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1st edition. Fine pbk. ISBN 1852833270. 21208. eng
Good pbk reprint. Covers worn. ISBN 0722514034. 19923. eng
53 pages. Student publication with these features: Lucky Freddie; On Card-Indexing One's Friends; Royal Weddings; Two Days in the Woods; Principal's Page; Students' Duties to Chaperons; Staff Page; Editorial Page; The Last Lap; The Recent Lecture Course; The Service of Our Exchanges; School News; Exchanges; Athletics; Alumni Notes; Ruthless Rimes; Jokes; Many great local ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
368p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, slightly worn. HUMOR 8
pp. 158. 8vo. 190 mm. Original publishers pictorial cloth binding in red, black, white and orange. Manuscript ownership of Edwin Daurer. Dust Jacket intact. Complete and Scarce in such nice condition. Hardbound. Very good. NW65
642pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
224p., illus. Hardcover Good condition
First and only edition. ONE OF ONLY 8 COPIES PRINTED of this charming compilation of humorous memories and anecdotes from turn-of-the-century Barcelona. Mainly in Spanish, but with some Catalan. Signed by the author. Printed amateurishly, but fortunately the author selected decent paper, which is not at all fragile. 105 + 4 pp. 12mo. Original printed wraps. Minor wear to wraps, else fine. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE BOOK, PERHAPS THE ONLY SURVIVING COPY. Not in Palau.
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 14 pages, 24 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to Jewish Wit and Humor. Rabbi Avida (18871962) was a prominent communal worker, rabbi, and writer. During World War I he was held hostage by the local Russian commander against possible spy activities by members of his community. He was a founder (1917) and general secretary of Mizrachi in Poland until 1920. Ordained in 1910, he was appointed rabbi of the city of Gabin (Gombin) , Poland (191119) . In 1920 he went to Canada and successively held positions as Jewish National Fund director for Canada, director of Montreal Hebrew schools, and rabbi in Vancouver (EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19304252) SUBJECTS: Jewish humor. (YID-40-78)
1st American Edition. Mathew Carey, Printed by A. Small, Philadelphia, 1809. Period full leather with leather spine label, 12mo, viii, 136 pages Illustrated with 6 engraved plates [all present]. Publication of humorous essays and stories by Pindar, Freneau, Ladd, Swift, Dibdin, Pitt, and others. One of the first printed collections of American humor. Not in Paltsits. Scarce. Shaw & Shoemaker 17136; BAL, vol. 3, p. 253. Last auctioned at Christie's, Nov. 18, 1988, lot 282. SUBJECT(S): English wit and humor. English poetry. OCLC: 2161350. Some darkening as expected, front board detached but present, light edgewear to boards and spine, Very Good Condition thus. (AC-22-23)
1st American Edition. Mathew Carey, Printed by A. Small, Philadelphia, 1809. Period full leather with leather spine label, 12mo, viii, 136 pages Illustrated with 6 engraved plates [all present]. Publication of humorous essays and stories by Pindar, Freneau, Ladd, Swift, Dibdin, Pitt, and others. One of the first printed collections of American humor. Not in Paltsits. Scarce. Shaw & Shoemaker 17136; BAL, vol. 3, p. 253. Last auctioned at Christie's, Nov. 18, 1988, lot 282. SUBJECT(S): English wit and humor. English poetry. OCLC: 2161350. Old stain to lower right corner of first 6 leaves. Plates present but first 4 are damaged. Binding lightly worn but good, Good Condition Thus. (AC-22-23A)
Period boards. 12mo. 118 pages. Frontispiece. In German. SUBJECT (S) : Jewish wit and humor. OCLC lists 5 copies worldwide (Wayne State, New York Public Library, Hebrew Union College, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Jewish Nat & Univ Library) . Ex-library with usual markings and a bookplate from the personal library of Rabbi Max D. Klein. Minor edgewear. Very good condition. (GER-25-18A) xx
Tear on front cover. Digest format. A mirthful melange of humor and verse for scallawags,guzzlers, rounders--and worse.