Humor from The Personal Navigator

London, England: John Miller, 25, Bow-Street, 1813. 10 x 16.2 cm. Collection of bizarre ""addresses"" on the occasion of the reopening of Drury Lane Theatre, completely rebuilt after a fire. Funny, disrespectful, shameless humor. It is interesting to see how much of this is still funny, nearly two centuries later! In ""'Hampshire Farmer's Address"" there's reference… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Samuel French, 25 West 45th St, 1907. 11 x 19 cm. Script for play; List provides cast of original production at the Imperial Theatre, London, on Feb. 10, 1907. Mrs. Cassilis was played by Miss Evelyn Weeden, Geoffrey Cassilis was played by Langhorne Burton. Scene takes place at Deynham Abbey in Leicestershire. British drawing room… Read more about this item

Cleveland, OH: Gepfert & Crummel, 1903. 13 x 18 cm. This is Vaudevillian Kendall's ""Third, last and best book"". He tells about the crowded washroom on the Pullman car; the train enters a tunnel and men are washing each other's faces. He visits Niagara Falls and falls off the trolley car. He drinks all of the drink to… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Life Publishing Co, 1903. 22 x 27 cm. Humor periodical. Cover cartoon shows sulking girl in bathing costume, with thoughtful male in bathing suit, cupid at his feet. ""Florida--The Cold Wave that nearly killed the Orange Blossoms."" Lenten Verses. Editorial: ""The South cannot be made a good country for white people without making it a… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Royal Publishing Co, ©1915. 9 x 13 cm. "What kind of leather makes the best shoes?"" ""I don't know, but banana peelings make the best slippers."" It goes downhill from there… Paper booklet, cover and title page detached, staples rusted, frayed. Pretty poor condition! . Catalogs: Humor.

Boston, MA: Walter H. Baker Company, 1889. 12 x 18 cm. Lady Sneerwell and Mr. Snake concoct a scheme to implicate Lady Brittle and Captain Boastall. Mrs. Clackitt. Sir Peter. Lady Teazle. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Humor.

Chicago, IL: The Chicago Tribune, 1925. 11 x 24 cm. Chicago poems and humor; Young Philip Wrigley, the little son of a gum! The Tribune Tower. Hiawatha and the Lettuce. Women, Chyam Hirsch, They are All the Same Alike. The Road to Vaux. Polk Street Station. Paper on board, paper on spine torn 5 cm. Good. . Catalogs: Humor.

New York: Wehman Bros. 126 Park Row, ©1906. 9 x 12 cm. "What key is a poisonous one? Whiskey."" ""What is most like hen stealing? A cock-robin."" ""When are streets like shoes? When cobbled."" Paper booklet, outer wrap loose, 1 cm red spot on spine, good. . Catalogs: Humor.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin & Co, 1906. 12 x 19 cm. Third series of breakfast-table conversations, many pages still unopened. Holmes himself would open pages of a book with a knife sticky with jam. Red cloth on board with cream spine, lightly worn. Many pages unopened (but clean-- not smeared with jam!). Very good. . Catalogs: Humor.

London, England: Whittlesey House, ©1944. 19 x 26 cm. Collection of World War II era cartoons. Black cloth on board, very good. No dj. . Catalogs: Humor.

New York, NY: Cupples & Leon Company, Publishers, ©1919. 25 x 25 cm. Popular cartoon features Jiggs, always the irresponsible husband, and Maggie, the demanding, shrill wife. Comic booklet, cover missing, text block shows browning, edge wear. Poor. . Catalogs: Humor.

Boston, MA: Moulton & Lincoln, No. 22 School St, 1866. 50 x 70 cm. Miss Lockley's Legacy: A Lunatic's Story, by N.P. Darling; Why the Boston Police Chief got rid of his cockade; Parlor games involving spittoons; The Wife's Revenge: Tale of Fashionable Life; Tale of a polite elephant. Newspaper, frayed at edges, good. . Catalogs: Humor.