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Humor List
Last updated January 18, 2010
1. A'Beckett, Gilbert A. THE
COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. 2 volume set. Illustrated with hand-colored plates by
John Leech. London, Bradbury, Agnew: ca. 1880's.
This is a ca. 1880's edition published by Bradbury and Agnew of London. Some
wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Fading & scuffing to bindings. Front
hinges cracked on both volumes, & back hinge cracked on volume I, but
bindings are tight. With numerous black-and-white woodcut illustrations and 17
hand-colored steel engraved plates. Beautiful illustrations to this classic
publication. $50.00
2. Barsis, Max. SKI
WHIZ! BOTTOMS UP, OLD AND NEW. New York, Stephen
Daye Press: 1945. In scarce dust jacket! Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket
with small chips and tears to edges. Nice illustrated dust jacket. Dust
jacket has chipping and wear to edges and some browning and discoloration, but
is very presentable and scarce on this title A book of whimsical cartoons and
drawings dealing with skiing and skiing mishaps. $15.00
3. Barsley, Michael. RITZKRIEG:
THE OLD GUARD'S PRIVATE WAR. London, K. G. Saur:
1940. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges.
$20.00
4. Blythe, Samuel G. CUTTING
IT OUT: HOW TO GET ON THE WATERWAGON AND STAY THERE. Chicago,
Forbes: 1912. Some wear to spine and corners. Slight discoloration and soiling
to binding. Slight soiling to covers. $15.00
5. Burgess, Robert Brettle. BOB
TALES. Boston, Meador: 1931. Slight shelf wear, in
edge-worn else near d. J. Slight browning to dust jacket. Scarce title. The
dust jacket appears to be a spoof of the Thornton W. Burgess Bedtime Stories
series. The author, in his preface, also makes reference to the Bedtime Stories
series. This book is a little book of humor based on the author's experiences
travelling. From the excerpts I read, it is an entertaining and humourous
narrative. $25.00
6. Dahl, Francis W. WHAT!
MORE DAHL? Boston, Ralph T. Hale & Company:
1944. Shelf wear to spine and corners. A few scuffed and soiled spots on covers.
Tight and clean internally. $14.00
7. de Vaux, Lisle. CRANKISMS.
Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates & Company: 1901.
100 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Front hinge
cracked, but binding holding. $12.50
8. Harbin, E. O. PARODOLOGY:
SONGS FOR FUN AND FELLOWSHIP. A COLLECTION OF STUNT AND PEP SONGS FOR CAMPS,
PARTIES, WORSHIP, AND PEP OCCASIONS. Nashville,
Tennessee, Cokesbury: 1927. Some Shelf wear. Corners bumped. $8.95
9. Hayward, E. F. TWO
BITS. FULL OF LIVE ONES, NEW AND ORIGINAL. Very scarce American humor book. Chicago,
Thomas W. Jackson Publishing: 1904. First American edition. Softbound covers
with pictorial covers. Wear & some soiling. This is the 1904 edition
published by Thomas W. Jackson. Pages browned. Binding tight. Front cover has
small spots where the paper is scarred from something sticky being removed. The
sub-title mentions that the book contains "Funny Railroad Stories",
Old Time Darky Sayings", "Minstrel Jokes", "All the Late and
Funny Sayings of the Day". $55.00
10. Huot, Leland. HOMER
DAVENPORT OF SILVERTON: LIFE OF A GREAT CARTOONIST. Book 1: Narrative Biography,
Book 2: Picture Biography Bingen, Washington, West
Shore Press: 1973. 260 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine
and corners. $60.00
11. Johnson, Clifton-editor. ARTEMUS
WARD'S BEST STORIES. New York, Harper and
Brothers: 1912. 274 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. $35.00
12. Macauley, Ward. CHEAP
TURKEY. New York, Duffield: 1915. Shelf wear, else
near VG in dust jacket with chips & tears to edges. D.j. also has some
soiling. $10.00
13. Morton, Charles W. DAHL'S
BOSTON. With illustrated cartoons by Francis W. Dahl. Boston,
Little, Brown and Company: 1946. 157 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and
corners. Some soiling to the covers. $5.95
14. Ward, Artemus. BETSEY
JANE WARD, ( BETTER-HALF TO ARTEMUS) HUR BOOK OF GOAKS WITH A HILL AKKOWNT OF
THE COARTSHIP AND MARIDGE TO A4SAID ARTEMUS, AND MISTER WARD'S CUTTING-UP WITH
THE MORMON FARE SECKS. New York, James O'Kane:
1866. 312 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners Covers faded and
rubbed. Binding tight. $25.00