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I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood
by Barry, Dave
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780399156502
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€19.81
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2010 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale blue boards with red spine, yellow titles, xv, 254 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm. Item Price
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The Old Dog Barks Backwards
by Nash, Ogden
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316598040
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€24.52
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Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, green decoration on front board, green endpapers, [xii], 129 pp, 19 full-page b & w drawings. Gift inscription, one corner bumped, board edges slightly faded. DJ front panel spotted w/a small chip;… Read more about this item Item Price
€24.52
Watchagot Stew
by McManus, Patrick F. & Patricia "The Troll" McManus Gass
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780805009224
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€24.52
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, blue cloth spine with foil titles, xvii, 270 pp, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. A 60-page humorous memoir is followed by 210 pages of recipes with occasional reminiscences. McManus begins with a warning: "It would… Read more about this item Item Price
€24.52
Peace Kills: America's Fun New Imperialism
by O'Rourke, P. J.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780871139191
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€19.81
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New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, dark blue foil titles on spine, blue endpapers, xix, 197 pp. DJ has tiny soiled area at bottom of front panel, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Collection of articles, mostly from the Atlantic Monthly, in which P.… Read more about this item Item Price
€19.81
Take My Wife...Please! My Life and Laughs
by Youngman, Henny as confessed to Carroll Carroll
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€19.81
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full orange cloth, gilt titles on spine, 255 pp incl. 33 pp b & w photos. About a third of rfep cut out, otherwise fine. DJ spine sunned, 2 small chips to head of spine; in Brodart archival cover. … Read more about this item Item Price
€19.81
Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer
by O'Rourke, P. J.
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780871135209
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€17.45
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New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, grey spine with gilt titles, xxii, 233 pp. A little rubbing to edges of boards & DJ. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/VG+. 23½ X 16 cm. Item Price
€17.45
Sense of Humour
by Potter, Stephen
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- 3rd ptg before publication
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€19.81
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1955 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Peach-colored boards with black titles on spine, xiii, 271 pp, illustrations in text, notes, index. Corners & spine ends rubbed. DJ has small tears & some creasing to edges; in Brodart archival cover. Potter analyzes the English sense of… Read more about this item Item Price
€19.81
Mrs. Parkinson's Law and Other Studies in Domestic Science
by Parkinson, C. Northcote
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€17.45
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full pale grey cloth, black & white titles on spine, black dec. on front board, orange endpapers, xiv, 208 pp. Spine & top edge slightly sunned. DJ has sunning to extremities, a few small tears, the longest about half an inch; in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Grasshopper Trap
by McManus, Patrick F.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780030007385
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€19.81
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New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, white cloth spine with red foil titles, ix, 214 pp. Price-clipped DJ has a couple of surface chips to rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. Collection of humorous essays originally published in Outdoor Life and other hunting magazines.… Read more about this item Item Price
€19.81
Waking up Screaming from the American Dream: NPR's Roving Correspondent Reports from the Bumpy Road to Success
by Garfield, Bob
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684832180
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€17.45
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New York: Scribner, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, red spine with foil titles, 318, [1] pp. Small (under 1 cm) tear to edge of DJ, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 22½ X… Read more about this item Item Price
€17.45
Now, Where Were We?
by Blount, Roy, Jr.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394574196
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€17.45
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New York: Villard Books (Random House), 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, blue cloth spine with foil titles, xi, 252, [1] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21 X 16 cm. Item Price
€17.45
This Damn House: My Subcontract with America
by Kaufman, Margo
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679428404
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€17.45
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New York: Villard Books, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Quarter magenta cloth, white paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine & monogram on front board, viii, 211, [1] pp, numerous b & w cartoons. Remainder mark is a red dot on top edge, bottom edge of front board bumped. … Read more about this item Item Price
€17.45
In Defense of Women
by Mencken, H. L.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Published
- 1922
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€33.96
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. The Free Lance Books, No. VI. White boards with black titles & decorative border, black cloth spine with titles on paper label, xviii, 210 pp. Covers soiled & heavily rubbed, 5 cm tear to pp 13-14. Back-handed praise from the… Read more about this item Item Price
€33.96
Many Happy Returns
by Key, Ted
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Edition
- 2nd ptg
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€19.81
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow boards, blue titles & decoration, 93 pp. Extremities rubbed. Collection of cartoons originally published in the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). 2nd ptg. .… Read more about this item Item Price
€19.81
Some People We Meet
by Rideal, Charles F.
- Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Published
- 1900
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€28.30
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New York: The Abbey Press, 1900 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan pictorial cloth, printed on stiff coated paper with unusually stiff binding (each gathering side-stitched and then sewn through folds on cords), [32] pp. Spine ends rubbed, spine and rear board lightly soiled, internally clean & bright save for a few smudges,… Read more about this item Item Price
€28.30
The Zebra Derby
by Shulman, Max
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1946
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€24.52
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial orange cloth, 191 pp, 14 illustrations. Rear board slightly warped, a bit of edge wear at corners and head and tail of spine, a few unobtrusive water spots on boards. DJ rubbed along joints, has small closed tears… Read more about this item Item Price
€24.52
Don't Stand too Close to a Naked Man
by Allen, Tim
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 5th ptg
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780786861347
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€13.20
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New York: Hyperion, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter black cloth with yellow paper-covered boards, 210 pp. Leaning, slight wear to fragile bottom edges near corners, else as new. DJ has perfectly straight closed tears at top & bottom of fore-edge between front panel and flap, else as new; in Brodart… Read more about this item Item Price
€13.20
This Damn House: My Subcontract with America
by Kaufman, Margo
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679428404
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€24.52
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New York: Villard Books, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter magenta cloth, white paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine & monogram on front board, viii, 211, [1] pp, numerous b & w cartoons. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Here are a few of Margo's Rules of Remodeling: It's always… Read more about this item Item Price
€24.52
Father of the Bride
by Streeter, Edward
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Edition
- BOMC
- Published
- 1949
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€15.09
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Boards covered with blue paper textured to resemble cloth, title & ill. stamped in black on front board, ill. endpapers, [vii], 244 pp, over 50 cartoons. Extremities rubbed, owner's signature on recto of ffep. Book-of-the-Month Club review laid in. Shipping… Read more about this item Item Price
€15.09
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?
by Bombeck, Erma
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780070064515
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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€17.45
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1978 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red paper-covered boards textured to resemble (vaguely) leather, gilt cherry cluster on front board, [xv], 203 pp, 15 full-page illustrations. Slight edge wear and a small stain near top corner of rear board, small stains on fore-edge, gift inscription on recto… Read more about this item Item Price
€17.45