Wit Humor Age Comprising Pathos (55 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. No dust jacket. Cover loose, with soiling and tearing cloth. Spine leaning. Some spots, dog-ears, and one torn page in index. Poor condition; reading copy.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. cover shows moderate wear, tear, rubbing, soiling. loose/torn hinges, pages tanned.

Leather. Condition: Poor. Spine taped, Textblock good.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Chicago, 1893; brown illustrated cloth covered boards; illustration faded; edge and corner wear with board exposed at corners; marbled edges; 8vo, 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; hinges split with webbing exposed and binding loose; interior pages toned but in good+ condition; Interior is clean and unmarked; 776 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Salesman's Dummy with facsimile signatures in the subscription area. ca 1890s - unfortunately the date on the title page has misprinted so the very last digit is not legible - you can only make out 189[x]. Bound in plain tan leather. An example of the finished banded spine is pasted down to the rear endpaper. The leather shows some waterstaining and is heavily rubbed. Corners are bumped. Leather is just beginning to crack at the top of the hinge. The rfep is badly discolored from contact with the spine sample, and has some tearing and chipping at the edges. The ffep also has lightly chipped edges. The engravings have offset into their tissue overlays. Pages show some light paging soil but for the most part are clean and bright. The binding is quite sound. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 in - 9 3/4 in Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 752 Pages. List Of Authors And Index In Rear Of Book. Pages Tight; Moderate Page Wear; No Markings On Pages. Book Is 2 Inches Thick. Ornate Floral Design On End Pages; Evidence Of Previous Moisture Exposure Along Lower Spine And Page Bottoms; Pages Slightly Warped But Very Readable. Faded Yellow Hard Covers With Rubbing, Soiling And Smudges. Portion Of Front Cover Near Spine Has Floral Design; Some Wear And Fraying On Cover Edges, Corners, And Spine Ends. Book Page Edges Darkened. Frontispiece Contains Images Of Many Of The Authors In This Book Along With Tissue Protector. Many B/W Illustrations. Numerous Authors Include: Mark Twain; Lowell; Townsend; Adams; Anthony,Livingston; Poore; Beecher; ; Holmes; Poe, Etc. Section Headings Include: Wit Of Truth; Exaggeration; Satire And Ridicule; Blunders And Paradox; Scholastic Wit; Political< Irish, Negro, Dutch, Womens, Children's, Clerical And Lawyers Wit And Humor; Railroad Anecdotes; Military Jokes And Wit; Puns; Funny Love Stories;Charades, Riddles, Puzzles; Jokes Tricks, And Magic, Etc Unbelievable Variety Of Wit And Humor; Rare Vintage Copy.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated cloth cover shows minor wear, rubbing, and bumped corners. Loose/torn hinges, minor writing on the front free endpaper. Pages are tanned.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Paperback. Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good +. 776pgs, embossed cover, presentable copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. Includes "Jokes and Magic" by Mark Twain, Robt. Burdette, Josh Billings, Alex Sweet and Eli Perkins. With The Philosophy of Wit and Humor by Melville D. Landon. Illus. Attractive cover appears to be leather, tan in color with designs of branches in green and brown on the spine and front. (Loc G154/1).

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later printing (originally published in 1883 by The Western Publishing Company of Chicago). Small quarto. 776pp. Binding rubbed, bumped, and lightly soiled, binding just a bit loose, very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Tan colored cover with Green Ivy decorations. Cobblestone texture to the boards. Cover are loosening from spine but still connected. 774 PP. plus advertising pages. Clean pages. Fragile Binding. Picture available on request.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 810 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

8vo, pp. [4], 9-774, 32 full-page illustrations in the text including the frontispiece; page of facsimile signatures; contemporary full sheep, black leather labels on spine; scuffed and rubbed, the rear joint partially cracked, clean tear in p. 516-17; a good, sound copy. See BAL 3633 listing one contribution by Twain but according to the index there are 9; other contributors listed include Robert J. Burdett (BAL 1966); Bret Harte (BAL 7325); also Mary Mapes Dodge, James Russell Lowell, Eugene Field, Susan B. Anthony, Poe, Turgenev, Uncle Remus, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. BAL lists the publisher as Western Publishing House but this is a reprint, likely ca. 1890.

hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1886; Chicago; gold illustrated cloth covered boards with embossed illustrations and titles; moderate wear mainly at edges and corner; covers are soiled; front hinge is split; Interior clean and unmarked; 8vo, 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; page ends are decorative; 776 pages; Additional shipping charges may be required.

hardcover. Condition: fair. 1883 (copyright). Brown cloth, black illus.to front board, gilt lettering to front board and spine. Floral design e.ps. With b/w frontis.(portraits of the authors) and b/w illus. 774pp. Wholly worn. Boards and spine darkened and rubbed. Spine cloth partly torn. Edges, e.ps.and pages foxing. Front e.p.worn and its hinges loosened. This copy has two front e.p.and one of them with blue pencil notation at its verso. 23x16cm. From the library of Shunsuke Kamei. [f1374-171482].

Luxury Leather HB. Condition: Very Good. 776 pages. Luxury Red leather & embossed gilt designs all round, & title to spine. (see all scans) Almost Good condition as detached . Contents mostly good, clean & tight , starts at what looks like page 7, which is in fact the Title page.(so not sure what if any pages are missing) in front of title page are 2 blank (4 sides) end pages. To page 11 are loose/detached. No inscriptions. Remains of old brown tape to inside covers ( as the binding/book was protected in Brown paper), various illustrated pages full with pages of between about 5 -7 portraits of authors protected by tissue paper. , Heavy book, so surcharge for outside the UK. 13 x 22.5cm Approx.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 798. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1889 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 798.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Full Morocco. First Edition. Elaborately gilt decorated full morocco binding -- the decoration on the boards is inspired by Renaissance bindings more than anything else. This is a publisher's binding, and we think quite unusual for a book of this sort especially. 8vo. 23 by 15.5 cm. 776 pp. Two plates, one being the frontis, each with cameo portraits of the authors and other humorists. Some light scattered foxing, mostly in early and final pages. Mostly clean and tight. The publisher's unusual binding has held up well.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 820. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1883 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 820.