Christopher Cerf Michael Frith (4 results)
More imagesAlligator (A J*mes B*nd Thriller; parody of an Ian Fleming James Bond novel)
Fl*m*ng, I*n (i.e., Ian Fleming; actually Christopher Cerf and Michael K. Frith)
Published by Cambridge, MA: Vanitas Publications [The Harvard Lampoon] 1963
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Philip Smith, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st edition. Near VG. 12mo, stapled wrappers. Stated second printing (as usual with this title). A hilarious satire of the James Bond novels, contemporaneous with the first Bond film (Dr No) and particularly brilliant in its visual evocation of the d…istinctive design of the Bond books in the Signet paperback series. Lines to top edge (else unmarked), cover scuffed at spine, typical toning of interior stock. Not Signed.
Published by Domesday Books (distributed By Grove Press)
- Softcover
Seller: GridFreed, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.GridFreed
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.
Language: English
Published by GROVE PRESS, NY, NY 1969
- Softcover
Seller: Aah Rare Chicago, Carlsbad, CA, U.S.A.Aah Rare Chicago
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL BARELY NOTICIBLE SMUDGES ON THE FRONT COVER EDGE OTHERWISE THE BOOKLET WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE IN FINE CONDITION. A SATIRICAL PORTRAYAL OF THE CONSPIRACY 8 TRIAL CO-DEFENDENTS, THE PROSECUTORS, JUDGE AND POLITICAL PLAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH TH…E 1969 CONSPIRACY 8 TRIAL IN CHICAGO. THE TRIAL WAS AN OUTCOME OF THE 1968 RIOTS AND POLICE ACTIONS AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO. SATIRICAL BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL IS PRESENTED FOR DAVE DELLINGER, RENNIE DAVIS, BOBBY SEALE, JOHN FROINES. ABBIE HOFFMAN, TOM HAYDEN, LEE WEINER AND JERRY RUBIN. THERE IS ALSO A SATIRICAL BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND FAKE PHOTO OF JUDGE JULIUS JENNINGS HOFFMAN, WHO WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "OLD MOSS" BY HIS GOLF CLUB MATES.THE POLITICAL PLAYERS INCLUDE DICK NIXON, SPIRO AGNEW, J. EDGAR HOOVER, DICK DALEY, JACK MITCHELL, STROM THURMOND AND DICK KLEINDIENST. THROWN INTO THE MIX IS MARTHA RAYE IN AN ARMY UNIFORM. THE SPOOF MATERIAL WAS PROVIDED BY CHRISTOPHER CERF AND MICHAEL FRITH WHO HAD EARLIER CO-SPONSORED A PARODY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON MAGAZINE AND FRITH LATER BECAME INVOLVED IN THE MUPPETS PRODUCTIONS WITH JIM HENSON.
Published by Grove Press / Domesday Books, New York 1969
- First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Quarto (28cm). Original stapled pictorial card wrappers; 24pp; illus. Mild edge-wear, faint crease at upper corner; Very Good. Satirical coverage of the 1969 trial of the Chicago Eight, done in mock baseball-program format. Includes halftone portraits of the co-conspirators (team name: "The Chicago Conspiracy") an…d the prosecutors (team name: "The Washington Kangaroos"). Also a score-card, and a section of photographs documenting the Chicago riots. Authorship of the various sections is unattributed, but we note that the list of Associate Editors includes Michael O'Donoghue, later of National Lampoon fame, to which publication the current item bears a marked stylistic resemblance.
