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  • LADY COTTINGTON'S PRESSED FAIRY BOOK by Jones, Terry and Brian Froud.
    Jones, Terry and Brian Froud.
    LADY COTTINGTON'S PRESSED FAIRY BOOK

    Edition: First US printing.

    Atlanta, Georgia: Turner Publishing, Inc., (1984). Hardcover first edition - Dark humor by Jones (of Monty Python fame) The publisher (at the request of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Fairies) notes that no fairies were injured or killed in the manufacturing process. Illustrated throughout in soft color by Brian Froud. The die cut fairy bookmark/window sticker and the sealed band that goes around the "erotic" pages of the book, reading "For the protection of the innocent", still in place. Large format, marbled endpapers. ISBN: 1-570360626.

    Condition: Fine in padded pictorial boards designed to simulate the look of a scuffed leather diary or notebook.

    Book ID: 85254
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  • MAN CANDY: Dishy Dudes and Mod Men. by Joseph, Reeda.
    Joseph, Reeda.
    MAN CANDY: Dishy Dudes and Mod Men.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Viva Editions, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - Vintage photographs from the 1950s and 1960s are combined with Joseph's pithy captions to create a book that is fun to browse. Small square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 9781936740680.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards (no dust jacket, as issued)

    Book ID: 63492
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  • Keillor, Garrison.
    WLT: A Radio Romance.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1991.). Humorous novel by the creator of NPR's Prairie Home Companion: In 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and start station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) as a gambit to rescue their failing restaurant and become the Sandwich Kings of South Minneapolis. 401 pp.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 47106
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  • WLT: A Radio Romance. by Keillor, Garrison.
    Keillor, Garrison.
    WLT: A Radio Romance.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Humorous novel by the creator of NPR's Prairie Home Companion: In 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and start station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) as a gambit to rescue their failing restaurant and become the Sandwich Kings of South Minneapolis. INSCRIBED by Keillor on the half title page "To - - A cheesy novel for your winter nights" and dated 12.17.91. 401 pp. ISBN: 0-670-818577.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46889
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  • LIBERTY: A Lake Wobegon Novel. by Keillor, Garrison.
    Keillor, Garrison.
    LIBERTY: A Lake Wobegon Novel.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Humorous novel by the creator of NPR's Prairie Home Companion. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-670-019915.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46891
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  • Lapham, Lewis.
    LAPHAM'S RULES OF INFLUENCE: A Careerist's Guide to Sucess, Status, and Self-Congratulation.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author, an editor for Harper's Magazine, writes a tongue-in-cheek guide of how to advance in life . Witty guidelines cover everything from what to wear, and whom to befriend, what to say, and what not to say. 131 pp. ISBN: 0-679-426051.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60166
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  • THERE'S A HAIR IN MY DIRT!: A Worm's Story. by Larson, Gary.
    Larson, Gary.
    THERE'S A HAIR IN MY DIRT!: A Worm's Story.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first non-"Far Side" book by this cartoonist - "an ecological fable that combines environmental lessons with off-the-wall humor. Father worm tells the story of Harriet, a beautiful but stupid maiden who frolics through the forest enjoying the beauty of nature, but completely failing to understand it. The young earthworm learns that nature is not a cute and cuddly theme park designed for the entertainment of stupid humans, but a complex, fragile, and sometimes violent system where every creature plays a vital role, even the lowly worm. It may look like a children's book (and they will love it too), but there's enough here to keep the most sophisticated…

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    New York: Harper Collins, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first non-"Far Side" book by this cartoonist - "an ecological fable that combines environmental lessons with off-the-wall humor. Father worm tells the story of Harriet, a beautiful but stupid maiden who frolics through the forest enjoying the beauty of nature, but completely failing to understand it. The young earthworm learns that nature is not a cute and cuddly theme park designed for the entertainment of stupid humans, but a complex, fragile, and sometimes violent system where every creature plays a vital role, even the lowly worm. It may look like a children's book (and they will love it too), but there's enough here to keep the most sophisticated adult chuckling for hours." Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-06019104X.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark, light creasing to dj)

    Book ID: 85732
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  • Larson, Gary
    THE FAR SIDE GALLERY

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Andrews, McMeel & Parker, 1985.

    Condition: VG- (some wear to covers, crinkling to a few pages at lower corner.)

    Book ID: 10463
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  • UN CERTAIN MALAISE. by Lauzier, GŽrard, 1932-2008.
    Lauzier, GŽrard, 1932-2008.
    UN CERTAIN MALAISE.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Neuilly-sur-Seine & Montreal: Dargaud Editeur & Dargaud Canada, (1977.). Hardcover - The first book of erotic cartoons by the cartoonist, screenwriter and film director GŽrard Lauzier who was described by the Times as epitomizing "a certain vision of France during the prosperous Sixties and Seventies.. . he explored the contradictions and ironies of an epoch that was liberated and anti-materialist in its discourse and, more often than it liked to admit, hung up and rapacious in behaviour. Anti-PC before political correctness had even been thought of," Text is in French (en francais) but the humor shines through regardless of the language. Large format, in color throughout. 64 pp. ISBN: 2205007068.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 54025
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  • Lauzier, GŽrard, 1932-2008.
    CHRONIQUES DE L'ILE GRANDE.

    Edition: First edition.

    Neuilly-sur-Seine & Montreal: Dargaud Editeur & Dargaud Canada, (1977.). Hardcover first edition - A story told in cartoons by this French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Texte en francais (text in French) 60 pages de bandes dessinŽes en couleurs. Mise en couleur Johnny Coca. Couverture rigide. ISBN: 2205011464.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 54026
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  • LA COURSE DU RAT. by Lauzier, GŽrard, 1932-2008.
    Lauzier, GŽrard, 1932-2008.
    LA COURSE DU RAT.

    Edition: First edition.

    Neuilly-sur-Seine & Montreal: Dargaud Editeur & Dargaud Canada, (1978.). Hardcover first edition - A story told in cartoons by this French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Texte en francais (text in French) 61 pages de bandes dessinŽes en couleurs. Mise en couleur Johnny Coca. Couverture rigide. ISBN: 2205012819.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 54027
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  • LeVine, Jeff.
    THE DAYS GO BY LIKE BROKEN RECORDS: A No Hope Collection.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    San Francisco: Slave Labor Graphics, 1995. First edition - Includes the first 6 issues of the comic book 'No Hope' (lifesyles of the poor and bored) plus other rare and unpublished comics, including the mini-comics 'Help' and 'Life Makes My Head Hurt.'

    Condition: Near fine in stiff wrappers (black line on bottom edge.)

    Book ID: 14993
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  • TOOTH IMPRINTS ON A CORN DOG. by Leyner, Mark
    Leyner, Mark
    TOOTH IMPRINTS ON A CORN DOG.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harmony, 1995. First edition - A collection of 15 humorous essays. SIGNED on the title page,

    Condition: Near fine in printed yellow wraps, illustration on front cover.

    Book ID: 8870
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  • TOOTH IMPRINTS ON A CORN DOG. by Leyner, Mark
    Leyner, Mark
    TOOTH IMPRINTS ON A CORN DOG.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harmony, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 15 humorous essays. SIGNED on the title page. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-517-59384x.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 14033
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  • BARBED WIT & MALICIOUS HUMOR. by Mahoney, Patrick.
    Mahoney, Patrick.
    BARBED WIT & MALICIOUS HUMOR.

    Edition: Reprint.

    Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, (1983). Hardcover - Anecdotes about literary figures, actors, artists and more ( the last chapter is "religious revelling"), originally published in 1953. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-941694127.

    Condition: Near fine in brown cloth, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 69131
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  • SUBVERSE: Rhymes for Our Times. by Mannes, Marya, illustrated by Robert Osborn.
    Mannes, Marya, illustrated by Robert Osborn.
    SUBVERSE: Rhymes for Our Times.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: George Braziller, 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - Satirical poems about politics, television, the AMA, racial tensions and more, still appropriately named "rhymes for our times" even 50 years later.Illustrated with drawings by Robert Osborn. 144 pp. Slightly oversized format.

    Condition: Very near fine in a good dustjacket. (chipping and edgewear to the dj.)

    Book ID: 42468
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  • FUCK, NOW THERE ARE TWO OF YOU. by Mansbach, Adam.
    Mansbach, Adam.
    FUCK, NOW THERE ARE TWO OF YOU.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Akashic Books, (2019). SIGNED hardcover first edition - With his trademark humor, Mansbach "tackles a new addition to the family and all the fears and frustrations attendant to the simple, math-defying fact that two is a million more kids than one. As you probably know by now, you shouldn't read it to a child." Illustrated by Owen Brozman. SIGNED by Mansbach on the title page. Small oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1617757600.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 77440
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  • FUCK, NOW THERE ARE TWO OF YOU. by Mansbach, Adam.
    Mansbach, Adam.
    FUCK, NOW THERE ARE TWO OF YOU.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Akashic Books, (2019). SIGNED hardcover first edition - With his trademark humor, Mansbach "tackles a new addition to the family and all the fears and frustrations attendant to the simple, math-defying fact that two is a million more kids than one. As you probably know by now, you shouldn't read it to a child." Illustrated by Owen Brozman. INSCRIBED by Mansbach on the title page with the words "Play nice." Small oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1617757600.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 77441
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  • Martin, Steve.
    PURE DRIVEL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of funny and satiric short pieces by this comedian and actor. Many were first published in the New Yorker. ISBN: 0-7868-64672.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 21752
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  • PURE DRIVEL. by Martin, Steve.
    Martin, Steve.
    PURE DRIVEL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of funny and satiric short pieces by this comedian and actor. Many were first published in the New Yorker. 104 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-64672.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 30233
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  • McCauley, Adam (illustrator, signed); Katz, Bobbi (ghostwritten by).
    THE MONSTEROLOGIST: A Memoir In Rhyme.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Sterling Publishing, (2009.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The adventures of the monstrologist, ranging from encounters with trolls, werewolves to a zombie survey, told in humorous poems and illustrated by "lots of paper, strings, twigs, spaghetti, Adam's great grandmother's stamp collection" and lots more stuff. SIGNED on the half title page by the illustrator and dated in the year of publication. Large format. 50 pp. ISBN: 9781402744174.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy) in embossed dark red boards with black and gold lettering and illustrations.

    Book ID: 45375
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  • A COLLECTION OF E-MAILS by Mouren, Billie Jo and Gwen Andersen.
    Mouren, Billie Jo and Gwen Andersen.
    A COLLECTION OF E-MAILS

    Edition: First edition, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Newport Beach, CA Funny Books (2007). SIGNED first edition - A compilation of funny e-mails from debut authors Billie Jo Mouren and Gwen Anderson. INSCRIBED on the first page " To - - Laugh out Loud!" and dated. Includes over 300 colored prints and over 400 e-mails, index, 261 pp. ISBN: 9780980122206.

    Condition: Fine in glossy red wrappers (as new, unread)

    Book ID: 60752
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  • I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS! And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny. by Newhart, Bob.
    Newhart, Bob.
    I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS! And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Comedian's first book, a very funny take on his life and career. 239 pp. ISBN: 1401302467.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 40761
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  • Northcutt, Wendy.
    THE DARWIN AWARDS III: Survival of the Fittest.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Plume (Penguin), (2004.). All new stories commemorating individuals who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it. Illustrated with cartoons. Index. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-452-285720.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy)

    Book ID: 29525
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  • Pickering, Larry
    PICKERING'S YEAR

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    John Fairfax & sons, Ltd. 1976. First edition - The highlights of 1975 recaptured in a collection of cartoons from Australia's foremost political cartoonist.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 5986
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  • THREE-UPMANSHIP: The Theory & Practice of Gamesmanship; Some Notes on Lifemanship; One-Upmanship. by Potter, Stephen (1900-1969)
    Potter, Stephen (1900-1969)
    THREE-UPMANSHIP: The Theory & Practice of Gamesmanship; Some Notes on Lifemanship; One-Upmanship.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1962) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first combined edition of Potter's series of humorous books on how to secure an unfair advantage. The first one - Gamesmanship, written to show how poor players can beat better ones by subtle psychological ploys - was originally published in 1947. These books were adapted for the cinema in the 1960s ('School for Scoundrels' adapted by Peter Ustinov, recapitulates many of the 'one-up' ideas) and later for television in the 1970s. Illustrated with drawings by Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson. Index. vii, 487 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (overall light edgewear to dj, original price of $4.95 still present)

    Book ID: 87031
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  • 'VERSED' EDITION: Poems and Parodies. by Rosenberg, Carol E.
    Rosenberg, Carol E.
    'VERSED' EDITION: Poems and Parodies.

    Edition: First edition.

    Baltimore, Maryland: Reese Press, (1989.). SIGNED first edition - Light-hearted poems on many topics, often with suggestions on the tune to sing them to. Includes some songs and original music. INSCRIBED on the title page "To --- a great gal with heart and mind in the right place" and dated in the year of publication. 259 pp.

    Condition: Very good in turquoise illustrated wrappers (light crease on front cover, upper corner bumped.)

    Book ID: 51725
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  • THE FACE IS FAMILIAR. by Scheel, Ted.
    Scheel, Ted.
    THE FACE IS FAMILIAR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Beechhurst Press, (1951). Hardcover first edition - Caricatures of the famous and infamous - from Harry Truman to Truman Capote, from writers to politicians to musicians, including Mao, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Durante, J. Edgar Hoover, Sartre, Faulkner, Bing Crosby, Sinatra, Stalin, Churchill, Dali, Mencken, Einstein, Hemingway, and more. Large format. 64 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in gray boards with red lettering on front cover (previous owners name on front endpaper), no dust jacket but the front cover is laid in.

    Book ID: 87168
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  • Schulz, Charles M.
    IT WAS A SHORT SUMMER, CHARLIE BROWN.

    Edition: First thus- a pocket paperback.

    New York: Scholastic, 1971. The whole Peanuts gang at camp - color illustrations on each page, but not a comic format.

    Condition: Very good+ (a tight clean copy, but some crinkling.)

    Book ID: 20537
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  • YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, CHARLIE BROWN: A New Peanuts Book. by Schulz, Charles M.
    Schulz, Charles M.
    YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, CHARLIE BROWN: A New Peanuts Book.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1971). First edition - Black and white comic strips, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-030867134.

    Condition: Near fine (name stamped on first page).

    Book ID: 72580
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