Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Sock Monkey: the "inches" incident.

Millionaire, Tony, · 2007

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Milwaukee, OR, Dark Horse Books, (2007). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG PB. "In his surrealist impulse and draftsman's brio.closest thing we have to George Herrman of Krazy Kat.".

You've Got Me on the Rocks.

Larliar, Lawrence, edited by, · 1956

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Dodd Mead, (1956). VG in VG DJ. Comic cocktail of funniest cartoons about drinks and drinking. DJ price clipped.

The Illustrated Texas Dictionary of the English Language: volume two and volume three.

Everhart, Jim, · 1968

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Lincoln, NE, Cliff's Notes, (1968 & 1973). 2 VG PBs. Satirical language of the Big State.

Are You Under Sexty?.

Unknown, · 1957

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Olympian House, (1957). 1st ed. G. Sex jokes. Blue binding, illustrated endpapers. Pages tanning toward edges.

A Book of Nonsense.

Lear, Edward, · 1980

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Metropolitan Museum Art, (1980). VG in G DJ. English nonsense verses. DJ edge wear.

Water on the Brain.

Partch, Virgil, · 1945

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Robert M. McBridge & Co, (1945). 1st ed. G. Red-striped binding edges, pictorial binding of cartoon. Tape on spine, owner name ft endpaper.

Humans.

Dowdall, Mike and Pat Welch, · 1985

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Fireside, (1985). 1st PB ed. VG lg sz PB. Satire of the modern human condition in pictures and words.

Mother Goose in Washington.

Chandlee, Will H., · 1936

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

NY, Telegraph Press, 1936. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Ridicule of FDR, the New Deal, and his administration in verse. colorful dust jacket, blue pictorial binding showing goose. with a mortarboard on. Fading toward binding edges, DJ edge wear.

The Thrill Is Gone, Bernie and Joanie cartoons for New Children (foreword by Nora Ephron).

Trudeau, G. B., · 1983

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, np, Fawcett, Sheed & Ward, (1983), (1974). 2 G PBs. Two classics by Trudeau. Edge wear.

Young Men in Spats; Lord Emsworth and Other Stories, Thank You, Jeeves; Bachelors Anonymous.

Wodehouse, P. G., · 1988

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Dorset & Great Britain, Penny Farthing & Penguin etc, (1988) & (1980). 4G PBs. Humorous stories about British life.

The Barrel Club.

Vice-President (unknown), · 1930

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Worcester, MA, Lark Pub Co, (1930). Fair. A secret society of men that is trying to eliminate working conditions for women so bad they take off all their clothes. Spine of book quite worn, edge wear, hinges cracked.

Dances with Blackflies: funny stories about life in Maine and life in general (signed).

Bull, Steve, · 1994

$21.00 (€19.05 | £15.90 | ¥3,353)

np, Mt. Blue Pub Inc., (1994). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Inscribed by author. Best of "Shooting the Bull".

Waiter! There's a Black Fly in My Chowder: more funny stories about life in Maine and life in general (signed).

Bull, Steve, · 1996

$21.00 (€19.05 | £15.90 | ¥3,353)

np, Mt. Blue Pub Inc., (1996). 1st ptg. VG PB. Signed by author. Best of "Shooting the Bull".

The Yawning Heights.

Zinoviev, Alexander, translated by Gordon Clough, · 1981

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

England, Penguin, (1981). VG PB. Most devastating satire ever written about Soviet Russia. Zinoview was born in 1922 and as a youth attracted the attention. of the Soviet Police for criticizing the Stalin personality cult and was first sent to a psychiatric clinic and then to ...

Oops! or, life's awful moments.

Linkletter, Art, · 1967

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Doubleday, 1967. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Down-to-earth of sampling of those unexpected situations we all suffer and somehow manage to survive. DJ price clipped,. owner inscription ft endpaper. Photo of Linkletter on DJ cover.

All I Know about Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehman's Dressing Room.

Bombeck, Erma, · 1995

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper Collins, (1995). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Just like Jane Goodall, Erma has been recording our mating habits, reproductive cycles, laughter and crying.

Kids Sure Rite Funny: a child's garden of misinformation.

Linkletter, Art, · 1962

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Bernard Geis, (1962). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. All the charm of a child's uninhibited sayings. DJ slightly tanned at edges.

The Pearl of Her Sex.

Cunningham, Bill, · 1947

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Putnam, (1947). 3rd imp. VG. Cunningham looks at life with tongue in cheek including when his neighbor's car alarm goes off. Tan binding, red lettering.

Letters from a Nut.

Nancy, Ted L., introduction by Jerry Seinfeld, · 1997

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Scholastic, (1997). 12th ptg. G PB ex-library. "An unending stream of some of the most hilarious exchanges I've ever read." from introduction by Jerry Seinfeld. Whimsical letters sent to serious companies and people and they actually answered back. Library markings.

The Specialist.

Sale, Charles (Chic), America's great character actor, · 1929

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

St. Louis, MO, Specialist Pub Co, (1929). 8th ptg. G in G DJ. Lem specializes in sanitary engineering. Orange/white DJ, brown binding. Edge wear, owner name in pencil ft endpaper.