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[004791] . Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang . ill. Sketches. Minnesota: Robbinsdale, 1925. Size: Approx. 5" x 7 1/4". Softcover. Magazine. Good January issue, Vol. VII, No. 81."This Magazine is edited by a Spanish-American and World War Veteran and is dedicated to the Fighting Forces of the United States and Canada." 64 pp. Captain Billy's Whiz Bang is considered the great grandfather of the National Lampoon and other humor magazines. Once considered risqué, it is now considered a mirror of contemporary society in the Roaring Twenties. After serving in World War I, Wilford H. "Captain Billy" Fawcett began printing a small bulletin of barracks humor for disabled servicemen in a veterans' hospital. A wholesaler picked up the publication and started selling it in hotels and drugstores. Color illustrated cover-some wear. Creased down middle as if folded. Shows through a bit inside-minor. Stapled. Tear at spine base up to first staple and missing spine paper. Overall covers are Good. First page name scratched over-previous owner's? Otherwise interior is clean, tight and Very Good. Last page and verso of back cover with one small foxed? spot. $12.00

[002590] Kellor, Garrison. LAKE WOBEGON DAYS . New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1985. Minnesota. Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0-670-80514-9. Laid in TIME MAGAZINEcover, November 4, 1985 with Kellor on the cover, and article. $17.50

[001879] Metcalfe, Leigh, Ryan Quin, Schmidt, Walter (edited by). Today's Humor. a Monthly Pestilence of New Fangled Comedy. March 1927. Volume III. Number 5 . 1927. Radio. Good $13.50

[001818] Roylance, William H.. Complete Book of Insults, Boasts, and Riddles.. 1970. Very Good+ / Very Good-. $8.00

[001944] Steiger, Sam.. Kill the Lawyers. 1990. Soft Cover. VG+ $6.50

[000145] Thurber, James Thurber. COLLECTING HIMSELF. Harper & Row 1989 NY, Book is Fine; jacket G. 1st HB JAMES THURBER ON WRITING AND WRITERS, HUMOR AND HIMSELF. Edited by Michael J. Rosen. Thurber art endpapers,jacket, and illus. Delightful excerpts from the writings and cartoons of this long-time New Yorker wit who changed the face of humor in America in his 30 years with the magazine. Book is Fine; jacket has tears along lower edge front cover, else VG. $10.00

[002525] Weigall, Michael. THE CAT EMPIRE: The Secret Life Of Merlin . New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1988. First American Edition. Cats. Near Fine ISBN: 0-399-51475-9. $10.50