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Robert Crumbs Sex Obsessions
by Robert Crumb  Publisher Comments Randy Robert: Crumb's secret fantasies revealed They have little to do with the standard procreative urge, Mr. Crumb admits. He has also said he finds nothing more boring than someone else's sexual obsessions, and yet through his long career the world's...
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Rare Books: $50.00 Trade Paper
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The Political Cookbook
by Sasha Gilien and Myron Roberts Notes San Dimas, CA: Triad Books, (1972). White paper wrappers. Spine sunned. 56pp. A book of politically humorous recipes. Includes recipes for Ho Chi Mince Pie, Ronald Reagan's Thin Welfare Rolls, and Bleeding Heart of Artichokes....
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Rare Books: $125.00 Hardcover
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Peter Arno's Circus, Signed Limited Edition
by Peter Arno Notes New York: Horace Liveright, (1931). Quarto, 22x30cm. Unpaginated. Limited edition, number 87 of 100 copies, signed by Peter Arno on the limitation page. Original quarter brown cloth, patterned paper over boards. Black & white cartoon illustrations...
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Rare Books: $350.00 Hardcover
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Laughable Lyrics: A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, &c 1st Edition
by Edward Lear Notes London: Robert John Bush, 1877. Octavo, 17x21cm. [Unpaginated] + 4pp ads. First edition. Original pictorial blue cloth stamped in black and gilt. Illustrations in black & white. Cloth rubbed. Corners bumped and heavily worn; spine ends worn. Spine...
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Rare Books: $350.00 Pamphlet
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The Twelve Terrors of Christmas Signed
by John Updike and Edward Gorey Notes New York: Gotham Book Mart 1994 28pp. Charming, rare little book about the holiday season featuring Gorey's playfully macabre drawings and John Updike's acerbic commentary. Both signatures can be found below their printed names on the title page. VG As...
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Rare Books: $100.00 Hardcover
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Richard Corben's Funny Book
by Richard Corben Notes Kansas City: Nickelodeon Press, 1976. Front board lightly bumped, affecting dustjacket. Very good/very good. KB...
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Rare Books: $300.00 Hardcover
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 1, Signed Limited Edition
by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird Notes Haydenville: Mirage Studios, (1988). Quarto, 20x26cm. [xi],540pp,[xiii]-xviii. Limited edition, number 171 of 1000, this copy with a signature and drawing from both Eastman and Laird on the half title page. Original black cloth, front board and spine...
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Rare Books: $100.00 Hardcover
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Jumblies 1st Edition Signed
by Edward Lear and Edward Gorey Notes NY: Young Scott Books 1968 First Edition; Unpaginated; Biege pictorial boards; Signed by Gorey above the byline banner on the Title Page. G/G (Binding is still tight, internally clean; mylared, unclipped DJ shows very minor endemic soiling that is mostly...
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Rare Books: $500.00 Leather
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Academy for Grown Horsemen
by Geoff Gambado Notes London: W.Dickinson, 1787. Folio bound in 1/4 leather & original paper over boards. Frontis and 11 plates. Quite a nice copy as there is no internal foxing. The front hinge is cracked but the sewn binding holds. Each plate shows a 1/4 inch in the middle...
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Rare Books: $75.00 Trade Paper
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Heather Braginton-Smith Signed
by Edward Gorey Notes Yarmouth Port: Decal Publishing, (1997). 21x28cm. 78pp. A paperback catalogue featuring the art of Heather Braginton-Smith, this copy is signed by Edward Gorey at the end of the introductory note that he wrote for it. Original pictorial wrappers...
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The Little Lulu Library 1954-1955, Numbers 68-87, 3 Volumes
by John Stanley Notes Scottsdale: Another Rainbow Publishing, Inc., (1985). 3 volumes. Quarto, 23x31cm. First edition thus. Original glazed pictorial cloth over boards. Illustrations throughout, including occasional color cover reproductions. These three volumes cover numbers...
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Rare Books: $75.00 Hardcover
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Basket of Poses Signed
by George Chappell Notes Albert & Charles Boni, 1924, NY. 4to, 109pp, boards red and black patterned. Tipped in signature of Rockwell Kent on ffep. DJ chipping at edges, some slight soiling. Top-edge stained red. Good/Fair...
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Collectible: $30.00 Trade Paper
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A Distant Soil Signed
by Colleen Doran Notes West Chester: Whitford Press, 1989. 4vo., limited edition, signed. Signed in gold ink on the cover "Colleen Doran 466/1000". Pages are clean and binding is tight. Book includes a limited drawn print and a certificate of authenticity. g/g eg...
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Rare Books: $125.00 Hardcover
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Bringing Up Father: The Big Book
by George McManus Notes New York: Cupples and Leon Co., 1926. Square quarto, 25x25cm. Unpaginated. First edition. Original green cloth backstrip, pictorial paper over boards. Illustrations throughout in black & white. No dust jacket. Boards soiled, rubbed, and worn through at...
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Rare Books: $100.00 Slipcase
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R. Crumb Sketchbook: 1966-'67, 1st Edition
by Robert Crumb Notes Frankfurt: Zweitausendeins, (1981). Large octavo, 20x25cm. [361pp]. First edition. Original black cloth, front board decorated in grey, red, yellow, and blue; spine stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges tinted blue. Ribbon marker sewn in. Issue...
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Rare Books: $175.00 Hardcover
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1851: Or, the Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, Who Came Up to London to Enjoy Themselves, and to See the Great Exhibition
by Henry Mayhew and George Cruikshank Notes London: David Bogue, no date [ca 1851]. Octavo, 150x230mm. 242pp. Early issue, with the pagination error page 63. Publisher's blue cloth, boards decorated in blind, spine decorated and titled in gilt. 10 plates (9 folding), including the frontispiece, by...
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Rare Books: $125.00 Slipcase
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Little Lulu Library 1952-1954, Numbers 54-67, 3 Volumes
by John Stanley Notes Scottsdale: Another Rainbow Publishing, Inc., (1986). 3 volumes. Quarto, 23x31cm. First edition thus. Original glazed pictorial cloth over boards. Illustrations throughout, including occasional color cover reproductions. These three volumes cover numbers...
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| Rare Books: $100.00 Leather
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Compendious System of Midwifery, Chiefly Designed to Facilitate the Inquiries of Those Who May Be Pursuing This Branch of Study... Third Edition, With Additions
by Alfred Crowquill Notes London: H. Wallis, no date. 8vo, half green calf, marbled paper-covered boards. Boards are slightly rubbed, owner's stamp on paste down, and throughout text. 2 volumes bound together. Good condition....
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| Rare Books: $350.00 Hardcover
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Bootsie & Others 1ST Edition :Cartoons of Ollie
by Ollie Harrinton Notes Ny: Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1958 1st edition, dj worn on edges, previous owners stamp covered with black felt pen inside front board, clean text otherwise. Good/Good $350.00...
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| Rare Books: $60.00 Hardcover
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Christmas Story 1ST Edition
by H L Mencken Notes 1st ed 1946 w/ illustrations by Bill Crawford. VG/G, blue cloth binding. Original dj; slight tear across top of dj on spine, otherwise VG. Inscribed on title page "To Bill From Ray Christmas 1965" otherwise VG; lovely bright tight copy....
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