St. Martin's Press, October 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. You've eaten too much candy at Christmas...but have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses...but have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? You've woken up with a hangover...but have you ever woken up next to..... More
National Lampoon, November 1974. First Edition. Stapled Magazine. Quarto; {8 & 1/4' x 11'}; Clean, sound, bright copy with slight wear. (114 pages.). More
Harper & Brothers Publishers, January 1960. Cloth. Tattered, torn dust jacket with large chip at top of spine & 2 large (three inch & two inch) tears at top of back panel & bottom of front panel. NOT price clipped with original price of $2.95 on front flap. Red &..... More
Algonquin Books, September 2020. Hardcover. "Raw, intimate, and true . . . A Better Man cracked me wide open, and it's a template for the conversation we need to be having with our boys." --Peggy Orenstein, bestselling author of Boys & Sex A poignant look at boyhood, in the form..... More
Pantheon, October 1989. Trade Paperback. ***ALMOST CERTAINLY NOMINATED FOR SOMETHING SOMEWHERE*** The complete scripts from the four Monty Python series, first shown on BBC television between 1969 and 1974, have been collected in two companion volumes. Characters' names, often not spoken, are given as in the original scripts, along with..... More
powerHouse Books, May 2007. Trade Paperback. Though Skinema "reviews" over 150 pornos, Nieratko hardly ever mentions them, focusing instead on the pill-popping exploits that he's documented unapologetically over the past seven years in his column for Vice Magazine--much to his editors chagrin. As Johnny Knoxville so succinctly put it, Nieratko..... More
E. C. Publications, December 1958. First Edition. Magazine. 8' x 10 & 3/4'; stapled magazine; mild toning; two stapled intact; clean, without markings; creases back panel of cover. Back cover top left corner torn off (one & 1/2-inch piece). (48 pages). More
E.C. Publications, January 1958. Paper Back. Eight-inch x Ten & 3/4-inch; cover worn; front with tiny (1/8th-inch) closed tears fore-edge; toning & curl along stapled edge. Center fold , pages 23 through 26 strained at staples with 3/4-inch closed tears, but pages remain attached & intact. Also small finger-nail clipping..... More
skirt! July 2008. First Edition. Cloth. Once upon a time, Hollis Gillespie was ashamed about having a hard-drinking, trailer-salesman dad and a missile-making mom with broken dreams of being a beautician. That was then. This is now. Trailer Trashed is a hilarious and heartbreaking collection of essays on one broad..... More
David R Godine, October 2019. Hardcover. Loosely based on historical anecdotes, these devilishly delightful vignettes and illustrations feature some of the more recognizable individuals throughout the ages, like Emily Dickinson, Mozart, Oscar Wilde, and Jane Austen. This book was created by a National Book Award Winner for Poetry and iconic..... More
Custom House, May 2021. Paper Back. THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER Hughley uses his trademark humor to address the stark divisions in society that stem from centuries of white supremacy. --People Surrender, white people! After 400 years of white supremacy in America, a reckoning is here. These are the terms of peace-and..... More
Frederick A. Stokes, January 1918. Hardcover. More
Modern Library, April 1979. First Thus. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition in jacket. Creased rear jacket flap. More
Riverhead Trade, September 2006. Trade Paperback. The Areas of My Expertise is a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom--all of it completely unresearched, completely undocumented and (presumably) completely untrue, fabricated by the illuminating, prodigious imagination of John Hodgman, certifiable genius. In an age when fake..... More
William Morrow, April 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Viral sensation and Emmy Award-winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with entertaining stories about the odd, funny, and unforgettable events in his life in this unmissable essay collection that echoes his droll, irreverent voice. When actor Leslie Jordan learned he had "gone viral," he..... More
V/Search, December 1987. Oversize Softcover. Mild coverwear; else, very good. More
Viking Books, September 1995. First Edition. Cloth. Etiquette manuals were the self-help books of the past. These 600 excerpts, with revealing social commentary, afford a telling glimpse into the ballrooms, bedrooms, and streets of the 19th and 20th centuries. Here are manners for everyone from sweethearts and servants to dancers..... More
Doubleday Anchor, 1959. Mass Market PaperBack. Darkened spine & margins. Scar front cover top right. Ink markings last page. Excellent anthology of early American humor (18th & 19th century). The four most modern authors collected, and only represented writers whose lifespan touches the 20th century are: Joel Chandler Harris (1848..... More
Random House Inc, September 2003. Trade Paperback. From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything..... More
Theatre Communications Group, February 1997. Trade Paperback. "Culture Clash is a national treasure." - Philip Kan Gotanda "These guys are funny daredevils of performance, totally fearless as they skewer convention and lazy thinking. Cool." - Eric Bogosian "Important social satire for these urgent times." - Dolores Huerta, Vice President, United..... More
Bantam, January 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. In price clipped dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Orange end pages. Signed on title page. Muir was featured on the long running BBC/NPR radio show 'My Word.' The show continued to be Broadcast long after Muir passing in 1998..... More
Simon & Schuster, February 2021. Hardcover. From Kliph Nesteroff, "the human encyclopedia of comedy" (VICE), comes the important and underappreciated story of Native Americans and comedy. It was one of the most reliable jokes in Charlie Hill's stand-up routine: "My people are from Wisconsin. We used to be from New..... More
The Modern Library, 1947. First Thus. Cloth. First Modern Library Edition. 12mo. Five-inch x Seven-inch; yellow staining/discoloration in lip that runs parallel to spine front & rear panel. Slate-gray cloth covered boards with gold lettering & gold tooled border in black rectangle front board panel & spine. Spotty discoloration to..... More
Arcade Publishing, April 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Prioleau explores life at minimum wage after quitting his white-collar job as an advertising executive. Taking jobs such as a pizza deliveryman, ice cream scooper, construction worker, ER tech, fast food jockey and even a cowboy on a Montana ranch, he proves that..... More
Pantheon, October 1989. Trade Paperback. ***WINNER OF THE 1989 PYTHON PRIZE FOR THEIR OWN BOOKS*** The complete scripts from the four Monty Python series, first shown on BBC television between 1969 and 1974, have been collected in two companion volumes. Characters' names, often not spoken, are given as in the..... More
