Search Results: Humor from Rose's Books, IOBA

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam's, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Putnam's,1989. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 317 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1966. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Harper & Row. First edition. 8vo. Within the sooty walls of Alley's little house, each member of the family battles for survival, but Alley finds freedom in the thoroughfares of his mind. There, a new Alley, a delightful, talented, funny, capable, loving and with a phony Irish brogue, gradually takes shape until, finally, in his final bid for greatness, he appears as the man who makes off with the Queen of the teen-age pop festival on his motorcycle and carries her away to a strange destiny! Fine in a very good+ dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Picador USA, 2000. Book. New. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. NY:Picador, 2000. Reprint. Paperback, 648 pp. Pulitzer Prize winner. Drawing on their own fears and dreams, Kavalier and Lay create the Escapist, the Monitor and Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. With exhilarating style and grace, Michael Chabon tells an unforgettable story about American romance and possibility. New, unread condition..

New York: The Review of Reviews, 1907. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 4 volumes. Frontispiece portraits. Cartoon illustrations. A collection of wit, humor, cartoons, and caricatures by leading humorists on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Minor shelfwear. Very good..

Paris: Chez Capelle, Libraire-Commissionnaire Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Quarter Leather. Second Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Second edition. Published in "An X" (I have no idea how to convert French Revolutionary time to the Common Era). Leather spine, marbled boards. 6 compartments defined, gold titles. Marble endpapers. Four-color engraved frontispiece showing a woman in front of a revolutionary committee being criticized for having a bottle of Spanish wine. Introduction to second edition (6); 216 pp. Appears to be a satire in drama, prose, poetry. Chipping top and bottom of spine, 1" rub to rear, small hole in half-title, occasional foxing. In French. Very good condition. Scarce..

Philadelphia, PA: Running Press Books, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Philadelphia, PA, Running Press Books, 1992. First edition. 48mo. Red cloth with black lettering embossed on spine, mint green endpapers, illustrated throughout, pages not enumerated. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1940. Book. Illus. by Young, Chic. Good. Paper covered boards. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Racine: Whitman, 1940. 32mo. Paper-covered boards, 425 pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Soiling to boards. Wear at corners. Pencil scribble on endpapers. Good..

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1949. Book. Illus. by Young, Chic. Good. Paper covered boards. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Racine: Whitman Publishing, 1949. 32mo. Paper-covered boards with Blondie illustration in 4 colors. 286 pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Wear to corners, no writing inside. Missing free front endpaper. Good..

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1972. Book. Illus. by Mauldin, Bill. Fine. Decorative Cloth. Reprint. 8vo. New York: Norton, 1972. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Decorative blue cloth binding, 275 pp. Full-page plate (back side blank) on heavy paper by Maudlin laid in. Dust jacket has a couple of short tears and light edge wear. Plate is fine. Book is fine in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1998. Book. New. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. New York: Viking, 1998. First American edition, stated. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 271 pp. Bridget Jones's Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. Written in the form of a personal diary, the novel chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single working woman living in London. She writes (often humorously) about her career, self-image, vices, family, friends, and romantic relationships. Bridget not only obsesses about her love life, but also details her various daily struggles with her weight, her over-indulgence in alcohol and cigarettes, and her career. The basis for the movie with Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York: Random House, 2003. Book. Fine. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Random House, 2003. First edition, later printing. 8vo. Cloth. 547 p. Sources. Index. Molly Ivins' humorous but insightful take on the Bush presidency. Fine in fine jacket in mylar cover..

New York: Random House, 2003. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Random House, 2003. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 547 p. Sources. Index. Molly Ivins' humorous but insightful take on the Bush presidency. Fine in fine jacket in mylar cover..

New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1997. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Knopf, 1997. First edition. 8vo. Hardcover binding, 295 pp. Hanky-panky on the international art scene. New, unread, clean book. Dustjacket shows some shelfwear but no edge damage. New in very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1953. Book. Illus. by Lonette, Reisir. Very Good. Cloth. Early Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1953. Early reprint. 8vo. Red cloth with silver and yellow lettering embossed on spine, illustrated throughout, 285 pp. Former owner initials on endpaper. Dust jacket is sunned with small chipping at extremities, small discolorations; bindings are bright, text block is tight, clean and appears gently read. Very good in a good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1957. Book. Illus. by Martin, Henry R.. Fine. Paper covered boards. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition. 12mo. Illustrated paper-covered boards with illustrations by Henry R. Martin. 61 pp. Slight tanning to spine of dust jacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket..

Oak Bluffs: Gadfly, 1990. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. Oak Bluffs: Gadfly, 1990. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. First edition, stated. 8vo. Trade paperback, 176 pp. Previous owner inscription. Very good..

New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Carol, 1995. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 257 pp. A semiautobiographical story of Shakespeare, sex and World War II through Reiner's experience. Dust jacket has a little rubbing. Fine in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Washington, DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004. Washington, DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004. First soft cover edition. 12mo. 148pp. Charming collection of remedies, elixirs, restoratives, and fortifiers interspersed with autobiographical anecdotes. Recipes for commonplace ailments like warts, nosebleeds, aging skin, and hangovers. New.. First Edition in Paperback. Soft Cover. New/New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Washington, DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004. Washington, DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004. First soft cover edition. 12mo. 148pp. Charming collection of remedies, elixirs, restoratives, and fortifiers interspersed with autobiographical anecdotes. Recipes for commonplace ailments like warts, nosebleeds, aging skin, and hangovers. New.. First Edition in Paperback. Soft Cover. New/New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Washington, DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004. Washington, DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004. First soft cover edition. 12mo. 148pp. Charming collection of remedies, elixirs, restoratives, and fortifiers interspersed with autobiographical anecdotes. Recipes for commonplace ailments like warts, nosebleeds, aging skin, and hangovers. New.. First Edition in Paperback. Soft Cover. New/New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.