The Compleat Practical Joker

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn and soiled, pages toned.. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth binding. Classic of vintage humor, revealing stories of famous practical jokes and their authors, less famous jokes, and secrets of why some pranks work better than others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320… Read more about this item

New York: Garden City / Doubleday & Co., 1954. -----Tan cloth with black lettering on spine, headband, 320 pages, ink name on ffep, dust jacket is in Very Good Plus condition price clipped with minor edge wear. "H. Allen Smith has written the first comprehensive book about the ancient & honorable pastime of practical jokery & about the people, great… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. G/G. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 320, Dust jacket, now in protective clear cover, worn, with tears at spine and edges. Pages slightly age-toned; pencil-shadow of previous owner's name on front free-endpaper, otherwise very good condition. .

Doubleday, 1953. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. New/Fine. TRUE FIRST EDITION! Stored new Photos of book emailed upon request

London: Arthur Barker, 1954. First English Edition. Hardback. Good/Fair. A comprehensive book about the ancient and honorable past time of practical jokery, and about the people great and small who have practiced it. Yellow boards and dj mylar covered. Clean pages and tight binding. Dj is not price clipped 12s6d.Some bumping and chipping. First English Edition AB82

Garden City: Doubleday, 1953. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author H. Allen Smith at the front flyleaf: “For Walter Salefski - of East Walnut Street - from a former resident of West King. H. Allen Smith”. The front panel of the dust jacket has a full color humorous painting by Charles Addams. Fine copy in a near… Read more about this item

Arthur Barker, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1954. Reprinted December 1954. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with lettering. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pen and pencil markings to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with… Read more about this item

Arthur Barker, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1954. Reprinted. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is… Read more about this item

Arthur Barker, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Chas Addams -- Dustwrapper. 600 g; 320 pages, indexed, with original colour illustrated dust jacket by Chas Addams. Slight bumping to the base of the spine, and turning of the page edges. Dust jacket has rubbing at each of the… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1953. 1st edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Jacket art by Charles Addams. Dust Jacket spine a trifle sunned. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Illustrator: Jacket art by Charles Addams. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Humor; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10913.… Read more about this item

Morrow 1980 Hardback. Fair.

Doubleday, 1953-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. Hardcover and dust jacket. Dust jacket designed by Chas Adams. Good binding and cover. Chip loss to head of front panel, minor soiling. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Pages unmarked.

William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1980. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1980. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1954. 320 pages, Dust Jacket was illustrated by Charles Adams, book is yellow with gold titling on spine, corners and spine edges are all slightly bumped, fairly tight and overall condition of book is VG. Dust jacket has protective cover and his been quite roughly price clipped, there is tearing along top and bottom edges especially… Read more about this item

William Morrow & Co., Inc, 1980. hardcover. Hardcover. 8x5x1. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good dust jacket.Minor shelf-wear. Mild age tanning. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Doubleday. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Acceptable dust jacket. (Jokes, Humor)

New York: Doubleday, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Charles Addams (cover). This is Smith's wacky and delightful anecdotal history of the practical joke. He discusses chronic practical jokers and many audacious, outlandish, and hilarious examples of the much maligned art. The book is near fine -- clean, square,… Read more about this item

UsedGood. Pages are clean! The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. The dust jacket has minor damage or small tear. There is staining on the text block edges Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

Garden City Books. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (Jokes, Humor) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.