Hardcover, 1883, octavo, 454pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with handsome gilt decoration to front board and spine, mild wear to corners and spine ends, binding slightly cocked, text has some mild foxing and toning throughout, unmarked. No DJ.

1957,, Edition not stated. Hardcover in Very Good condition, with the light shelf wear, and a previous owner dedication to the front free end paper. Else clean and tight. Loosely laid in is a presentation letter from the book editor to a business colleague.

First edition, 1945, hardcover, small quarto, unpaginated, illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with hint of edgewear to spine ends and corners, mild bump to spine head, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ poor with rear flap missing, front flap price-clipped, edgewear that includes tears and creases, rubbing and soil, looking better in protective mylar wrap.

Kids Say the Darndest Things!
Linkletter, Art; Schulz, Charles M. (illus.); Disney, Walt (intr.)

1957, First Edition. Hardcover, yellow cloth. Illustrated by Charles Schulz. A Fine, clean, square copy, in a Good+ dust jacket that is price-clipped, and has some shallow loss to the spine ends, corners and edges. DJ now housed in a mylar wrap.

Volume II only, hardcover, 1885, large octavo, 280pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book VG with rubbing, mild soil, handsome gilt titles and decoration to boards and spine, binding has been expertly repaired, text clean and unmarked with mild toning throughout. No DJ.

The Penn State Froth for April, 1928
Penn State University Students

1928 Softcover 4to, 68pp. Illustrated, with wonderful color covers. Very good with minor shelfwear, some pencil writing on cover. Chartered in 1909, Froth was first published in 1910 by a group of Penn State students. The publication was named after the magazine's mascot, a jester, and the foam on his beer mug. Froth was a satirical magazine with humorous and entertaining writing and artwork that reflected all aspects of campus and student life and included articles, cartoons, essays, jokes, poems and short stories. Within a few years, Froth grew from an amateurish, mostly cartoons, joke filled magazine into one of the best college humor magazines in the country. During its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, it was sold in seventeen cities nationwide and by 1929 its reputation was well established. In 1931, College Humor named Froth the best managed college humor magazine for 1930&1931.

The Penn State Froth for October 28, 1927. How's Party Number.
Penn State University Students; John Miller (ed.)

1927 Softcover 4to. Illustrated, with wonderful color covers. Very good + with minor shelfwear. Chartered in 1909, Froth was first published in 1910 by a group of Penn State students. The publication was named after the magazine's mascot, a jester, and the foam on his beer mug. Froth was a satirical magazine with humorous and entertaining writing and artwork that reflected all aspects of campus and student life and included articles, cartoons, essays, jokes, poems and short stories. Within a few years, Froth grew from an amateurish, mostly cartoons, joke filled magazine into one of the best college humor magazines in the country. During its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, it was sold in seventeen cities nationwide and by 1929 its reputation was well established. In 1931, College Humor named Froth the best managed college humor magazine for 1930&1931.

The Penn State Froth for December, 1926: Ye Olde Holly Daze
Penn State University Students; Ellis (ed.)

1926 Softcover 4to. Illustrated, with wonderful color covers. Very good + with minor shelfwear. Chartered in 1909, Froth was first published in 1910 by a group of Penn State students. The publication was named after the magazine's mascot, a jester, and the foam on his beer mug. Froth was a satirical magazine with humorous and entertaining writing and artwork that reflected all aspects of campus and student life and included articles, cartoons, essays, jokes, poems and short stories. Within a few years, Froth grew from an amateurish, mostly cartoons, joke filled magazine into one of the best college humor magazines in the country. During its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, it was sold in seventeen cities nationwide and by 1929 its reputation was well established. In 1931, College Humor named Froth the best managed college humor magazine for 1930&1931.

The Penn State Froth for February 11, 1927: Black Bottom Number
Penn State University Students; Ellis (ed.)

1927 Softcover 4to, 40pp. Illustrated, with wonderful color covers. Very good + with minor shelfwear. Chartered in 1909, Froth was first published in 1910 by a group of Penn State students. The publication was named after the magazine's mascot, a jester, and the foam on his beer mug. Froth was a satirical magazine with humorous and entertaining writing and artwork that reflected all aspects of campus and student life and included articles, cartoons, essays, jokes, poems and short stories. Within a few years, Froth grew from an amateurish, mostly cartoons, joke filled magazine into one of the best college humor magazines in the country. During its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, it was sold in seventeen cities nationwide and by 1929 its reputation was well established. In 1931, College Humor named Froth the best managed college humor magazine for 1930&1931.

The Penn State Froth for March 11, 1927: Soph-Hop Number
Penn State University Students

1927 Softcover 4to. Illustrated, with wonderful color covers. Very good + with minor shelfwear. Chartered in 1909, Froth was first published in 1910 by a group of Penn State students. The publication was named after the magazine's mascot, a jester, and the foam on his beer mug. Froth was a satirical magazine with humorous and entertaining writing and artwork that reflected all aspects of campus and student life and included articles, cartoons, essays, jokes, poems and short stories. Within a few years, Froth grew from an amateurish, mostly cartoons, joke filled magazine into one of the best college humor magazines in the country. During its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, it was sold in seventeen cities nationwide and by 1929 its reputation was well established. In 1931, College Humor named Froth the best managed college humor magazine for 1930&1931.

The Penn State Froth for January, 1927: X-Change Refunds and Adjustments
Penn State University Students; Ellis (ed.)

1927 Softcover 4to. Illustrated, with wonderful color covers. Very good + with minor shelfwear. Chartered in 1909, Froth was first published in 1910 by a group of Penn State students. The publication was named after the magazine's mascot, a jester, and the foam on his beer mug. Froth was a satirical magazine with humorous and entertaining writing and artwork that reflected all aspects of campus and student life and included articles, cartoons, essays, jokes, poems and short stories. Within a few years, Froth grew from an amateurish, mostly cartoons, joke filled magazine into one of the best college humor magazines in the country. During its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, it was sold in seventeen cities nationwide and by 1929 its reputation was well established. In 1931, College Humor named Froth the best managed college humor magazine for 1930&1931.

The Penn State Froth for January, 1927: X-Change, Refunds and Adjustments
Penn State University Students; Ellis (ed.)

1927 Softcover 4to. Illustrated, with wonderful color covers. Very good + with minor shelfwear. Chartered in 1909, Froth was first published in 1910 by a group of Penn State students. The publication was named after the magazine's mascot, a jester, and the foam on his beer mug. Froth was a satirical magazine with humorous and entertaining writing and artwork that reflected all aspects of campus and student life and included articles, cartoons, essays, jokes, poems and short stories. Within a few years, Froth grew from an amateurish, mostly cartoons, joke filled magazine into one of the best college humor magazines in the country. During its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, it was sold in seventeen cities nationwide and by 1929 its reputation was well established. In 1931, College Humor named Froth the best managed college humor magazine for 1930&1931.

The Penn State Froth for February 25, 1927: The Military Number
Penn State University Students; Reeder (ed.)

1927 Softcover 4to. Illustrated, with wonderful color covers. Very good + with minor shelfwear. Chartered in 1909, Froth was first published in 1910 by a group of Penn State students. The publication was named after the magazine's mascot, a jester, and the foam on his beer mug. Froth was a satirical magazine with humorous and entertaining writing and artwork that reflected all aspects of campus and student life and included articles, cartoons, essays, jokes, poems and short stories. Within a few years, Froth grew from an amateurish, mostly cartoons, joke filled magazine into one of the best college humor magazines in the country. During its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, it was sold in seventeen cities nationwide and by 1929 its reputation was well established. In 1931, College Humor named Froth the best managed college humor magazine for 1930&1931.

The Penn State Froth for November, 1926: The Imports Duty
Penn State University Students; Ellis (ed.)

1926 Softcover 4to. Illustrated, with wonderful color covers. Very good with light shelfwear, some pencil marking to cover. Chartered in 1909, Froth was first published in 1910 by a group of Penn State students. The publication was named after the magazine's mascot, a jester, and the foam on his beer mug. Froth was a satirical magazine with humorous and entertaining writing and artwork that reflected all aspects of campus and student life and included articles, cartoons, essays, jokes, poems and short stories. Within a few years, Froth grew from an amateurish, mostly cartoons, joke filled magazine into one of the best college humor magazines in the country. During its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, it was sold in seventeen cities nationwide and by 1929 its reputation was well established. In 1931, College Humor named Froth the best managed college humor magazine for 1930&1931.

First edition, 1984. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 236 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, minor soiling to the dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf.

First edition, 1984. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 236 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, minor soiling to the dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf.

First edition, 1964, hardcover, oblong octavo, 111pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with edgewear and toning to boards and spine ends, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ good with moderate rubbing, toning, edgewear, looking better in protective mylar wrap. Text in Italian.

First UK edition, 1962, hardcover, octavo, 288pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's plate to front pastedown, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ good with sun to spine, edgewear that includes some small closed tears and their related creases, rubbing.

1953 Hardcover in Very Good condition, with very light shelf wear and handling soil.

1960, Hardcover in Very Good condition, with light soil to covers, pages lightly tanned. Dust jacket is in Good condition, with some chipping and light soil. B&W illustrations throughout, text is in German. 414 pp.

1954 hardcover in Very Good condition, corners lightly bumped, a small book plate to front paste down, and light soil to p. 70. In a Very Good dust jacket that shows light soil and shelf wear. 220 pp.

1952 Hardcover in Very Good+ condition, with pages lightly tanned, light foxing to the paste downs, and the first four pages of chapter 1 have been dog-eared, and a small previous owner name stamp to front and rear free end papers. Dust jacket is in Good+ condition, with two closed 14th inch tears. 190 pp.

1931 Hardcover, black cloth, in Good+ condition. The pages are starting to tan, and the corners are bumped. Many of the essays in this collection first appeared in College Humor and The New Yorker. 297 pp.

1921 Hardcover, black cloth, in Good+ condition, with overall handling wear and light soil, corners bumped. 168 pp.

1964 Hardcover in Very Good+ condition, with very light edge wear and handling soil. The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light edge wear, and light handling soil, as well as sunning to the DJ spine. Pages: 112

Not the New York Times parody newspaper, Vol. I, No. 1: Monday, October 16, 1978
Not the New York Times

1978 Softcover newspaper-style folio, folded in half. 24p divided into News, "The Having Section" and "Sprots". Poignant parody of local, national, and international events. In near fine condition with even age toning. A great copy.

Not the New York Times parody newspaper, Vol. I, No. 1: Monday, October 16, 1978
Not the New York Times

1978 Softcover newspaper-style folio, folded in half. 24p divided into News, "The Having Section" and "Sprots". Poignant parody of local, national, and international events. VG+ with brief ink notation on cover; else clean and unmarked.

Among the Fenians; with the showman's observations upon life in Washington, and military ardour in Baldinsville.
Ward, Artemus (Browne)

[1866] Softcover 12mo, 56pp. With many ads for other humorous titles. In good+ condition with small triangular loss to the upper corner, light shelfwear soil, some loss to spine paper. Scarce satire of American politics.

The Comic Annual
Hood, Thomas

1831 12mo, 176pp. In a later binding, ca. 1870's: Quarter purple grained morocco with gilt embossed flat spine and marbled boards, all edges gilt. Copiously illustrated with engraved sketches throughout the text. In very good condition with rubbing to the joints and edgs, though binding remains tight. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked.

The Family Jo: Miller; A Drawing-Room Jest Book. Jo: Miller, -A Biography
Mottley, John;Miller, Joe

1848. 12mo, 160pp. Half maroon leather with marbled boards, all edges gilt. Profusely illustrated, including two duotone engravings, as well as numerous plates, decorated initials, and in-text drawings throughout the volume. A charming pocket book, in very good- condition with gentle rubbbning to the edges and the joints, a stretch of discoloration to the rear leather joint. Blue pencil mark on prelim, and note in pencil at rear identifies this book as "scarce edition with biography and facsimile title of the excessively rare first edition", though no other records of an earlier edition were found online.

Hudibras, complete in two volumes
Butler, Samuel; Rev. Treadway Russel Nash

New edition, 1847. 8vo's, 259 + 305pp. Half dark green grained morocco with marble patterned boards. Extensively illustrated with engravings and vignettes. In very good+ condition with five raised spine bands and gilt tooling to the spine compartments. Previous owner's bookplate on each pastedown, else bright, clean and unmarked.

Second printing, 1884. Softcover short 12mo 5.75 x 4.5 inches (14.5 x 11 cm). 60pp + adverts. In good+ condition with light shelfwear. Rebacked with contemporary paper, now housed in mylar wrapper. Contents are clean and unmarked. A great early copy of this much-loved book.

First UK edition, 1978, hardcover, small quarto, 384pp., illustrated in b&w and color. Book VG+ with mild soil/toning to edges of boards, small publisher's ink mark to publishing info, otherwise binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG+ with edge wear that includes a few small closed tears and their related creases, mild toning.

The World of Alphonse Allais
Allais, Alphonse; Edited by Miles Kington

Second printing, 1977, hardcover, octavo, 160pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with mild wear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ near fine with mild rubbing to panels, small sticker to front flap.

Tittivulus, or The Verbiage Collector
Ayrton, Michael

First Edition. c.1953. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt titles. 8vo. 138pp. Illus. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Mild shelfwear, light rubbing at corners and spine-ends. Light edgewear to dustjacket, mild soil. Gift inscription on title page.

Hardcover, 1970, octavo, 136pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with mild toning to boards, binding tight, pencil marks to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG with edge wear that includes some small closed tears and their related creases, mild rubbing.

The Chinese Obelisks
Gorey, Edward

Originally printed in 1970, this is the 1972 edition. Softcover. Illustrated Wraps. 6 3/4" x 7". Bound with silk thread. Unpaginated. Light tanning to endpapers at spine, else Fine.

The Other Statue
Gorey, Edward

Stated First Printing. c.1968. Hardcover. Paper backed boards, illustrated cover. 6 3/4" x 7". Fine /Very Good+. Slight toning to dustjacket edges, tiny tear to front panel.

The Utter Zoo
Gorey, Edward

First Edition. c.1967. Hardcover. Paper backed boards, illustrated cover. 6 3/4" x 7". Unpaginated. Illus. Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Some soil / darkening to dustjacket. Small ownership label on front pastedown.

Stated First Edition. c.1982. Hardcover. Paper backed boards, illustrated cover. 6 1/4" x 7 1/4". Unpaginated. Illus. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Only the lightest soil to dustjacket.

Stated First Printing. c.1966. Hardcover. Paper backed boards, illustrated cover. 6 1/4" x 7 1/4". Unpaginated. Illus. Fine in Very Good+ price-clipped dustjacket. Mild rubbing to bottom corners. Mild rubbing to dustjacket edges, mild tanning to dj spine. Includes 4pp. "Edward Gorey Presents..." advertisement laid-in.

First Edition. c.1970. Hardcover. Cloth. Illustrated cover. 6 3/4" x 8 1/4". Unpaginated. Illus. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Mild rubbing to edges. Light soil to dustjacket, tiny tear along bottom front edge.

First Edition. c.1969. Hardcover. Cloth. Illustrated cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Unpaginated. Illus. Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Rubbing to edges and spine-ends, tiny chip to rear edge and front corner.

First Edition. c.1969. Hardcover. Paper backed boards, illustrated cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Unpaginated. Illus. Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Some soil, darkening to dustjacket, small tear to front panel, mild wear to spine-ends.

Stated First Edition. c.1957. Hardcover. Paper backed boards, illustrated cover. 6" x 8 1/4". Fine in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket. Lightest soil, very minor edgewear to dustjacket.

The Sinking Spell
Gorey, Edward

First Edition. c.1964. Softcover. 6 1/4" x 5". Unpaginated. Illustrated covers. Near Fine. Only the lightest soil to wraps.

Dogear Wryde Postcards: Tragédies topiares Series
Gorey, Edward

#15 of 250 signed by Edward Gorey on limitation card. 12 cards in envelope with separate limitation card. Fine. Very mild wear to envelope.

The Lavender Leotard: or, Going a Lot to the New York City Ballet
Gorey, Edward

First Edition. c.1973. Softcover. One of 1000 copies not numbered or signed. 4 1/2" x 6". Fine.

Dogear Wryde Postcards: Menaced Objects Series
Gorey, Edward (Dogear Wryde)

015/250. Stated first printing. 1989. Set of 16 black and white standard postcards (4 x 6 inches), each titled on the rear, with additional limitation card. This copy is numbered 015 of 250 copies numbered and signed by the artists. Cards are fine in original near fine printed envelope (gently bumped at the corners). Cards are bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce.

The Revolt of the Cats in Paradise
Burnshaw, Stanley; Limbach, Russell T. (illus.)

Red wraps. c.1945. 8vo. Unpaginated. Illus. Good. Moderate wear to spine and edges of wraps, rubbing with abrasion to spine, tan stain on verso of last page and inside rear wraps from glue, gift inscription on p.5. Rare!