Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1943 Cover is near fine,the spine is slightly less bright than the rich red of the cover. No wear on corners or spine. This book is full of humorous pieces. 283 pages, no tears or marks noted. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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New York: Random House, 1974 Dustjacket has minor wear at some corners, small tears at the top & bottom of spine area and small folds on the bottom back. Cover has metallic stars on the front. 209 pages, heavy paper, no tears. Spine is tight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Garden City Publishing, 1947 Some wear at all edges and tears on the top and bottom spine. Inside front cover has the name of the prior owner written in. 378 pages, including a table of contents and index. Pages are yellowed and jokes on the first few pages are underlined. Some pages have small tears at the top. Includes many humorous illustrations. 5.25" x 8" high. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Avon Books, 1989 First Avon dition; book has never been read. The cover is near fine. There is a scuff mark on the front. In this book, two elderly ladies, one blind, drive across America to Los Angeles. One drives and one directs. 386 pages, 5 x 7.75. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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New York: Bantam Books, 1993 Sort of a stand-up comedy bit, but on paper. Includes subjects such as Freeway of Love, Personal Maintenance, Paldom, Shut Up and Drive, Job Security, The Thing is the Thing, Out and Back, and The Ride of your Life. Neither the black binding or jacket have any shelfwear. 180 pages, clean with no marks or tears, but the last page has a light strip of ink vertically from the top as though a roller had ink on it. Very light, doesn't affect reading. 8vo - over 7¾" - ... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group, 1989 From burning beds to drivers ed., from a disastrous wedding to the joy of tree climbing, from the rewards of grandparenthood to simple but surprising wisdom from the head of a Zen Buddhist monastery, Fulghum's gift for finding the meaning in life rather than the meaning of life permeates every page of this humorous and compassionate book. The binding front has a two tiny spots on it. 218 pages, no marks or tears. Prior owner's sig... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Perennial, 2002 NEW - In the tradition of classic screwball comedies and with a flair for modern-day irony, As Long As She Needs Me is a masterful satire of the publishing industry, a romp through the wedding industry, and a sparkling fable of love and luck in Manhattan. Juggling monster agents and mega-authors, passed hors-d'oeuvre options and centerpiece styles, Oscar labors to pull together his boss's wedding without falling apart in the process. Help arrives in the fo... more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995 A humorous, insightful novel about friends and families. Two guys are roommates; Marcus, a very straight man who's had a bottomless pit of relationships, attempting to finish his dissertation (in his tenth year). The other, Clyde, is a teacher at a posh adult education center. He spends too much time obsessing over his former lover, Gordon, and eating up biographies; he's satisfied that the most eventful and interesting lives end in tragedy. His roommate's life... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001 This novel is a grand and comic story of midlife crises and dubious spiritual quests. World-weary Frank Kaufmann is in the midst of a classic midlife crisis. Long abandoning his dreams, he settled for marriage to a tidy-minded, thoroughly competent Claudia. She finds solace in her guru while their sullen teenager, Franka, falls for a lama and plans to move to India. Hoping to dissuade her, Frank takes her to a meditation center in the south of France, hoping... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001 This novel is a grand and comic story of midlife crises and dubious spiritual quests. World-weary Frank Kaufmann is in the midst of a classic midlife crisis. Long abandoning his dreams, he settled for marriage to a tidy-minded, thoroughly competent Claudia. She finds solace in her guru while their sullen teenager, Franka, falls for a lama and plans to move to India. Hoping to dissuade her, Frank takes her to a meditation center in the south of France, hoping... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001 This novel is a grand and comic story of midlife crises and dubious spiritual quests. World-weary Frank Kaufmann is in the midst of a classic midlife crisis. Long abandoning his dreams, he settled for marriage to a tidy-minded, thoroughly competent Claudia. She finds solace in her guru while their sullen teenager, Franka, falls for a lama and plans to move to India. Hoping to dissuade her, Frank takes her to a meditation center in the south of France, hoping... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Cliff Street Books, 2001 In the tradition of classic screwball comedies and with a flair for modern-day irony, As Long As She Needs Me is a masterful satire of the publishing industry, a romp through the wedding industry, and a sparkling fable of love and luck in Manhattan. Juggling monster agents and mega-authors, passed hors-d'oeuvre options and centerpiece styles, Oscar labors to pull together his boss's wedding without falling apart in the process. Help arrives in the... more information

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New York: Villard Books, 1997 It was 1957, I was twelve years old, me and my mother June were gassing up the Buick at the filling station in Welch, West Virginia, on our way to the rest of our lives." So begins this novel, a funny and tender road story of a mother and daughter's search for the turn on the map that will bring them the good life. June uproots her daughter Lily from her West Virginia home, only to fall prey to a world as dangerous and absurd as the one they left behind. Through Lily&#... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Villard Books, 1988 As Grizzard, the author, sees it, sex is involved in just about everything, from selling cars and clothes to selling grain elevators(?)! Our newest sexpert has determined that sex was involved in the Louisiana Purchase. He has promised that he didn't use any really dirty word, nothing his mother would be ashamed of. 245 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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St. Martin's Press, 1994 Jacket has a few scuffs on the edges. The third book about Brulagh, and the various scams and tricks that take place. 220 pages, 5.5" x 8.25" high. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945 A compilation of stories previously published in the magazine Harpers. Includes short stories by such authors as Mark Twain, E. B. White, Jean Kerr, James Thurber, A.B. Guthrie, Jr., Shirley Jackson, John Updike and many others. 304 pages including index; no marks or tears noted. The medium green cloth binding has a spot on the front that is much lighter than the rest. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2001 Heartbreaking and wickedly funny, Rides of the Midway whirls through the manic Mississippi nights of haunted teenager Noel Weatherspoon. Weatherspoon is many things: An unwitting clairvoyant, an extreme asthma sufferer, a ghost-seeing insomniac, an endearing dopehead, a wanna-be erotic photographer, a would-be baseball star, a lamentable virgin, and a suspected, somnambulent mercy-killer. Spinning in ten directions at once by his passions and mis... more information

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Summit Books, 1984 1984; HB with DJ. F/F except for a small slash mark on the dustjacket binding. 118 pages, 5.5", 8.5" high.... more information

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Doubleday & Company, 1955 Dust jacket has wear on all edges and tears at the spine edges. Binding is very good; one spot on the back which looks like an error by the publisher. 188 pages, fine. Spine is tight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Anchor Books, 1995 A funny but researched book on why husbands act the way they do; why they hate Sunday, why men think women control the dating and marriage thing etc. 272 pages, including notes. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.... more information

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