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Random House. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. Stated 1st printing. Cover has some damage, see photos.

NY: Random House. Near Fine in Fair dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth hardcover. Stated first printing inscribed to ffep by Perelman, dated 1947. Minimal wear but for a small stain to ffep under the inscription, two tiny spots to block edge and another to leading edge. The DJ in mylar is chipped with losses to… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Perelman takes aim at advertising, movies, radio, magazines, and other subjects in this collection of humorous essays. Octavo. Original tan cloth binding, with black and red stamping. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear.

Random House. Good with no dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Prior owners name on front inside page; 8.3 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches; 259 pages .

New York: Random House, 1946. First edition. Kauffer, E. McKnight. Tan cloth, a fine copy in slightly chipped dust jacket, the jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer.

New York: Random House, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Jacket illustrated by T. McKnight Kauffer. Foxing on page edges, light offsetting on front fly, very good in a very good dust jacket with tiny chips, light foxing, and an interior tape repair at the foot of the spine. *New Yorker* artist, Claude Smith's copy, with his… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Jacket illustrated by T. McKnight Kauffer. Tiny stains at the bottom margin of about a dozen pages, light offsetting on endpapers with a bookseller ticket on rear pastedown, very good in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears, and interior dampstains on the spine… Read more about this item

William Heinemann, 1947. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1947. First Published. 166 pages. Dust jacket over beige cloth. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light water staining to upper page edges; text unaffected. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild water staining, tanning and scuffing overall.… Read more about this item

NY: Random House. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1946. Second Printing. Hardcover. Stated 2nd printing hardcover. Inscribed to the ffep: "To Jerry Lawrence and Bob Lee, in memory of a sudden eviction at La Quinta, from their friend, the Black Avenger--Sincerely, Sid Perelman, February 5, 1947." Jerry Lawrence is Jerome Lawrence, who with his writing partner,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, [1946]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A fine copy in a bright crisp dust jacket with a few short closed edgetears. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer.

Random House, New York, 1946. 3rd Printing. Good/No Jacket. Octavo, hardcover, small stain on gray tweed boards and front hinge starting else interior VG. No dj. 259 pp. stories originally published in The New Yorker & Saturday Evening Post;-- humorous essays scraping into modern society.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from S.J. Perelman to noted composer and songwriter Vernon Duke at the time of their collaboration on a Broadway musical. Inscribed: “To Vernon - A la recherche du temps perdu and in anticipation of things to come, and also in memory of many rugged campaigns and bivouacs. Ever,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1946 Tan cloth covers with black and red printing on the spine. The spine head and heel are slightly bumped, else fine, with no rubbing or bumping on the corners or edges. The cover is a little soiled from handling, else fine. 259 pages that are crisp, clean, unmarked and uncreased. The… Read more about this item

Random House, 1946. 3rd printing. Cloth. Very good/Very good. Third printing, very good hardcover shows tearing to cloth at top of hinge near spine head, touch of bumping with bit of fray at bottom corners, previous owner name at front endpaper and half title and some other light trace wear, in very good price-clipped dust jacket that shows… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, (1946)., (1946).. Good. - Octavo, gray cloth. The binding is lightly rubbed with some slight discoloration to the upper half of the front cover and a small light stain to the rear cover. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with short tears & pieces out, including a large piece out of the tail… Read more about this item

Fair. Random House 1946 first printing hardcover. Cover has faded spine and moderate general wear. Bookplate inside cover. Small stains on last few pages and endpapers, otherwise clean text. Binding slightly tilted, but still tight. No dust jacket.

Random House. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Minimal wear. Clean and unmarked. ; 8.0 X 5.25 X 0.75 inches; 259 pages .

Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing, October 1947. Reprint. Cloth . Good/Good. Originally published by Random House in 1946. This is a reprint on paper stock cheaper than the mother company's own stock. Tje re[romt used plates from the original edition with the same dustjacket design. In edge worn/chipped jacket with heavy foxing & dust stains on… Read more about this item

Random House. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Owner's name on inside.

Published by Author. Hardback. Very Good. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. Endpapers and edges discolored.