Simon and Schuster, January 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Third printing in much chipped, tattered & torn, dust stained, with tears. Front flap is clipped. Heavily darkened & dust stained off white spine with red and blue lettering on spine. Red paper covered boards with black & yellow author initials. Heavily foxed..... More
Back Bay Books, June 2009. Trade Paperback. David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art, (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off..... More
Celadon Books, November 2022. First American. Hardcover. Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy--an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before..... More
Harcourt Brace, January 1960. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. Dustjacket is missing. Darkened spine and darkened margins of front and rear boards. Mild damp staining. Bumped to top edge of front board. Ochre end pages. Previous owner's name in ink ffep. Erratra slip tipped in before title page. [304 pages]... More
Celadon Books, November 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy--an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before..... More
Little Brown and Company, May 2022. Hardcover. David Sedaris, the "champion storyteller," (Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso. Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask--or not--was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris..... More
Back Bay Books, June 2001. Trade Paperback. A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of Naked, presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about his hilarious attempt to learn French. A number one national bestseller now in paperback. More
Dover Publications Inc., September 1968. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo paperback with shelf wear. [389 plus sixteen page catalogue of Dover books]. More
ECW Press, September 2022. Paper Back. A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist shreds the GOP's record of backward policies and abysmal leaders. Luckovich takes aim at the NRA, Trump, Bush, Ted Cruz, and more. The Twisted History of the GOP is an editorial cartoon exploration into the ongoing crack-up of the..... More
New York Review Comics, November 2022. Hardcover. Years before he wrote his National Book Award-winning novel Middle Passage, Charles Johnson created these sidesplitting and subversive gag comics about Black life in America, now collected for the first time in nearly half a century. Before Charles Johnson found fame as a...... More
Random House, June 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. The first new collection from Allen in 25 years features 18 inimitable pieces, ten of which were originally published in The New Yorker. These pieces are classic Woody Allen--sharp, funny, witty, intelligent, and irresistible. First edition with full number line. Negligable shelf wear..... More
Back Bay Books, June 1995. Trade Paperback. In David Sedaris's world no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Liebowitz, and the National Enquirer, Sedaris's collection of stories and essays is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad..... More
Dell, 1964. Mass Market PaperBack. Dell 4124; notable page yellowing and yellowing/aging of cover. More
Andrews McMeel Publishing, May 2022. Paper Back. The instant New York Times bestseller! Pack up your Ouija board, wine bra, and squirt guns full of holy water ... we're going on a road trip! From the hit podcast And That's Why We Drink, this is your interactive travel guide to..... More
Plume, October 2022. Hardcover. Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova took the world by storm with their Guide to Modern Womanhood, a book of expert advice on beauty, homemaking, and relationships. Now they're tackling an even bigger challenge: finding success in the modern workplace. In Working Girls, Trixie and Katya dole..... More
Plume, July 2022. Hardcover. ***An Instant New York Times Bestseller*** From Conan O'Brien's longtime assistant and cohost of his podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, a completely hilarious and irreverent how-to guide for becoming a terrible, yet unfireable employee, spilling her trade secrets for minimizing effort while maximizing the rewards..... More
Random House (NY), November 2008. Hardcover. A timeless celebration of literary humour from the editors of the New Yorker magazine, some of the most respected comedians and humour writers in the world report hilariously on anything from travel to relationships, work and self-loathing. An uproarious sampling of 'The New Yorker's'..... More
Knopf, October 1983. Paper Back. {6 & 1/8' x 9 & 1/4'} [543 pages]. More
Oxford University Press, USA, June 1992. Trade Paperback. If puritanism is, as H.L. Mencken once said, the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy, then this glorious, monumental collection by one of England's most popular humorists is a puritan's nightmare. Focusing primarily on the 19th and 20th century, but..... More
Methuen, January 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. First UK edition. Missing dustjacket. Previous reader's name in ink ffep. [259 pages]. More
Back Bay Books, November 2020. Paper Back. Step into Jenny Slate's wild imagination in this "magical" (Mindy Kaling), "delicious" (Amy Sedaris), and "poignant" (John Mulaney) New York Times bestseller about love, heartbreak, and being alive -- "this book is something new and wonderful" (George Saunders). You may "know" Jenny Slate..... More
Back Bay Books, October 2022. Paper Back. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice: There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination..... More
Hachette Books, September 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Stephen "Steve-O" Glover--social media icon, comedy-touring stalwart, and star of Jackass--delivers a hilarious and practical guide to recovery, relationships, career, and how to keep thriving long after you should be dead. Steve-O is best known for his wildly dangerous, foolish, painful, embarrassing, and..... More
