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New York: Avon, 1982. Softcover. Square 8vo., 83 pp. staple-bound in color wrappers. Parody of the famous L.L. Bean catalogue, beloved by outdoors people and hunters.
Satire
Having It Y'All: An Insider's Guide to Life Southern Style
Nashville: Rutledge Hill, 1993. Softcover. Square 8vo. 245 pp. Perfect bound. With black and white photos and illustrations.
The Joy of Trivia
Los Angeles: Brooke House, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo., 344 pp. Second printing.
The Gay Man's Guide to Heterosexuality
New York: St. Martins, 1998. Softcover. 8vo. 153 pp.
A Practical Guide to Racism
New York: Gotham, 2007. Hardcover. 8vo., 224 pp. Satirical book written by Sam Means under the pseudonym C.H. Dalton. The book is similar to the Douglas Sutherland book The English Gentleman, in that it is constructed as a 'guide' to the behaviors of various social groups (in this case ethnic.....
Out Loud & Laughing: A Collection of Gay and Lesbian Humor
New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1995. Softcover. 8vo. 240 pp. Advance Uncorrected Proof.
Good Days and Mad: A Hysterical Tour Behind the Scenes at Mad Magazine
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1995. Softcover. Square 8vo. 305 pp. illustrated. First paperback edition. A quirky history of the first 30 years of MAD Magazine and the long serving MAD writer DeBartolo's memoir of his friendship with publisher William Gaines (1922-92).
Fanny Hillman in Washington: Memoirs of a Jewish Madam
New York: Kanrom, 1965. Softcover. Square 12mo. unnumbered pages. Illustrations printed on light blue paper. Paperback cartoon illustrated wraps, stapled. Collection of light cartoons about prostitution in DC. Mint copy of scarce book.
Shady Palms: Fowl Play
York: Maple-Vail, 2001. Softcover. 8vo., 269 pp. Inscribed by the author on the first page.
The Mocking of the President: A History of Campaign Humor from Ike to Ronnie
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo., 234 pp. Humor in Life and Letters series.
Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality
New York: Bruner/Maazel Publishers, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover.
Lives of the Wits
New York: Harper and Row, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo., 368 pp.
My Brother Was an Only Child
New York: Dutton, 1959. Hardcover. Thin 8vo., 96 pp.
Bawdy Ballads and Lusty Lyrics
Indianapolis: Maxwell Droke, 1935. Hardcover. 12mo. 80 pp. Described as "A Curious Collection of Somewhat Salty Classics Seldom Sung in Sunday School." Eight ballads and lyrics.
Hail to the Candidate: Presidential Campaigns from Banners to Broadcasts
Washington and St. Louis: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. Softcover. 4to., 212 pp. Notes and Index. Color and black and white photos throughout. Includes signed TLS from the Smithsonian Institution Secretary.
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The Unofficial Gay Manual: Living the Lifestyle [or at Least Appearing To]
New York: Doubleday, 1994. Softcover. 8vo. 226 pp. With black and white photos and illustrations. With essays, multiple-choice and true-false tests, lists, sidebars, and charts.
True Prep
New York: Knopf, 2010. Hardcover. 8vo., 248 pp. Brooks Brothers Limited edition. Follow-up to the 1980 bestseller.
Growing Up Catholic: An Infinitely Funny Guide for the Faithful, the Fallen, and Everyone In-Between
New York: Image/Dolphin, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo. Book Club edition.
National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody
New York: Rugged Land, 2005. Softcover. Folio. Squarebound. Unpaginated. Large format reissue in book form of Lampoon's famous parody of a fictional Ohio town's Sunday newspaper. Black and white and color photos, features and ads.
More Captions Courageous
New York: Abelard-Shuman, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo., 63 pp. Illustrated. A spoof of familiar art.
How You Can Find Happiness During the Collapse of Western Civilization
New York: QED/Harper & Row, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo., 261 pp. Bibliography, Index.
Do You Speak American?
New York: Talese/Doubleday, 2005. Hardcover. 8vo., 228 pp. Index, Notes.
Military Justice is to Justice as Military Music is to Music
New York: Harper Collins, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo., 234 pp. Notes, Index. Military satire.
Let Me Off at the Top: My Classy Life and Other Musings
New York: Crown, 2013. Hardcover. 8vo., 223 pp. Illustrated with color and black and white photos and drawings.
The Last Laugh
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. Softcover. 8vo., 192 pp. Collection of the master humorists stories.