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Catalog Last Updated: 02/17/24 23 items.

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Abernethy, Francis Edward, & Ben Sargent.   HOW THE CRITTERS CREATED TEXAS (SIGNED) SIGNED BY BEN SARGENT, ILLUSTRATOR  
Austin: Ellen C. Temple, 1984. Reprint. Paperback. 093665001X 0-936650-01-X. Critters of Texas folklore: crow, coyote, wild turkey, roodrunner tortoise, buzzard, badger & prairie dog, crawfish and others create the Lone Star State with influence of Indian creation mythology. Illustrated with bold pen & ink drawings by award-winning cartoonist Ben Sargent. SIGNED by Sargent.
Fine/Wraps. Hint of shelfwear, else Fine. Signed by Ben Sargent, illustrator. # B0834. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Benefield, June.   LAUGHING TO KEEP FROM CRYING (SIGNED)  
Houston: Gulf publishing, 1972. 1st ed. 116 pages. Hardcover. 0872014258 0-87201-425-8. Forty newspaper columns, and two additional articles by longtime Houston Chronicle newspaper columnist. Signed by the author on the FFEP.
Fine/VG. Dustjacket a bit sun-faded. # E1319. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Breathed, Berkeley.   CLASSICS OF WESTERN LITERATURE: BLOOM COUNTY 1986-1989  
Boston: Little, Brown, 1990. 1st ed. 251 pages. Paperback. 0316107549 0-316-10754-9. Clean, tight, unmarked. No wear.
Fine/Wraps. # B6661. $8.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Breathed, Berkeley.   HIS KISSES ARE DREAMY: ANOTHER TENDER OUTLAND COLLECTION  
Boston: Little, Brown, 1994. 1st ed. Paperback. 0316108677 0-316-10867-7. Clean, tight, crisp. Stated first edition. Smallremainder mark on bottom edge.
Fine/Wraps. # B6660. $5.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Cohen, Andy.   SUPERFICIAL: MORE ADVENTURES FROM THE ANDY COHEN DIARIES (SIGNED)  
New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2016. 1st ed. 357 pages. Hardcover. 1250116481 1250116481. Andy Cohen draws from his diaries from June 2014 through Spetember 2016, documenting his adventures, touring with Anderson Cooper, radio spots and much more. 16 pages of color photos.
Fine/Fine. A perfect 1st printing SIGNED on bookplate from his tour with Anderson Cooper. # E4982. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dromgoole, L.   TRAVELING IN TEXAS IN EARLY DAYS  
No Place Stated: by the author, 1944. 47 pages. Hardcover. A collection of non-pc jokes and tales, many about Blacks, Jews, Irish, Texans, Preachers etc. Self-published. Original a papberback pamphlet, rebound into harcover library boards. Uncommon.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Former library copy with stamps & marks. A clean, solid copy. # B3674. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Durack, Terry.   HUNGER  
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2000. 1st ed. 239 pages. Hardcover. 1865083488 1-86508-348-8. Humoroue discourse on food and foodies from Australian author.
Fine/Fine. # B7974. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Fischer, Ed, & Jane Thomas Noland.   WHAT'S SO FUNNY ABOUT GETTING OLD¨  
New York: Meadowbrook Press,. Paperback. 0671511521 0-671-51152-1. Humor and cartoons.
Fine/Wraps. New in publisher shrinkwrap. # E3221. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
House, Boyce.   LAUGH PARADE OF STATES: STAR-SPANGLED WIT AND HUMOR (SIGNED)  
San Antonio: Naylor Company, 1948. 1st ed. 162 pages. Hardcover.
VG/Good+. First edition, signed by the author. Tight, no owner marks. Inside of dustjacket lists many other Naylor books. # E4746. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Howarth, Matt.   THOSE ANNOYING POST BROS. # 57 SEPTEMBER 1997 [ BROTHERS ]  
Seattle: AEON, 1997. 1st ed. 32 pages. Paperback. The exploits of Ron & Russ, Bugtown's finest, as they spread mayhem throughout multiple dimensions.
Near Fine/Wraps. Stapled comic format. Very nice copy, near mint. # E2205. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Little, Richard Henry.   THE LINE BOOK 1926 (IN PRESENTATION HARDCOVER)  
Chicago: Chicago Tribune, 1926. 1st ed. 64 pages. Hardcover. The softcover illustrated with Boris Riedel jester is bound into hard cover boards. Boards are covered with red and gilt paper, green cloth spine, and gilt title on silky cloth paste-on label. Endpapers are dramatically patterned gilt paper.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Book has been perfectly protected by the hardcover. No owner marks. # E2799. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mad Magazine, .   MAD MAGAZINE, NUMBER 270, APRIL 1987  
New York: E.C. Publications, 1987. 48 pages. Paperback. The usual humor, satire, and social commentary from the bunch at Mad Magazine. Nick Meglin & John Ficarra, editors.
Good+/Wraps. Stapled binding and all pages firm. Pages tanned. No tears, some folds and surface scuffing. # E2863. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Philpott, William A.   ALAS! NO LOG CABINS... AND ADDITIONAL ESSAYS  
Dallas: Egan Company, 1952. 1st ed. 40 pages. Paperback. The author expounds and occasionaly lampoons on history, and current events, with the occasional witty poem thrown in.
VG/Wraps. # A3089. $6.50     Inquire Now  
Resnick, Jane.   THE SOUFFLE ALSO RISES: COOKERY TIPS AND QUIPS  
Norwalk, CT: C.R. Gibson, 1980. Paperback. 0837831024 0-8378-3102-4.
VG/Wraps. Clea, tight, unmarked. Light shelfwear. # B9005. $4.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schapiro (foreword), Sid.   I AIN'T LAUGHING, SIR: 40 YEARS OF GI HUMOR FROM STARS AND STRIPES AND YANK MAGAZINE  
Stars and Stripes, 1982. 134 pages. Paperback. Wartime Cartoonists Bill Mauldin, Dave Breger, George Baker and Dick Wingert are featured, with a foreword by Stars and Stripes writer Sid Schapiro.
Near Fine/Wraps. Tight, clean, no owner marks. Storage bumps at rear corners. # E4753. $31.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Schulz, Charles M.   CHARLIE BROWN'S SUPER BOOK OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS . . FROM SNAILS TO PEOPLE! (SIGNED)  
New York: Random House, 1976. 1st ed. 152 pages. Boards. 0394832493 0-394-83249-3. Characters from the Peanuts gang answer all sorts of questions about animals. Our copy boldly SIGNED and inscribed by the author in black marker: 'For Bethan - Best wishes, Chares M. Schulz' on the front free endpaper. 8.5 x 11.0 inches in laminated boards. Uncommon signed.
Good+/No Jacket. Outer cover shows fine split along spine edge under the clear lamination, but is not opened. A couple of fine scratches & fox spots on cover and spine edge. Binding solid, text is clean and unmarked. # E4755. $1,972.75   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Standard Portland Cement Co., .   STANDARD PORTLAND CEMENT MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1933, VOLUME 1 NO. 3  
Painesville, OH: Standard Portland Cement Co. 1st ed. 24 pages. Paperback. 24-page stapled pamphlet filled with quotations, anecdotes, stories & maxims. Some business-like, others quite humorous. An uncommon bit of business Americana.
Good+/Wraps. Minor edgewear to the card covers, else VG. # E2841. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stone, Walter.   TREASURY OF AUSTRALIAN FOLKLORE  
Adelaide: Rigby, 1980. 1st ed. 161 pages. Hardcover. 0727012665 0-7270-1266-5. A collection of songs, poems, & stories from Australia's rich history.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Dj has 1" closed tear lower front, no chips. Clean, tight & straight. # A7571. $14.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sutphen, Dick.   THE MAD OLD ADS  
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. 1st ed. 128 pages. Hardcover. Humorous advertisements pre-1900.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, tight, no wear, but has gift inscription on half-title page. Dj is price-clipped. # B8005. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Syers, Ed.   HARDPRESSED TEXAS: THE LUCKENBACH SHOWDOWN  
Waco: OBT Press, 1986. 1st ed. 179 pages. Hardcover. 0317650793 0-317-65079-3. Humorous satire of life in the Hill Country of Texas. Uncommon.
Near Fine/Near Fine. # A7625. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Van Emden, F.W.   SURE ENOUGH, HOW COME¨  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1945. Reprint. 75 pages. Hardcover. A rhyming dictionary of poems, songs, limericks and little cultural ditties exploring the nuances of the Texan dialect. 1945 fifth printing in grey cloth-covered boards with red title on front and spine.
Good+/No Jacket. Firm binding, unmarked, age darkened due to wartime paper, else VG. # A0686. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wilder, Marshall P.   SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  
New York: Funk & Wagnells, 1909. Reprint. 359 pages. Hardcover. Humorous takes on politics, the royals and the media. Some things never change. Blue cloth with decorative gilt cover. Later printing.
Good+/No Jacket. Last 6 pages have 1" short tear not affecting text, else VG+. # A2018. $6.25   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Wing, Frank.   THE FOTYGRAFT ALBUM: SHOWN TO THE NEW NEIGHBOR BY REBECCA SPARKS PETERS, AGED ELEVEN  
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1919. Reprint. Hardcover. Drawings after the style of vintage portrait photos of purported family members (a dour bunch). Humorous discription of their relationship and personalities. Unpaginated. Light brown boards, dark brown title, oval paste-on portrait on front.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, unmarked. Age spots inside and outside boards. Corners square and sharp. # B8924. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  

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