Search Results: Humor from Good Old Books

Burlington, Wi.: Burlington Liars' Club, 1934. Book. Very Good. Orange Paper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 17 pages, illustrated. "Compliments of Gilbert A Karcher" on front free end page. A lawyer in Burlington..

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1872. Book. Good+. Green Buckram. First Ed.. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 137 pages, half inch slit in cloth along groove, rear end page has a closed rip, some stains to pages. Santa Claus frolic and other funny skits: "The thiteen dialogues in this book were published in Oliver Optic's Magazine. They have been revised by the author, and are issued in their present form for greater convenience.They can be used for school exhibitions or private theatricals, on a platform, or with the accesories of sceneries and costumes. Some are designed for very young folks, while others have been performed, with great sucess, by older people, in amateur theatricals. Their length and variety of characters make them very desirable for laughable after pieces.".

New York & London: Harper & Bros., 1927. Book. Very Good. Lime Green Boards. Stated First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 313 pages, backstrip faded, stain on back board, pages browning, corner of page 91 torn off, page 241 had a corner folded..

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932. Book. Illus. by Gluyas Williams. Very Good. Purple Cloth. First Ed.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 315 pages, dust jacket shows some soiling..

New York: Brentano's, 1923. Book. Illus. by Lauren Stout. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 212 pages, rear board has a stain, bottom of backstrip has a tear..

Reseda, California: PNP, 1993. Book. Very Good+. Paper. First Paperback Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 210 pages, boards has minor rubbing..

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1933. Book. Illus. by Mear Lucke. Near Fine. Orange Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The MacHine as a Subject of Satire. 104 pages, dust jacket bright and clean with inch loss to back bottom edge, and some chipping. Seen many 2016 books in worse condition..

Philadelphia: David Mckay, 1899. Book. Very Good+. Decorative Cloth. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 501 pages, nice clean bright boards..

Leipzig: Paul List Book. Near Fine. Decorative Binding. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 158 pages, plus five pages of adverts. A really neat binding with a green embossed beetle. Silk marker. Red edged all around. Quite decorative, not sure if first, no date..

New York: John Day Company, 1939. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 163 pages, about inch missing from backstrip of dust jacket, minor stains to cloth..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Book. Illus. by Ernest H. Shepard. Very Good. Cloth. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 148 pages, small tears..

Madison, Wi.: By the Author, 1921. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Ed.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 136 pages, cloth is bubbling slightly on cover otherwise clean and tight..

New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Paper. Twenty- Fourth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated, tight clean..

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1872. Book. Illus. by By the Author. Near Fine. Purple Cloth. First Ed.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 227 pages, a very few spots on foxing, and one small dent to the bottom edge of the purple-ish illustrated boards. Quite pretty and would look great on your shelf....

New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1931. Book. Illus. by Wildrake, Heath Jellicoe. Very Good. Buckram. Limited and Numbered Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 519 pages, nice color illustrations, #729/ 100 in the United States. Very subtle stains on boards, solid- tight binding..

Chicago: Patrcik J. Barret, 1936. Book. Illus. by William Mark Young. Very Good. Cloth Backstrip/ Board. 89 pages~ unpaginated home spun humor and profundity, illustrated. very subtle wear stains..

New York: Laugh Club, 1933. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 274 pages, a closed major tear on dust jacket, backstrip of dust jacket soiled..

Kobenhavn: Kristian Vissing, 1867. Book. Near Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. First Thus. 323 pages, Dutch language, three quarter leather..

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1961. Book. Very Good+. Cloth. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 223 pages, front of dust jacket has some loss. Red book proper very clean with one very small stain..

Milwaukee: Self Published, 1983. Book. Illus. by Gendlin, Carole. Very Good. Cloth. By the Author. First Ed.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 129 pages, illustrated, signed To Michelle- I hope you enjoy this. It was fun to write. (un-dephipherable signature) therefore I believe it is the author, but not positive. Funny, thought provoking..