New York, NY, USA: Simon and Schuster, 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. "When a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shoots up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame, the usual people try to claim responsibility. First the IRA, then the PLO and the Gas Board; even British Nuclear Fuels rushes out a statement that the situation is completely under control, that it was a...... More

Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed & signed with caricature by Charles Brooks. "The peculiar satire characteristic of the labors of a skilled cartoonist forms the common denominator for this lively anthology of outstanding editorial cartoons. Featured here are the best works on the major issues of 1972 by 110 leading editorial cartoonists, nine of them Pulitzer Prize winners, representing newspapers, magazines, television stations and cartoon..... More

Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed & signed with caricature by Charles Brooks. Inscribed & signed with caricature by Charles Brooks. "The turbulent events that shaped the world of 1974 offer provocative targets for 139 leading editorial cartoonists from the United States and Canada in this outstanding collection of visual commentary. Gerald Ford's rise to the presidency, the growing threat of renewed war in the Middle..... More

Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1979. First Edition. Signed by Charles Brooks. “More than 360 eye-catching cartoons from the pens of 130 of the leading political cartoonists from the United States, Canada, and Latin America make this volume a concise pictorial history of the year’s events. Focusing upon the 24 major news stories of 1978, this volume, the seventh in an annual series, presents virtually every political point of view–liberal..... More

New York, NY, USA: Crown Archetype, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Carol Burnett. "Carol Burnett: Her name alone brings back a rush of memories of the iconic weekly variety show that was a hit for eleven straight years...in In Such Good Company, Carol pulls back the curtain on the twenty-five-time Emmy Award-winning show that made entertainment history, and she reminisces about the outrageously funny and tender moments that made..... More

Chicago, IL: Curbside Splendor Publishing, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Dated, inscribed, signed (twice) & with drawing by Michael Czyzniejewski to Dan & Amanda Rzicznek. "Forty dramatic fictions, each told in the persona of a famous Chicagoan, from Mrs. O'Leary to Barack Obama." (back cover) A collection of amusing, penetrating short stories by Michael Czyzniejewski, an acclaimed, prize-winning author & academician from Chicago. The fanciful stories here all have as their..... More

New York, NY: Birth Press, 1966. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. A chapbook of satirical prose, poetry, drawings, and collage works assembled and partially authored by the great Fug and “the world’s oldest Hippie” (per the great Allen Ginsberg [1926-1997]), Tuli Kupferberg (1923-2010). Published by Tuli’s imprint, Birth Press, which was one of the great early publishers of the Mimeograph Revolution in New York. An affordably priced relic of time and..... More

Seattle, WA: Starhead Comics, 1993. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “Pat, here’s some stuff for your comic. Maybe it is of some use to you. If you use it, just tell them who wrote the story line and get my name right and send me a few copies and we’ll call it square. If you reprint this in any other way and fuck with me that will be a drag. Good..... More

New York, NY: Beach Books, Texts & Documents, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Softcover. A collage novel by Norman Rubington (1921-1991) published under the nom de plume “Akbar del Piombo.” Rubington, per our distinguished colleague Gregory Stephenson at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu), “was an acclaimed American artist — painter, sculptor, illustrator and filmmaker — who lived much of his adult life abroad, chiefly in Paris and Rome. Born in..... More

New York, NY, USA: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Samuel P(utnam) Avery (1822-1904) was a talented wood and copper engraver and was employed by leading publishers to provide illustrations for their productions. His collection of 17,775 etchings and lithographs was donated to the New York Public Library. Dick & Fitzgerald, founded by William Brisbane Dick (1827-1901) and Lawrence R. Fitzgerald (1826-1881), was a successful publisher of music books..... More

Woodstock, IL: Percheron, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. “Gargoyle, the University of Michigan campus humor magazine – founded in 1909 – this year celebrates its 90th birthday making it one of the oldest surviving college humor publications.” (From introduction pg. 5) Marking the 90th anniversary, former Gargoyles (staff) came together to compile the best of the best in this Collector’s Edition of Gargoyle Laughs at the 20th Century. Editor and compiler..... More

Monte Rio, CA: The Black Bart Poetry Society, 1987. First Printing. Stapled Sheets. "Eventually fame will find Ron Padgett in his New York City apartment. He is the simplest of poets, and often he appears the most strange. This contradiction will be easily explained when I say that the lyricism of M. Padgett is made potent by a style which is trenchant, rapid, brilliant, and often tenderly humorous which sometimes..... More

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 1995. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “The 1980s, despite their numerous other faults as a decade, were an electrifying period for “alternative,” “underground” (or whatever you want to call them) comics, and much of that electricity flowed from the twin poles of RAW and Weirdo, the Gog and Magog of comics anthologies. Curiously, the two magazines often seemed at odds with one another, each specifically rejecting the..... More