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| Vendor SKU | Author | Title | Publisher | Condition | Description | Keywords(s) | Price | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13868 | Abbott, Leith, | Hart Mountain Tales | L. L. Stewart | Very good. No dust wrapper. | Humor, the Big Sky Hotel on Hart Mountain, signed by the writer of the forward, L. L. Stewart. 8.5 x 11 inches. | Humor | $20 |  |
| 15061 | Armour, Richard | It All Started With Marx | McGraw-Hill | Fine. In a good dust wrapper with one short tear and light shelf wear. | Humor | Humor | $20 |  |
| 17247 | Armour, Richard | It All Started With Columbus | Mc Graw-Hill Book Company, Inc. | Good. Spine slightly faded. Book plate. No dust wrapper. | Humor. Author signature. | Humor | $25 |  |
| 6911 | Arnac, Marcel | Three Of A Kind | The Julian Press 1931 , # 940 of 1500, with 188 pages and illustrations by the author. | Fair to good. Shelf wear and soiling on the covers and spine, owner's book plate inside. Contents very good. | Non-fiction | Non-fiction, humor | $30 |  |
| 9332 | Ballbach, Wilbur | The Dubious Dictionary of Wilbur Ballbach A Compendium of Pungent Opinions | Self published. 1977, a presentation copy by the author (not signed) with a typed inscription to his mailman, with 93 pages. | Good. Faint wear on the bottom of the spine. In a fair dust wrapper that has short tears. One tear is taped together. | Humor | humor | $20 |  |
| 16566 | Bankson, Budd | I Should Live So Long | J. B. Lippincott Company | Good. Spine a bit faded and a strip of sun fading on the back. No dust wrapper. | "To John---A fellow prisoner of Sheppard Field..." Part of the Author's inscription at Spokane, WA, 24 October, 1952. Signed as well. | Autobiography, WW2, Humor | $20 |  |
| 11711 | Benjamin, Don-Paul | Downhill | Elevation Press | Good. Both covers have light shelf wear, soiling and some scrape marks. | 11 x 8.25 inches with 45 pages of skiing cartoons. | Humor, Ski, Skiing | $25 |  |
| 11840 | Blakely, Irene, and Jerry Axlund | Life in the Ruff | Self Published | Very good. Light shelfwear and fading on the covers. In a good dust wrapper that has one short tear and light shelf wear. | Cartoons and poetry. | Humor | $20 |  |
| 8408 | Brinton, Joe | How To Murder Your Bookmaker | Henry Regnery Co. | Good with light shelf wear and soiling. In a worn dust wrapper that has a one inch tear on the top of the spine and light sun fading on the spine as well. | Humor | Humor | $16 |  |
| 16524 | Buhl | I Know I Heard A Muckle | FriesenPress | Very good. | Humor. Inscribed and signed by the author. | Humor | $25 |  |
| 16743 | Carmichel, Jim | The Compleat Just Jim | Wolfe Publishing Company | Good. Small rubber stamp inside, a gunsmith, and an owner's name one in the front and once in the back. | Humor | Humor | $20 |  |
| 16995 | Clark, Charlie | The Amazing Adventures Of Lyin' Bob Hagum and Fiddlin' Jim | Pageant Press | Good. In a poor dust wrapper. | Fiction. Humor | Fiction, Humor | $25 |  |
| 16424 | Cram, Bob | You May qualify As An Ancient Skier If... | Self-published | Very good. | 8.5 x 5.5 inches, inscribed and signed by Cram on the title page. Humor | Skiing, humor | $40 |  |
| 16802 | Cruikshank, Hugh, Jr. | The Alaska Book of Jokes | Self-published | Very good. | "A collection from The Bird House Alaska's Famous Bar." | Alaska, humor | $25 |  |
| 15393 | Des Jardins, Glen O. | Asses to Airstreams True Travel Tales (with some exaggeration) | Knw-Yer-Own | Good. Back cover has scratch marks | Inscribed to "Lisa" by the author. Travel tales, Airstream Trailers and humor. There are several b&w photos. | Recreation Vehicle, Airstream Trailers, humor | $35 |  |
| 14243 | Dunn, Laurence | Ugly...But Funny | New Friends Publishing, LLC | Very good. | Autobiography, humor. | Autobiography, Laurence Dunn, humor | $20 |  |
| 12305 | E.B.W. | An Alphabett for The Precocious | Self-published | Good. | A twice stapled 3 x 4.5 inch book (copied?) with 27 one-sided page, each illustrated, a ribald version of the alphabet...."composed at a very Trying period of his carrer as a sublimation of his libido during a very warm spell." E. B. White? | Humor | $30 |  |
| 11032 | Eakin, Jane | I Do All The Work Around Here | The Marcel Rodd Company | Good with light shelf wear and soiling. Contents are very good. In a poor dustwrapper that is missing a large part of both the front and back, bottom areas. | 1946 hardback, with many pages of wry cartoons and an introduction by Danny Kaye | Humor | $20 |  |
| 11392 | Eff, B. | A Guest of the County | The Pisani Printing Co. | Very good in a lightly worn and soiled dust wrapper. | The long inscription is to a lady named "Bollie?" and the author signs as B.F. and then as Barry Woodock? Fiction, humor. | Humor, fiction | $25 |  |
| 4024 | Flemmons, Jerry | Plowboys, Cowboys and Slanted Pigs | Texas Christian University Press | Fine. In a good dust wrapper. | 1984 hardback signed by Flemmons, with 230 pages and wonderful illus. by J. D. Crowe | Texas, humor | $20 |  |
| 16677 | Ford, Corey | Coconut Oil June Triplett's Amazing Book Out of Darkest Africa! | Brewer, Warren & Putnam | Good. Light shelf wear and soiling. One bumped corner. No dust wrapper. | Humor. There are b&w photos. | Humor | $20 |  |
| 10189 | Hele, Ken | Sea Story | Terrydale Publishing | Good. Front cover has the ghost of a price sticker and the lower front corner is lightly creased. The back cover has a lot of small, brown moisture stains and some ball point pen marking. | 1984 paperback with 148 pages and illustrations by Karl Fanning. Fiction, Merchant Marine, humor. | Fiction, Merchant Marine, humor | $20 |  |
| 15576 | Hoyte, John | Alpine Elephant In Hannibal's Tracks | Fabrizio Publications | Good. Bottom tip of front cover is creased. There's an ink date and price on the front free endpaper. | Recreation of Hannibal's tracks. There are line drawings and b&w photos. The author has inscribed and signed the book. | Elephant, Hannibal, humor | $30 |  |
| 11090 | Hughes, Frank C. | Letters and Essays of a Pope by His Holiness Frank C. Hughes Pope of the Bad Lands Specialist in Politics, Religion, Legal Affairs, Oil wells, Contract Bridge, Blood Pressure, Weight Reduction for Fat Women, and Stove Repairs | Self Published | Fair. Both covers have wear and soiling. The front cover has moisture waves/creasing and a small owner's name stamp. The back cover has a large moisture stain and a light vertical crease. There are occasional notes in pencil. | 1953 stapled paperback with 67 pages. Irreverent anti-religion. Humor. | Anti-religion, humor | $50 |  |
| 14401 | J. W. Babcock | Bab's Book Bab-Himself | Self-published | Good. Both covers have some soiling. The front inside paste down and free end paper have some specks and an ink number. No dust wrapper. Contents very good. | Verse and humor circa 1932. | Humor | $20 |  |
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| Vendor SKU | Author | Title | Publisher | Condition | Description | Keywords(s) | Price | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14401 | J. W. Babcock | Bab's Book Bab-Himself | Self-published | Good. Both covers have some soiling. The front inside paste down and free end paper have some specks and an ink number. No dust wrapper. Contents very good. | Verse and humor circa 1932. | Humor | $20 | |
| 6031 | Jablonowski, Joseph, and William Stocker, editors | The AM Cartoon Album | American Machinist & Automated Manufacturing 1987 with 153 pages of cartoons. 7 X 10 inches. | Fine. No dust wrapper. | Cartoons from the American Machinist | Humor, cartoons | $14 |  |
| 6032 | Jablonowski, Joseph, and William Stocker, editors | The AM Cartoon Album | American Machinist & Automated Manufacturing 1987 with 153 pages of cartoons. 7 X 10 inches. | As new in the original shrink wrap. | Cartoons in the American Machinist | Humor, Cartoons, American Machinist | $16 |  |
| 7648 | Lindquist, Mark | Never Mind Nirvana | Villard 2000 first edition, signed by Lindquist, with 239 pages. | Fine. in a fine dust wrapper. | Humor | Humor | $20 |  |
| 14961 | Memminger, Charles | Honolulu Lite The Humor of Charles Memminger | Island Heritage Publishers | Very good. Faint shelf wear. Has an 'Autographed Copy' sticker on the front. | Humor. Hawaii. Illustrations by Corky Trinidad. Author signed on the title page. | Hawaii, Humor | $35 |  |
| 14651 | Moore, Dan Tyler | Wolves, Widows and Orphans | World | Very good. Light shelf wear. In a good dust wrapper that has some short tears, creasing and soiling. | Con men, cardsharps, swindlers and rogues....There's a long inscription by the author. | Humor | $20 |  |
| 17340 | Mora, Jo | A Log Of The Spanish Main | Self-published | Good. Small indentation on the back cover. | Humor, Art, California | Humor, Art, California | $40 |  |
| 11539 | Pavlick, Frank | Golfing Is Fun | Self-Published | Very good with light shelf wear | Golfing poetry, Illustrated by Bob Murray. There's a long author inscription to a friend on the title page. | Golfing, Humor, Canada | $25 |  |
| 12394 | Pavlick, Frank | Canada's Sports Poet Volume I A Selection Of Poems And Illustrations For All Sports Enthusiasts | Prime Printing | Very good. | Inscribed by the author to "Paul, another great addition to your bathroom library." | Canada, Sports, Humor | $20 |  |
| 13212 | Schmook, Kathy Grizzard | How To Tame A Wild Bore & Other Fact of Life With Lewis | Peachtree Press | Very good. In a lightly worn dust wrapper. | Humor, by an ex-wife of Lewis Grizzard, with a five line inscription by the author. | Humor, Lewis Grizzard | $20 |  |
| 7069 | Schwartz, Alvin | Tales Of Trickery From The Land Of Spoof | Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1985 first edition, signed by the author, with 88 pages, illustrations, bibliography. | Very good. Would be fine except for a long owner's inscription in ink inside. In a fine dust wrapper. | Humor | Humor | $25 | |
| 12396 | Splittstoesser, Mrs. B. K. | 1937 Book of Rhyming Jokes and Comical Songs | Mrs. B. K. Splitstoesser | Fair to good. The front cover has two flower stickers. The covers have wear and soiling. | Humor in 1937. There's a picture of Mrs. Splittstoesser inside. She was from Claremont, Minn. | Humor, Splittstoesser, Slaremont, MN | $25 |  |
| 17151 | Stover, Paul H. "Smokey" | The Retired Failure | Dorrance & Company | Good. Minor manufacturing stains on the covers. In a lightly worn and stained dust wrapper. | Alaskan anecodotes equally based in fact and fiction and intended to celebrate our northern paradise." Author inscription and signature. | Alaska, humor | $30 |  |
| 11311 | Surtees, R. S. | Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities | Methuen & Co. Ltd. | Very good with light soiling and shelf wear on the covers and spine. No dust wrapper. | There are fifteen color illustrations by Henry Alken. | Humor, travel, adventure, sports. | $20 |  |
| 10779 | Thompson, Rex | Characters On Wheels | Thomas Y. Crowell | Fair to good. A diamond imprint moisture stain has marked 1/2 of the back cover. Spine lightly faded, creased and soiled. Owner's name in ink inside. | 1959 hardback with 182 pages. A story about Aliso Beach Trailer Park, Orange County, California, in the 1940s and 50s. Humor. | Travel Trailer, Aliso Beach Trailer Park, Orange County, California, history, humor, recreation vehicle | $35 |  |
| 10783 | Thompson, Rex | Characters On Wheels | Thomas Y. Crowell | Good. Light soiling and wear on the covers and spine. Price sticker "shadow" on the spine. No dust wrapper. | 1959 hardback with 182 pages. A story about Aliso Beach Trailer Park, Orange County, California, in the 1940s and 50s. Humor. | Travel Trailer, Aliso Beach Trailer Park, Orange County, California, history, humor, recreation vehicle | $45 |  |
| 13118 | unknown | Old Aircraft Novelty Post Card | unknown | Good. The back is unused but a little soiled | 3.5 x 5 inches unused real picture novelty post card of a lady flying an early airplane with California and Los Angeles streamers. | Humor, Aviation, real picture post card, California | $20 |  |
| 12867 | Upson, William Hazlett | No Rest For Botts Earthworms Make The World Go Round | Rinehart & Company | Good. Light shelf wear and scraping on the covers and spine. No dust wrapper. | This is a presentation copy by Caterpillar Tractors? Alexander Botts is a bumbling but successful salesman of Earthworm Tractors. Humor and fiction. | Humor, Fiction | $25 |  |