New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on the half-title page, directly below a red rubber stamp that reads "Always know where your towel is..." Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over turquoise cloth spine, with titles stamped in metallic pink. Fine, nearly..... More
Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone, 1900. First edition. (Title page dated 1900, issue without ads like LOC copy noted in Russo p. 36) Original buckram. [viii], 218, [1] pp. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, else Fine. No jacket. A great copy. A follow-up to the author's popular..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First edition, first issue with seven titles listed on last page of ads, illustration 128 precedes 126 on list at front. viii, 204pp. with four pages of ads at rear. Original tan cloth lettered in gilt on spine, stamped in black, red, blue on..... More
![The Cynic's Word Book [The Devil's Dictionary]. Ambrose Bierce](/pictures/thumb/180225008_1.jpg?v=1519609513)
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First edition, first printing, first state with no frontispiece. Very Good. Cloth lightly rubbed at extremities, soiled and with rubbing to decorative stamping. Front and rear inner hinge cracked but binding remains solid. Pages toned, lightly soiled. A satirical dictionary which Bierce worked..... More
New York: [Self-published], 1962. First edition, first issue with four-letter words legible. [52] pp. Stapled wraps. Fears of this San Francisco concert promo booklet harming him in his obscenity trial led comedian Lenny Bruce to have copies destroyed, most that weren't had certain four-letter struck out to render them innocuous..... More
New York: [Self-published], 1962. First edition, second issue with four-letter words struck out. Fears of this San Francisco concert promo booklet harming him in his obscenity trial led comedian Lenny Bruce to have copies destroyed, most that weren't (like this one) had certain four-letter struck out to render them innocuous..... More
Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1832. First American edition. vi, 195, (36, ads); iv, 202 pp. Two Volumes. Original cloth and paper-covered boards with paper spine labels. Good+ copies with chipped and well-worn labels (still legible), boards stained and edge-worn, moderate to heavy foxing throughout contents. Textblock of Vol. 1 split..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., Publishers, 1900. First edition, first printing. (No additional printings indicated; three titles including this one facing title page.) Red cloth with cream and black stamping, professionally recased with sturdy binding. Good+. Faint marks on front cover, relaid cloth stained and slightly frayed along edges..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. First edition. 247 p. Brown cloth with black lettering. Frontispiece and endpapers illustrated by Tony Sarg. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Spine panel toned, wear at head and tail of jacket. Twainesque humorist Irvin Cobb's account of his move from the city..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1916. First edition. 279 p. Light green cloth with color illustration. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Very light foxing to paste downs. Jacket lightly chipped along top edge, a few short closed tears, a bit rubbed and dust-soiled. A humorous novel of..... More
London: Printed for J. Johnston, 1811. First Edition. xi, [1, Reference to Plates], 180 pp. With five color plates including fold-out frontispiece by George Cruikshank,"The Journey to the Moon, or Munchausen on Mahomet's Ass." Period half speckled calf and marbled boards, gilt decorated spine with red morocco label lettered in..... More
San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2011. Issue #36, complete. First edition. All contents present inside head box. Near Fine, with very light shelf wear to box. Edited by Dave Eggers, featuring work from Michael Chabon, Colm Toibin, Ishmael Reed, as well as a collaboration between Tim Heidecker (of Tim and Eric Awesome..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc, 1960. First edition. Inscribed by Goldberg on front free end paper, "To J. Frederick Cook Jr. with deep appreciation of his interest in my various creative efforts [signed] Rube Goldberg Sept. 26. 1967." 162 pp. Gray cloth with orange and purple lettering on spine..... More
New York: Avon, 1962. Signed "To You from Dick Gregory" on front free endpaper. First paperback edition. 125, (2, ads) pp. Illustrated wraps. Very Good with toned pages, faint crease to front corner, light shelf wear, former owner's name on inside of front cover. Visual gags and comedy from the..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First edition, first printing. Wraps. PBO. Warmly inscribed in blue pencil on ffep to former owner, late North Carolina journalist and author Roy Wilder, a good friend of Up in the Old Hotel author Joseph Mitchell who specialized in stories about southern culture. Pogo..... More
Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2014. First edition. Signed by Bruce McCulloch on the front free endpaper. xviii, 281 pp. Original blue boards with yellow cloth backstrip lettered in black. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. A signed memoir of growing up weird and parenting by the former Kids in the..... More
New York: The Experimenter Publications, 1930. First edition. 94 pp. Paper covered boards with black cloth backstrip. About Very Good with rubbing to boards, chipping along edges, interior has a few small stains and closed tears. An uncommon illustrated Prohibition-era book of cocktailiana and humorous verse. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1952. First edition. 253 pp. Publisher's cloth. Front free endpaper creased, else Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with light wear along edges, a little rubbed, but unclipped and unfaded. An attractive copy. More
[New York]: [Fuck You Press], 1967. Tabloid format, headlined: Poet Ted Berrigan Teaches Parrot to Scarf Cock. Vol.1, No. 1. Very Good+ with a bit of bumping to corners, very slight toning. A one-off parody newspaper of the New York School, emanating from the Lower East Side on the crest..... More
Seattle: RXS R-Kives, 1980s-2010s. A large archive consisting of 55 pieces of mail art in various formats, some with multiple extra pieces of art inside. Most pieces are addressed to Portland, Oregon author Jeff Stookey and his partner Ken, sent from Seattle by Wildermuth and Webb, often under the collective..... More
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1932. First edition. Signed by KMS on half title with warm, lengthy inscription, a poem in English, "A clever line for Millie? Well, / I wish I knew just how to treat her. / I'd like to write a foot of verse, / But can't..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition. [vi], 121 pp. Original red cloth with white and blue lettering and illustration. A Very Good+ copy, lacking the dust jacket. Spine a bit sunned, back cloth a little stained with a very faint cup ring, gift inscription on front free endpaper..... More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1980. First edition. Presentation copy, issued alongside a run of 300 copies, signed by Updike. 41, (1, colophon) pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with wear at foot, no slipcase. More
Paris and New York: Contact Editions, 1931. First edition. (Hand-numbered copy #157, one of only 500 as mentioned in colophon at front.) 95 pp. Stiff wraps. Good+ condition. A few light dampstains on front cover, chipping to head and tail. Archival, ph-neutral mending tissue on hinge at front, front cover..... More
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1930. First edition. (Preceded the British edition by about two weeks.) 340pp. Orange cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with slight spine cock in Good++ dust jacket with triangular chip at foot, small chip at head, nicks along edges, rubbed and a bit soiled, orange on..... More