Humor from The Brooklyn Bookman

BRYSON, Bill: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. New York, Broadway Books, 1999. First published in hardcover in 1998. Softcover, 284 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Travel / Natural History – Appalachian Trail / Humor. Condition: Good Plus. Light toning to pages, but unmarked and clean. Blue price sticker on the lower area of the back… Read more about this item

ALLEN, Woody: Side Effects. New York, Random House, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 149 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Humor / Essays. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. A bit of edgewear and light chipping to jacket's central extremities but still in excellent appearance. Book copy is in near first rate condition with clean pages. Straight to the point… Read more about this item

LEEMING, John F.: The Natives are Friendly. New York, E.P. Dutton and Company, 1952. First American Edition. Ex-Library copy. Hardcover with dust jacket, 222 pp. (Originally published in England under the title "Always to-morrow.") Subject: Nonfiction / Second World War – Autobiography and Memoir / Humor. Book and jacket condition: … Read more about this item

ALLEN, Woody: Side Effects. New York, Ballantine Books, 1980. First Ballantine Paperback Edition 1981. Paperback, 216 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Humor / Essays. Condition: Good Plus. Some sunning to the pages but unmarked. Creasing to the spine and extremities. A decent copy in overall good plus condition. Straight to the point and humorous observations of modern everyday life. A must… Read more about this item

CONGREVE, William: The Comedies of William Congreve. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket, 392 pp. Subject: Literature / Drama /17th Century British Restoration Comedy / 17th Century British Playwrights-William Congreve, 1670-1729. Condition: Very Good. Former owner's name inscribed on the title page. Normal age toning… Read more about this item

PERRET, Gene: Comedy Writing Step by Step: How To Write And Sell Your Sense Of Humor. Hollywood, CA., Samuel French, 1990. First Samuel French Edition: 1990. Originally published in 1982. Softcover, 281 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Comedy and Humor Writing-Authorship / Writing and Reference-How To. Condition: Very Good Plus. A gently-used copy with all pages clean and not marked. Sticker… Read more about this item

MICKENBERG, Risa: Taxi Driver Wisdom. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1996. Hardcover, 176 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Taxi Drivers – Philosophy, Wit and Humor / Quotations, English / American Wit and Humor. Condition: Very Good. A few light indentations to the board's edges. Otherwise a copy in first rate condition with all pages unmarked and illustrated with black and white photos.… Read more about this item

JENNINGS, Patrick: Guinea Dog. New York, Scholastic, Inc., 2010. Stated First Scholastic Printing, September 2010. Subject: Novel / Children's Fiction & Literature / Children and Pets. Condition: Very Good Minus. Light creasing and bumps to the corners. Fainting printing to the first couple of pages. Otherwise a copy in top… Read more about this item

PHILLIPS, Bob: Awesome Good Clean Jokes for Kids. Eugene,OR., Harvest House Publishers, 1992. Paperback, 207 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Wit and Humor, Juvenile / Jokes. Condition: Used, Like New/Very Good Plus. Tiny bump or two to the book corners, bu no other visible imperfections. All pages clean. Delightful compendium of crazy riddles, puns, knock-knocks, wisecracks, and tongue twisters – for… Read more about this item

HELLER, Joseph: Good as Gold. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1979. BOOK CLUB EDITION. Hardcover with dust jacket, 408 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature. Book & jacket condition: Very Good. Evidence of light edge-wear and a small tear to the jacket's top extremity, but still in above-average condition and appearance. Book boards nice and solid with gilt lettering… Read more about this item

MANKOFF, Robert (Editor): The New Yorker Book of New York Cartoons. Princeton, Bloomberg Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket, 101 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / New York-Caricatures & Cartoons / New York-Pictorial Humor. Condition: Good Plus. Very light curvature to the book-boards. Faint soiling to the front board with wear/edge-wear to the extremities. Otherwise a fairly decent copy with… Read more about this item

SEDARIS, David: Me Talk Pretty One Day. New York & Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 2000. Later Printing. Paperback, 272 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Essays / Humor. Condition: Very Good. Slight tilt and creasing to the spine. Crease found on the right side of the front cover. All pages unmarked and clean. A collection of witty, insightful observations by the… Read more about this item

REMNICK, David & FINDER, Henry: Disquiet, Please! : More Humor Writing From The New Yorker. New York, Modern Library, 2010. Originally published in 2008. Trade Paperback, 525 pp. Subject: Literature / Humor. Condition: Very Good Plus. A small bump to one of the lower corners. No other physical imperfection. All pages clean and unmarked. Rip-roaring collection of humorous pieces from… Read more about this item