Simon & Schuster, March 2005. Trade Paperback. A must-have for the fans of the #1 bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris, a collection of his favorite short fiction from Flannery O'Connor to Tobias Wolff.David Sedaris is an exceptional reader. Alone in his apartment, he reads stories..... More
Penguin Books, March 1988. Paper Back. From Woody Allen to P.G. Wodehouse, the last hundred years offer a rich banquet of humor. Just about any topic under the sun can inspire witty remarks. Fred Metcalf's clearly cross-referenced anthology provides countless gems--ideal for after-dinner speakers, would-be wags, and anyone in search..... 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
Andrews McMeel Publishing, November 2022. Hardcover. An honest and hilarious memoir about second acts, self-acceptance, and celebrating what happens when a woman gets older, wiser, and a lot more excited by sales at Eileen Fisher. A late bloomer who came to her career later in life, humorist Wendi Aarons shares..... More
Andrews McMeel Publishing, November 2022. Hardcover. An honest and hilarious memoir about second acts, self-acceptance, and celebrating what happens when a woman gets older, wiser, and a lot more excited by sales at Eileen Fisher. A late bloomer who came to her career later in life, humorist Wendi Aarons shares..... 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
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
Villard, April 2006. Trade Paperback. "Some day I'm going to do and say everything I want to do and say, and if people don't like it I don't care."-Scarlett O'Hara, from Gone with the Wind Ever since the publication of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 epic blockbuster, Gone with the Wind, Scarlett..... More
Gallery Books, February 2012. Hardcover. Following his first book of hilarious essays in My Custom Van, Michael Ian Black expands his commentary to the subject that has made him one of the most-followed celebrities on Twitter: his irreverent take on the joys of suburban family life. "You're not doing it..... More
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
Free Press, November 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Born in New York City in 1937, George Dennis Patrick Carlin was one of the greatest and most influential stand-up comedians of all time. He appeared on ?The Tonight Show? more than 130 times, starred in an unprecedented 14 HBO Specials, hosted the..... More
Simon & Schuster, September 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. "A portrait that's both complex and moving...Nora would be pleased." --People (Book of the Week) Nora Ephron, one of the most famous writers, film makers, and personalities of her time is captured by her long-time and dear friend in a hilarious, blunt..... 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
E. C. Publications, January 1958. Paper Back. Spine side curled; worn with one-quarter inch tear top of spine and one-inch tear bottom of spine. Top right fore-edge corners chipped & dog-eared. Mild creasing and user wear. 3/4-inch tear from spine near bottom of spine back cover. (104 pages). More
simon & schuster, April 0196. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first U.S. edition in tattered, torn jacket with darkened spine and jacket edges. Front flap is clipped bottom corner. This is an advance review copy with review slip laid in. Otherwise it is just an ordinary hardcover edition. It is not a...... 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
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
Oxford University Press, USA, September 2010. Hardcover. Parodies come in all shapes and sizes. There are broad parodies and subtle parodies, ingenious imitations and knockabout spoofs, scornful lampoons and affectionate pastiches. All these varieties, and many others, appear in this delightful anthology, which has been hailed as delightful (Wall Street..... 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
St. Martin's Griffin, October 1989. Oversize Softcover. More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2008. Hardcover. From sources as venerable as the OED and as fresh as Urbandictionary.com, and especially from the author's own wide-ranging experience, this book derives an organic take on language that is unlike any other. More
V/Search, December 1987. Oversize Softcover. Mild coverwear; else, very good. More
Vintage, June 2000. Paper Back. Groucho Marx may be the funniest man who ever lived. Here in one volume are the classics of Marxian mayhem: excerpts from the scripts of the immortal movies, passages from his books, his articles for magazines ranging from The New Yorker to the Saturday Evening..... More
