Search Results: Humor from Cat's Cradle Books

Amsterdam: Thomas Rap, 1994. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Dutch language. Square, sound binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light shelf wear. Book by Dutch comedian and writer Joseph Jacobus Maria "Youp" van 't Hek (1954- ). 7.75" tall; 127 pages.

San Francisco, California: Paul Elder & Co, 1910. Hard Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Herbert Morton Stoops. Sound binding and hinges. Tanned pages have light reading wear throughout. Paper over boards is shelf worn and edge rubbed with bumped corners and scraped areas on back. Small dampstained area on front. Previous owner's initials on front free endpaper. ; Parodies of Mother Goose nursery rhymes, all with military overtones. Drawings; 8.0" (21 cm) tall; 51 pages.

Uppsala: Söderströms, 1961. Softcover. Good with no dust jacket. Sound, stitched, cocked binding. Pictorial wraps are worn and there is soiling overall to the exterior. Writing on ffep. Book in the Swedish language by Swedish humorist Olle Carle (1909-1998) , noted for his wordplay and puns. Title translates as "Just Lust." ; Bokslut; Vol. 61; 7.75" tall; 160 pages.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1994. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light edge rubbing. Study of humor in literature as political discourse. Focuses on six novels: Joseph Conrad's Secret Agent, Wyndham Lewis's Apes of God, Virginia Woolf's Between the Acts, Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim, Doris Lessing's Golden Notebook, and Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses. ; 9.0" tall; 280 pages.

København: Borgens Forlag, 1951. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Book is written in the Danish language. Square, tight binding, clean but age-darkened pages, no writing or marks. Pictorial wraps have general shelf wear with light edge wear. Jokes, stories, and other material useful at public celebrations and in public speaking. 9.0" (23 cm) tall; 64 pages.

Helsingfors: Söderström and Co. Förlagsaktiebolag, 1955. Softcover. Good with no dust jacket. Sound, stitched binding. Pictorial wraps are heavily worn and there is soiling overall to the exterior. Tears at the bottom of the spine and minor chipping to the top of the spine. Occasional pencil marks on age-darkened pages. Writing on title page. Book in the Swedish language by Swedish humorist Olle Carle (1909-1998) , noted for his wordplay and puns. Title translates as "Just as Friendly as Usual." ; 7.75" tall; 154 pages.

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition. Soundbinding and hinges. Pages foxed and lightly soiled around edges, visible when closed; pages of text are clean, off-white. Cloth over boards is clean. DJ tanned, foxed, with some edgewear, minor soiling, and clipped corner. ; 128 poems by American humorist and storyteller-poet. ; 8.25" tall; 180 pages.

München: Georg Müller, 1916. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the German language using Fraktur. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed and soiled with heavier wear at top and bottom of spine. ; Writings by German humorist Karl Ettlinger (pseud. Karlchen, 1882-1939). ; 7.5" tall; 138 pages.

N.p.: No Publisher Listed, 1950. Ephemera. Good+ with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Stan Wyatt. No publication date; 1950s. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, age-darkened. Wraps have light handling wear, age darkening. ; Light hearted history and description of Shanks Village, which was established in 1946 at then-closed Fort Shanks, Orangeburg, NY, as a place to house returning veterans and their growing families in former army barracks. Author combines fact and fiction with humor. ; Cartoons; 8.5" tall; 32 pages.

Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1985. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Marv Rubin. Book is in the French language. Sound binding, clean and off-white pages. Wraps have light handling wear. ; Translation of Greenburg's "How to Make Yourself Miserable." ; Drawings; 7.0" tall; 159 pages.

Belgium: C. Bretécher, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the French language. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean with minor bumping to corners and light shelf wear. ; Work by French cartoonist Claire Bretécher (1940- ), known for her portrayals of women and gender issues. In the Agrippine series, she caricatures the existential dilemmas and frivolous concerns of a spoiled teenager. Agrippine; Vol. 3; 12" tall; 48 pages.

Stockholm: Hugo Gebers Förlag, 1959. Paperback. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Paul Ströyer. Sound, stitched binding. Pictorial wraps are heavily worn and there is soiling overall to the exterior. Creasing on spine. Pages age-darkened but clean. 178 pp. Book in the Swedish language by Swedish humorist Olle Carle (1909-1998) , noted for his wordplay and puns. Title translates as "Easy Finished Pieces.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1907. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Louis D. Fancher. Binding holding but front hinge is cracked. Pages clean, tanned. Pictorial cloth over boards is tanned, with overall shelf wear and light edgewear. ; Satire by American humorist with art nouveau illustrations. 7.25" tall; 108 pages.

New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has general light shelf wear, edge rubbing, with clipped corner. Approximately 96 pp., unpaginated. ; Color cartoon drawings with accompanying stories. 11.5" (29 cm) tall; 96 pages.

New York: John Lane Company, 1910. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean but age-darkened pages. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with wear to corner tips, overall shelf wear and light soiling. ; Humorous story of a British couple's hospitality to an American couple. ; 7.0" tall; 79 pages.

Bogotá: El Áncora Editores, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Book is in the Spanish language. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed with slightly heavier wear at bottom of spine. DJ has light overall shelf wear. ; Anthology of humorous writings by Colombian author Daniel Samper Pizano (1945- ). ; Spanish Edition; 9.25" tall; 299 pages.

New York: Workman Publishing, 2008. First Printing. Softcover. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. First Printing. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have no evidence of wear. ; Guide to how the extremely wealthy people live in America. ; 9.25" tall; 247 pages.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Third Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is lightly edge rubbed. DJ has slight fading at spine with light edge wear and overall light shelf wear. ; Texan writer-storyteller's portraits of people in the old Southwest. ; 8.25" (20 cm) tall; 237 pages.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1903. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble. Exlibrary markings. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Pictorial cloth over boards is shelf worn with overall light soiling, darkened spine, wear to corner tips. ; Writings by early California humorist George Horatio Derby (1823-1861). Ex-Library; Drawings; 7.75" tall ; 332 pages.

New York: Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill book Co, 1944. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Donald McKay. Square, sound binding and hinges. Clean but age-darkened, foxed pages. Cloth over boards is edge worn with heavy shelf wear, soiling. Unpaginated, approximately 36 pp. Humorous poem about technological advances during WWII with two-color drawings as illustrations. ; Drawings; 36 pages.