's Early Days

Lampy's Early Days

by [Wheelwright, Edmund March]

Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, nick to top corner of front boards.
Edition
Second Edition
Published
2009
Binding
Hardcover
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard Lampoon. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, nick to top corner of front . boards.. 2009. Second Edition. Hardcover. 1 of 500 copies. Purple cloth. Illustrated endpapers and black and white illustrations. A beautiful copy of this history of the beginnings of the Harvard Lampoon. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 71 pages .
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Quail in Aspic:  The Life Story of Count Charles Korsetz As Tape-Recorded  to Cecil Beaton

Quail in Aspic: The Life Story of Count Charles Korsetz As Tape-Recorded to Cecil Beaton

by Beaton, Cecil; Korsetz, Count Charles

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner bookplate on front free endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed and worn.
Edition
First American Edition; First Printing
Published
1963
Binding
Hardcover
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner bookplate on front free . endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed and worn.. 1963. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A curious book, a satirical autobiography of a dissolute aristocrat whose dear Mother is featured in many of the accompanying humorous photos. Photographs by Cecil Beaton, chapter heading vignettes… Read more about this item
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Women Are My Favorite People

Women Are My Favorite People

by Linkletter, Art

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket toned, remainder spray on page bottoms.
Edition
First Edition
Published
1974
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780385052269
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket toned, remainder spray on page . bottoms.. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 038505226X . The TV personality's favorite stories about the women he met during his life. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 161 pages .
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The Airship Almanac:  A Little Light Literature on High Life, Telling How  to Get off the Earth and How to Get on Again

The Airship Almanac: A Little Light Literature on High Life, Telling How to Get off the Earth and How to Get on Again

by Allen, Lewis

Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards moderately worn and soiled.
Published
1909
Binding
Hardcover
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Boston: John W. Luce and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards moderately worn and soiled.. 1909. Hardcover. Two-color illustrations by D. C. Bartholomew. Blue cloth spine with color illustrated paper-covered boards. Jokes, gags, poems, illustrations, and other light-hearted aviation humor. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 82 pages .
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Bubblin's An' B'Ilin's At the Center

Bubblin's An' B'Ilin's At the Center

by Graves, Merle Dixon

Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, library stamp on title page.
Edition
First Edition
Published
1934
Binding
Hardcover
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Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, library stamp on title . page.. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Illustrations by the author. Humorous tales of regional characters in western Massachusetts. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages .
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Satire '66:  The Year in Political Cartoons

Satire '66: The Year in Political Cartoons

by LePelley, Guernsey

Condition
Used - Very Good; Covers lightly worn.
Published
1967
Binding
Softcover
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Christian Science Publishing Society. Very Good; Covers lightly worn.. 1967. Softcover. Black plastic comb binding. Die-cut illustrated front cover. Political cartoons reprinted from the Christian Science Monitor. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall .
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Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book

Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book

by Jones, Terry

Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards faintly worn.
Edition
Reprint
Published
1998
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780760711071
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Barnes and Noble. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards faintly worn.. 1998. Reprint. Hardcover. 0760711070 . Padded pictorial hardcover. A humorous sendup of Victorian pressed flower books, only with the nonsensical text of the late Monty Python star Terry Jones and Brian Froud's delightful illustrations of fairies. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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Fun on the 5:15

Fun on the 5:15

by Fort, Osborn

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket chipped.
Edition
First Printing
Published
1951
Binding
Hardcover
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South Orange, NJ: Hewlett Publishing Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket chipped.. 1951. First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth. Foreword, black and white illustrations and photo, four color fold-out illustration. A humorous take on the life of a commuter. Foreword by Edward Streeter, illustrated by Kurt Stoessel.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 134 pages .
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Mouse Breath, Conformity and Other Social Ills

Mouse Breath, Conformity and Other Social Ills

by Winters, Jonathan

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket has small coffee stain at the top of the spine, cloth mottled.
Edition
First Printing
Published
1965
Binding
Hardcover
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket has small coffee stain at the . top of the spine, cloth mottled.. 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth with deckled fore-edge. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations. A generous selection of Jonathan's cartoons as well as a stunning gallery of reproductions of larger works, paintings, sketches and such (rear cover).… Read more about this item
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Yo, Leonard

Yo, Leonard

by Steadman, Ralph

Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Rubbbed.
Edition
Later Printing
Published
2018
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9788494773402
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Barcelona: Libros Del Zorro Rojo. Very Good with no dust jacket; Rubbbed.. 2018. Later Printing. Hardcover. 8494773402 . Illustrated hardcover. Illustrated endpapers, black and white and color illustrations. Published in Spanish. ; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages .
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The Captain Kentucky Collection:  Volume One

The Captain Kentucky Collection: Volume One

by Rosa, Don

Condition
Used - Very Good; Covers lightly toned.
Published
1981
Binding
Softcover
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Louisville, KY: The Pertwillaby Paper Works. Very Good; Covers lightly toned.. 1981. Softcover. Episodes 1-50 of the cartoon strip by Rosa which first appeared in the Louisville Times. Color illustrated stapled card covers. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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28 Humorous Stoties Old and New:  By Twenty and Eight Authors

28 Humorous Stoties Old and New: By Twenty and Eight Authors

by Rhys, Ernest (editor) ; Dawson-Scott, C. A. (editor)

Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn and sunned.
Edition
Second Printing
Published
1927
Binding
Hardcover
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NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn and sunned.. 1927. Second Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth with printed paper labels on front boards and spine. Vintage humor collection including stories by Mark Twain, Laurence Housman, Athol Forbes, Grace Rhys, W. W. Jacobs, Joseph C. Lincoln, Stephen Leacock, Saki, Jerome K. Jerome, O. Henry, P.… Read more about this item
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Fondue and Furs

Fondue and Furs

by Preston, Oliver

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.
Edition
First Edition
Published
2011
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780954993641
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Tetbury, UK: Beverston Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 0954993640 . Inscribed by the author/illustrator on the half-title. Color cartoons about the jet setters at the Swiss skiing resort of Gstaad. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages .
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The Cruise of the Kawa:  Wanderings in the South Seas

The Cruise of the Kawa: Wanderings in the South Seas

by Traprock, Walter E. ; [Chappell, George Shepard]

Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, owner name on half-title, front flyleaf removed.
Published
1921
Binding
Hardcover
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NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, owner name on half-title, front . flyleaf removed.. 1921. Hardcover. Gray cloth binding with gilt lettering on front boards and spine. Many photos. A parody of Pacific Island adventure and travel books. Map endpapers. Written by George Shepard Chappell under his Traprock pen name. [6]pp… Read more about this item
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