Much Ado About Me.
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1956. With 11 photographic illustrations. 380pp. 8vo, blue cloth (worn spine). Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1956). Internally fine; a good copy. More
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The Comic Spirit of Eighteenth-Century Novels.
Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1975. 198pp, 8vo, cloth. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1975. Very good. More
The Hypocrite: A Comedy.... Taken from Moliere and Cibber.
London: Griffin, 1769. The Hypocrite. 1769, 2nd edition; The Miser by Henry Fielding. 1769, Fifth Edition. and The West Indian. [Richard Cumberland]. 1771. New Edition. Engraved title to the last piece; half-title present in the first. Three plays bound together. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Sir Henry Lawson, small ticket from the Ashley-Page Collection. 8vo, contemporary full calf; spine with raised bands, gilt floral tools; red morocco label. London: 1769; 1769; 1771. Very good (+). More
Wild Civility; The English Comic Spirit on the Restoration Stage.
1970. 279pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. Bloomington: Indiana UP, (1970). Very good. More
Comedy in Action.
1964. Thin 8vo. Durham: Duke UP, 1964. More
American Musical Theatre; A Chronicle.
1978. 749pps., square 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Oxford UP, 1978. More
The Braggart in Renaissance Comedy: A Study in Comparative Drama from Aristophanes to Shakespeare.
1954. 328pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (very torn & chipped). Minneapolis; The University of Minnesota Press, (1954). More
The Growth and Structure of Elizabethan Comedy.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1962. 246pp. Short 8vo, red boards, d.w. (slightly worn and sunned along spine). London: Chatto & Windus, (1962). Third Impression. A near fine copy in a very good dust(-) wrapper. More
To Laugh That We May Not Weep: The Life & Times of Art Young
Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2017. With essays by Art Spiegelman, Justin Green et al. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of examples of drawings by Art Young. 381 pages. 4to, pictorial boards. Seattle: Fantagraphics, (2017). First edition. Art Young (1866-1943) was an American political cartoonist best known for his drawings and editorial contributions to the Socialist monthly magazine, The Masses (1911-1917). Young started out drawing for mainstream news and humor publications, earning a position at the Chicago Interocean where he worked with the well-known..... More
All My Best Friends.
1989. Photo illus, 320pp. 8vo, pr. brds. d.w. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1989). More
Gracie: A Love Story.
1988. Many photos. 317pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1988). More
Movie Comedy.
1977. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. N.Y., 1977. More
Caesar's Hours: My Life in Comedy, with Love and Laughter.
New York: Public Affairs, 2003. Black & white illustrations. 307pp. 8vo, two-toned cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Public Affairs, (2003). Near fine. More
Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy.
Profusley Illus. 208pp. Small 8vo. cloth. N.Y., (1964). First Edn. More
The Laugh Makers: A Pictorial History of American Comedians.
Intro. by Harold Lloyd. Profusely illus. Sq. 4to, buckram, d.w. N.Y., (1957). More
The Way I See It.
1959. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New Jersey, (1959). More
Doctor! Doctor!
Chicago: Playboy Press, 1971. Illustrated profusely in black and white. 12mo, 160 pages. Softcover (some wear to head of spine). Chicago: Playboy Press, 1971. First edition. In near fine condition. More
Petite Histoire de L'Art et des Artistes: Le Theatre et les Comediens.
Illus. Paris, n.d. More
Classic Drama.
1900. Plays by Greek, Spanish, French, German and English Dramatists. With a Special Introduction by Albert Ellery Bergh. In two volumes. Revised edition. Illus. frontis. 8vo, maroon cloth. N.Y., (1900). The World's Great Classics. More
Giambattista Della Porta Dramatist.
1965. 359pp. 8vo, cloth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965. Fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Compass
New York: Knopf, 1990. 347pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Trials of Lenny Bruce: The Fall and Rise of an American Icon.
2002. Illustrated in b/w, 557pp., thick 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. (price-clipped). Naperville: Sourcebooks, Inc., (2002). Very good. More
The Little Fellow; The Life and Work of Charles Spencer Chaplin.
1951. Illus. 160pp. 8vo, cloth. London: Paul Elek, 1951. More
Humours of Married Life.
Illustrated with 60 b/w prints. 161pp. Tall 4to, cloth, edgeworn d.w. Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop, (1968). A near fine copy. Introduction by Philippe Roberts-Jones Translated from the French by Angus Malcolm. More
The Sons of Ben: Jonsonian Comedy in Caroline England.
1967. Detroit: Wayne State UP, 1967. More