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Inscribed first edition of this engaging first novel by the son of Robert and brother of Peter, set in midcentury Manhattan.
Inscribed first edition of this engaging first novel by the son of Robert and brother of Peter, set in midcentury Manhattan.
First printing of Benchley's collection of humorous pieces, humorously inscribed in the month of publication.
First edition of this biting science-fiction satire by a major Czech modernist, in which a nuclear fission experiment to create clean energy has an unexpected byproduct.
First printing of these Lear-esque nonsense limericks incongruously paired with woodcuts from Dodd's Specimens of Early Early Wood Engraving, much in the manner of contemporary internet memes beloved by the very online medievalists of our times.
First edition of this comedic and explosive Prohibition-era drama, featuring whiskey, gangsters, and dynamite – adapted into a film in 1970.
Signed limited first edition of this popular philosophical work by the author of THE MOVIEGOER, "a darkly humorous parody of the literature of self-help" (Hoogheem).
First edition of this collection of humorous essays teaching the social ins and outs of lesbian culture.
First printing of this satirical "report on future events," by the great political cartoonist and illustrator.
Unrevised proof copy of the first US edition of Spark's wicked novella.
First and only printing of these curious scientific tall tales of Maine inventors and eccentrics, mixing the art of the yarn with the developing genre of science fiction.
Uncommonly attractive first edition of Theroux's novel about a worthless young man shipped off to a pointless war, and the elderly sentimentalists who set out to bloodily avenge him.
First edition of this satire from Vidal, tackling religion in the US.
Uncommon first printing of Wall's satirical sequel to THE UNFORTUNATE FURSEY, following the sometime monk and sorcerer Fursey through his dealings with kings, demons, vampires, banditti, Vikings, and his true love, who is tired of him.
Rare first American edition of Wall's comic-historical novel of sorcery and regrets.
Attractive later edition of West's satire, published as no. 15 of New Directions's "New Classics," with an Alvin Lustig-designed jacket.
First edition of Wilson's delightful illustrated pseudo-biography of his cat Sylvia and her rise to fame and fortune in cat show business.
Signed first printing of the first Wodehouse novel to be published in the US before the UK, in striking pictorial cloth.
First printing, first issue of this uncommon early Wodehouse, a school story with much trouble-making and cricket drama.
Scarce early reissue of the 1912 first US edition, a preposterous romantic adventure later adapted into a lost 1919 silent comedy.
First edition of this roman à clef by the distinguished American poet, composed between 1950 and 1969.