Search Results: wit and humor of the age

The Ross Pub. House, 1889. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1889 EDITION. Re-bound by library with newer covers. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear with rubbing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Chicago, IL: Star Publishing Company. FR/No Dustjacket. ca1890. ........ Cloth. 8vo., 754 pp. + index, cover soiled, stianed, edges rubbed, hinges cracked and weak, page toning .

San Francisco, CA: Law, King & Law Publishing House. Poor. 1884. Leather. Spine taped, Textblock good.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Albany, NY: Ross, 1889. Good +. 776pgs, embossed cover, presentable copy

Star Publishing Co., Chicago: 1894, 1893. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Chicago, 1893; brown illustrated cloth covered boards; illustration faded; edge and corner wear with board exposed at corners; marbled edges; 8vo, 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; hinges split with webbing exposed and binding loose; interior pages toned but in good+ condition; Interior is clean and unmarked; 776 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

Star Publications. Hardcover. Good. Salesman's Dummy with facsimile signatures in the subscription area. ca 1890s - unfortunately the date on the title page has misprinted so the very last digit is not legible - you can only make out 189[x]. Bound in plain tan leather. An example of the finished banded spine is pasted down to the rear endpaper. The leather shows some waterstaining and is heavily rubbed. Corners are bumped. Leather is just beginning to crack at the top of the hinge. The rfep is badly discolored from contact with the spine sample, and has some tearing and chipping at the edges. The ffep also has lightly chipped edges. The engravings have offset into their tissue overlays. Pages show some light paging soil but for the most part are clean and bright. The binding is quite sound. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 in - 9 3/4 in Tall.

Star Publishing Co., Chicago: (1901)., 1901 pp. 754 + Plus Index and portrait photo frontis of contemporary humorists. Illustrated with full page drawings. Text beginning to brown. Tall 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, slightly soiled. HUMOR 7 0.0. Hardcover. Very Good.

Star Publishing Co., 1883T. hardcover. Very Good. . Illustrated cloth cover shows minor wear, rubbing, and bumped corners. Loose/torn hinges, minor writing on the front free endpaper. Pages are tanned.

R.S. King Publishing Co. Good. Worn cover edges in nicely decorated embossed boards. Great pictue of Mark Twain et al. nice unmarked text block. Great volume.

Chicago:: Star Publishing Compant,, 1883.. Early edition.. publisher's cloth.. Spine a little sunned; light use to cloth.. 8vo,.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Wit And Humor Of The Age; Comprising Wit, Humor, Pathos, Ridicule, Satires, Dialects, Puns, Conundrums, Riddles, Charades Jokes And Magic Eli Perkins, With The Philosophy Of Wit And Humor.

Star Publishing Co., Chicago: 1894., 1894 776p. + Frontis and full page plates. Marbled edges. Inked ownership. Small 4to. Original full embossed cloth binding, slightly worn. Hinges weak. HUMOR 5/4 0.0. Hardcover.

Paperback / softback. New.

Nabu Press, 2012-04-16. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2012-04-18. Paperback. Good.

Star Publishing Company. Very Good. 1883. Hardcover. Leatherbound. All around good condition. Hinges intact and binding still strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Paperback / softback. New.

Chicago: Star Publishing Company, n.d., 1883. 8vo, pp. [4], 9-774, 32 full-page illustrations in the text including the frontispiece; page of facsimile signatures; contemporary full sheep, black leather labels on spine; scuffed and rubbed, the rear joint partially cracked, clean tear in p. 516-17; a good, sound copy. See BAL 3633 listing one contribution by Twain but according to the index there are 9; other contributors listed include Robert J. Burdett (BAL 1966); Bret Harte (BAL 7325); also Mary Mapes Dodge, James Russell Lowell, Eugene Field, Susan B. Anthony, Poe, Turgenev, Uncle Remus, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. BAL lists the publisher as Western Publishing House but this is a reprint, likely ca. 1890.

Hardback. New.

Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1897; Cleveland, OH: Gepfert & Crummel, 1899. . 12mo. [126 pp.] & 94 pp. Good with chipping and edgewear along front wraps, substantial toning to pages and staining on back cover. Includes black and white frontispiece and additional reproductions of black and white gravure illustrations.