First edition of these selected literary satires on Marie Corelli, Rudyard Kipling, and others, including the case of "The Stolen Cigar Case," attributed to a tastefully redacted "A. CO––N D––LE."
First printing of these collected comic "diaries" purportedly by fictional and nonfictional luminaries, including Hamlet, George Washington, Harriet Shelley, Oedipus Rex, and Sherlock Holmes.
Rather scarce first edition of Bangs's double pastiche of Doyle and Hornung, featuring the exploits of Raffles Holmes, offspring of both his namesakes.
First book edition of this humorous tale of the romantic (mis)adventures of two generations of the Pringle family, an ambitious clan with a love of hunting — with Leech's beautiful hand-colored plates.
Inscribed first US edition of Southern's second novel, the cult classic responsible for first bringing the writer to Stanley Kubrick's attention.
First printing of this collection of vintage Perelman comic pieces, including such classics as "Beat Me, Post-Impressionist Daddy" and "Creepy-Time Gal," all originally published in THE NEW YORKER and THE FUNNY BONE between 1935 and 1943.
Inscribed first edition of this selection of previously unpublished short pieces and portions of Perelman's unfinished autobiography, introduced and inscribed by Paul Theroux.
Advance review copy first edition of these selected comic pieces from the 1950s, with original publisher-provided publicity photo of the author.
First edition of this early and definitive Perelman anthology of 46 sketches and feuilletons.
WWII-era printing of these leftist and anti-world-war satirical dialogues, with notable attacks on Anthony Comstock, Prohibition, evangelist Billy Sunday, and imperialism and censorship in all their guises.
Scarce first US edition of this ghost adventure by the pseudonymous writing team of Adelaide Manning, formerly of the War Office, and her neighbor, British intelligence officer Cyril Coles.
Scarce inscribed first edition of this hardboiled midcentury novel by the screenwriter and author of JOHNNY GUITAR and THE BALLAD OF CAT BALLOU.
Lovely Victorian edition in pictorial cloth of this popular comedic poem, executed in reverse order — caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson drew the illustrations before William Combe wrote the text.
First U.K. edition of this collection of childhood sketches, five of which were first published in the Strand, an exemplary example of post-Edwardian sentimentality by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
Inscribed first printing of this satirical Mafia thriller that finds the underboss of the Prizzi crime family romantically entangled with a hitwoman hired to bump him off.
First edition of Wilson's delightful illustrated pseudo-biography of his cat Sylvia and her rise to fame and fortune in cat show business.
First edition of this roman à clef by the distinguished American poet, composed between 1950 and 1969.
Inscribed first edition of this engaging first novel by the son of Robert and brother of Peter, set in midcentury Manhattan.
First edition of this satire from Vidal, tackling religion in the US.
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 printing of this satirical "report on future events," by the great political cartoonist and illustrator.
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.
Scarce early reissue of the 1912 first US edition, a preposterous romantic adventure later adapted into a lost 1919 silent comedy.
First printing, first issue of this uncommon early Wodehouse, a school story with much trouble-making and cricket drama.
Signed first printing of the first Wodehouse novel to be published in the US before the UK, in striking pictorial cloth.
