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I'll Mature When I'm Dead:  Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood

I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood

by Barry, Dave

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2010
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780399156502
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2010 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale blue boards with red spine, yellow titles, xv, 254 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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The Old Dog Barks Backwards
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The Old Dog Barks Backwards

by Nash, Ogden

Condition
Used - VG
Jacket Condition
VG
Edition
First Edition
Published
1972
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780316598040
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Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, green decoration on front board, green endpapers, [xii], 129 pp, 19 full-page b & w drawings. Gift inscription, one corner bumped, board edges slightly faded. DJ front panel spotted w/a small chip;… Read more about this item
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Watchagot Stew

Watchagot Stew

by McManus, Patrick F. & Patricia "The Troll" McManus Gass

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1989
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780805009224
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, blue cloth spine with foil titles, xvii, 270 pp, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. A 60-page humorous memoir is followed by 210 pages of recipes with occasional reminiscences. McManus begins with a warning: "It would… Read more about this item
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Peace Kills:  America's Fun New Imperialism

Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism

by O'Rourke, P. J.

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2004
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780871139191
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New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, dark blue foil titles on spine, blue endpapers, xix, 197 pp. DJ has tiny soiled area at bottom of front panel, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Collection of articles, mostly from the Atlantic Monthly, in which P.… Read more about this item
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Take My Wife...Please!  My Life and Laughs

Take My Wife...Please! My Life and Laughs

by Youngman, Henny as confessed to Carroll Carroll

Condition
Used - Fair
Jacket Condition
VG
Edition
First Edition
Published
1973
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full orange cloth, gilt titles on spine, 255 pp incl. 33 pp b & w photos. About a third of rfep cut out, otherwise fine. DJ spine sunned, 2 small chips to head of spine; in Brodart archival cover. … Read more about this item
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Give War a Chance:  Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer

Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer

by O'Rourke, P. J.

Condition
Used - VG+
Jacket Condition
VG+
Edition
First Edition
Published
1992
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780871135209
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New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, grey spine with gilt titles, xxii, 233 pp. A little rubbing to edges of boards & DJ. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/VG+. 23½ X 16 cm.
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Sense of Humour

Sense of Humour

by Potter, Stephen

Condition
Used - VG
Jacket Condition
VG
Edition
3rd ptg before publication
Published
1955
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1955 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Peach-colored boards with black titles on spine, xiii, 271 pp, illustrations in text, notes, index. Corners & spine ends rubbed. DJ has small tears & some creasing to edges; in Brodart archival cover. Potter analyzes the English sense of… Read more about this item
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Mrs. Parkinson's Law and Other Studies in Domestic Science

Mrs. Parkinson's Law and Other Studies in Domestic Science

by Parkinson, C. Northcote

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
VG
Edition
First Edition
Published
1968
Binding
Hardcover
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full pale grey cloth, black & white titles on spine, black dec. on front board, orange endpapers, xiv, 208 pp. Spine & top edge slightly sunned. DJ has sunning to extremities, a few small tears, the longest about half an inch; in… Read more about this item
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The Grasshopper Trap
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The Grasshopper Trap

by McManus, Patrick F.

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
VG
Edition
First Edition
Published
1985
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780030007385
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New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, white cloth spine with red foil titles, ix, 214 pp. Price-clipped DJ has a couple of surface chips to rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. Collection of humorous essays originally published in Outdoor Life and other hunting magazines.… Read more about this item
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Waking up Screaming from the American Dream:  NPR's Roving Correspondent Reports from the Bumpy Road to Success

Waking up Screaming from the American Dream: NPR's Roving Correspondent Reports from the Bumpy Road to Success

by Garfield, Bob

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1997
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780684832180
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New York: Scribner, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, red spine with foil titles, 318, [1] pp. Small (under 1 cm) tear to edge of DJ, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 22½ X… Read more about this item
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Now, Where Were We?

Now, Where Were We?

by Blount, Roy, Jr.

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1988
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394574196
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New York: Villard Books (Random House), 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, blue cloth spine with foil titles, xi, 252, [1] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21 X 16 cm.
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This Damn House:  My Subcontract with America

This Damn House: My Subcontract with America

by Kaufman, Margo

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1996
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780679428404
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New York: Villard Books, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Quarter magenta cloth, white paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine & monogram on front board, viii, 211, [1] pp, numerous b & w cartoons. Remainder mark is a red dot on top edge, bottom edge of front board bumped. … Read more about this item
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In Defense of Women

In Defense of Women

by Mencken, H. L.

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No dj
Edition
2nd ed
Published
1922
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. The Free Lance Books, No. VI. White boards with black titles & decorative border, black cloth spine with titles on paper label, xviii, 210 pp. Covers soiled & heavily rubbed, 5 cm tear to pp 13-14. Back-handed praise from the… Read more about this item
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Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns

by Key, Ted

Condition
Used - VG
Jacket Condition
No dj
Edition
2nd ptg
Published
1951
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow boards, blue titles & decoration, 93 pp. Extremities rubbed. Collection of cartoons originally published in the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). 2nd ptg. .… Read more about this item
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Some People We Meet

Some People We Meet

by Rideal, Charles F.

Condition
Used - VG-
Jacket Condition
No dj
Published
1900
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: The Abbey Press, 1900 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan pictorial cloth, printed on stiff coated paper with unusually stiff binding (each gathering side-stitched and then sewn through folds on cords), [32] pp. Spine ends rubbed, spine and rear board lightly soiled, internally clean & bright save for a few smudges,… Read more about this item
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The Zebra Derby

The Zebra Derby

by Shulman, Max

Condition
Used - VG
Jacket Condition
VG
Edition
First Edition
Published
1946
Binding
Hardcover
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial orange cloth, 191 pp, 14 illustrations. Rear board slightly warped, a bit of edge wear at corners and head and tail of spine, a few unobtrusive water spots on boards. DJ rubbed along joints, has small closed tears… Read more about this item
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Don't Stand too Close to a Naked Man

Don't Stand too Close to a Naked Man

by Allen, Tim

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
5th ptg
Published
1994
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780786861347
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New York: Hyperion, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth with yellow paper-covered boards, 210 pp. Leaning, slight wear to fragile bottom edges near corners, else as new. DJ has perfectly straight closed tears at top & bottom of fore-edge between front panel and flap, else as new; in Brodart… Read more about this item
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This Damn House:  My Subcontract with America

This Damn House: My Subcontract with America

by Kaufman, Margo

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1996
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780679428404
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New York: Villard Books, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter magenta cloth, white paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine & monogram on front board, viii, 211, [1] pp, numerous b & w cartoons. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Here are a few of Margo's Rules of Remodeling: It's always… Read more about this item
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Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

by Streeter, Edward

Condition
Used - VG
Jacket Condition
No dj
Edition
BOMC
Published
1949
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Boards covered with blue paper textured to resemble cloth, title & ill. stamped in black on front board, ill. endpapers, [vii], 244 pp, over 50 cartoons. Extremities rubbed, owner's signature on recto of ffep. Book-of-the-Month Club review laid in. Shipping… Read more about this item
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If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?

If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?

by Bombeck, Erma

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1978
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780070064515
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1978 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red paper-covered boards textured to resemble (vaguely) leather, gilt cherry cluster on front board, [xv], 203 pp, 15 full-page illustrations. Slight edge wear and a small stain near top corner of rear board, small stains on fore-edge, gift inscription on recto… Read more about this item
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