Why Not Me? The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency
London: Penguin Books, 2004. Paperback. More
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
London: The Folio Society, 1985. ffolkes (illustrations). Second Printing. Hardcover. With these deceptively simple words Lorelei Lee, a not-so-dumb blonde with a single-minded devotion to orchids, diamonds and champagne, embarks on what Edith Wharton was to call, perhaps not entirely seriously, ‘the great American novel’. Written in diary form, Lorelei..... More
While Reagan Slept
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. Steve Mendelson (illustrations). First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Art Buchwald is one of the leading Ronald Reagan watchers in America. While other Reagan watchers have observed the President while he is awake, Buchwald is the only one who has caught Mr. Reagan while he was..... More
"You Can Fool All of the People All the Time"
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. "You Can Fool All of the People All the Time" -- but you can only fool Art Buchwald half the time. In this, his twenty-first book, Mr. Buchwald takes another look at the Reagan administration, to see if it..... More
Beano Ultimate Joke Book
London: Studio Press, 2018. First UK Edition. Fourth Printing. Paperback. A hilarious joke book filled with the best jokes from the Beano comic book. From rib-tickling knock-knock jokes to hysterical Doctor, Doctor gags and everything in between, this book has a joke for every occasion. As well as the..... More
The Family Circus: Peace Mommy, Peace!
Fawcett Gold Medal Books, 1969. Paperback. More
It's My Birthday Suit
New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1984. First Edition. First Printing. Paperback. More
The Mammy
Dublin: The O'Brien Press, 2011. Reprint. Paperback. "Mammy" is what Irish children call their mothers and The Mammy is Agnes Browne—a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles the comic misadventures of this large and lively family..... More
Enid Blyton : Five Go Parenting
London: Quercus Editions Limited, 2016. Hardcover. Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront possibly their toughest challenge yet: parenthood... More
A Present of Laughter: Wit and Nonsense in Pictures and Verse
New York: The Viking Press (A Studio Book), 1982. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More
The Law and The Profits
London: John Murray, 1963. Oscar Lancaster (illustrations). Reprint. Paperback. More
Assume The Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. Roz Chast (jacket design and illustrations). First Edition (stated). Hardcover. This is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it. "This commencement..... More
Imprint 19: The Annual Anthology of Women in Publishing Society Hong Kong
Hong Kong: WIPS Women In Publishing in Hong Kong, 2020. Paperback. An exciting collection of new fiction, essays, memoir, poetry, travelogue, commentary, humour and artwork and much more. The literary and artistic skills of over 50 members combine in our 19th and latest high quality issue. "Women..... More
Girl Chasing: How to Improve Your Game
London: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1989. Gray Jolliffe (cartoons). First Edition. Trade Paperback. More
Sky Mr Allgood! : Parlons francais avec Monsieur Toubon
Editions Mille et une Nuit, 1994. Clab. Paperback. More
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Columbus: Weekly Reader Books, 1977. Hardcover. More
I Could Have Kicked Myself : Book of the World's Worst Decisions
London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1982. Willie Rushton (illustrations). First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. A collection of disastrous decisions made in politics, business, sport, science, literature, warmaking, lovemaking, show business, and everyday life. Presented in a volume by David Frost, with appropriate illustrations by William Rushton. More
Changing Places
London: Vintage Books, 2011. Reprint. Paperback. When Philip Swallow and Professor Morris Zapp participate in their universities' Anglo-American exchange scheme, the Fates play a hand, and each academic finds himself enmeshed in the life of his counterpart on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Nobody is immune to the exchange..... More
The Best of Me
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2020. Jamie Keenan (jacket design). First Edition. Third Printing. Hardcover. "Genius… It is miraculous to read these pieces… You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review David Sedaris’s best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable..... More
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
London: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. Paperback. David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother’s wedding. He mops his sister’s floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger..... More
The Santaland Diaries and Season's Greetings
New York: Dramatist's Play Service Inc, 1998. First Edition (presumed). Paperback. Staple Bound. Adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello. Two short pieces of theatre which are monologues. More
The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts
London: Pan Books, 1985. First Edition, Second Printing. Softcover. Edited and introduced by Geoffrey Perkins With another introduction by Douglas Adams This collection features all twelve original radio scripts of the Hitchhiker as it was written and exactly as it was broadcast for the very first time. They..... More
Life, The Universe and Everything
NY: Ballantine Books, 2005. Paperback. The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads–so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation. They..... More
Mostly Harmless
London: Heinemann, 1992. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Mostly Harmless is the fifth and final part in Douglas Adams' much-loved cult classic series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Arthur Dent hadn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth had been blown up. After years of..... More
