| 2 | Title: | Doesticks: what he says | | | Creator: | Doesticks, Q. K. Philander, 1831-1875 | McLenan, John, 1827-1866 | Orr, Nathaniel | Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904 | Craighead, Robert | Livermore, Edward, 1821- | | | Notes: | Contains 8 full page illustrations by John McLenan, engraved on wood by N. Orr and S.P. Avery. | | | Extent: | 330 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm | | | Subjects: | American wit and humor | American wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Newberry Library | | | | View Full Record | |
3 | Title: | Naming day in the garden of Eden | | | Creator: | Cox, Edward Godfrey, 1876-1963 | Hughes, Glenn, 1894-1964 | Elsdon C. Smith Onomastics Collection (Newberry Library) | | | Notes: | "Edited by Glenn Hughes"--Half title page. | | | Extent: | 50 pages ; 19 cm | | | Subjects: | American wit and humor | American wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Newberry Library | | | | View Full Record | |
4 | Title: | A subtreasury of American humor | | | Creator: | White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985 | White, Katharine Sergeant Angell | | | Publication: | Capricorn Books, New York, 1962. | | | Extent: | xii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm | | | Subjects: | American wit and humor | American wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Johns Hopkins University Library | | | | View Full Record | |
6 | Title: | McGinty's joke book: And true story of the life of the celebrated Daniel | | | Creator: | Sullivan, Frances P. (Frances Pauline), 1868- | | | Notes: | Author's name from NUC. IMPERFECT: Publisher's paper covers lacking. Copyright date from title-page verso. Publisher's illustrated paper coves. | | | Extent: | 64 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm | | | Subjects: | American wit and humor | American wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Huntington Library | | | | View Full Record | |
8 | Title: | The autocrat of the breakfast-table: every man his own Boswell | | | Creator: | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 | Hoppin, Augustus, 1828-1896 | Phillips, Sampson & Company | Andrew & Filmer | H.O. Houghton & Company | | | Notes: | By Oliver Wendell Holmes. Large paper printing. Title page in red and black. Illustrations by Augustus Hoppin; engraved by Andrew and Filmer. | | | Extent: | viii, 373, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm | | | Subjects: | Holmes, Oliver Wendell, -- 1809-1894 -- Autographs | American wit and humor | American wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Newberry Library | | | | View Full Record | |
10 | Title: | Our dumb world: the Onion's atlas of the planet earth | | | Creator: | Roger S. Baskes Collection (Newberry Library) | | | Notes: | Includes index. "Free globe inside"--Cover. "Improved features: fewer clouds on maps, curvier latitutde lines, long-standing border disputes resolved, better-veiled xenophobia, Bono-awareness rating for each nation, collectible flexi-disc: The Smooth Sounds of Cartography."--Cover. A news-parody compendium of world non-facts features maps and incorrect statistics for all of the world's independent nations, from Afghanistan to Ukraine. Relief shown by shading. | | | Extent: | 1 atlas (245 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm | | | Subjects: | Atlases -- United States | American wit and humor | American wit and humor | Atlases | Atlases 2007
| | | Collection: | Newberry Library | | | | View Full Record | |
16 | Title: | It gives me great pleasure | | | Creator: | Kimbrough, Emily, 1899-1989 | Hokinson, Helen E. (Helen Elna), 1893-1949 | Duke, Donald, 1929-2010 | | | Notes: | Date of publication from copyright on title page verso. The adventures of a professional travelling lecturer to American women's clubs. | | | Extent: | [8], 227, [1] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm | | | Subjects: | Kimbrough, Emily, -- 1899-1989 | American wit and humor | Kimbrough, Emily, 1899-1989 | American wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Huntington Library | | | | View Full Record | |
17 | Title: | Humorous fables | | | Creator: | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | | | Publication: | Haldeman-Julius Co, Girard, Kan, [1924] | | | Notes: | Nos. 600-699 of the Little blue book series first issued in 1924. Cf. Johnson & Tanselle. Haldeman-Julius. (PBSA 64 (1970): 29-78), 52. Publisher's advertisements on p. 60-64. | | | Extent: | 64 pages ; 13 cm. | | | Subjects: | Fables, American | American wit and humor | American wit and humor | Fables, American | Original art | Martinelli, Sheri Original art | Martinelli, Sheri Ownership
| | | Collection: | Yale University | | | | View Full Record | |
20 | Title: | The American jest book: containing a curious variety of jests, anecdotes, bon mots, stories &c. Part I[-II]. | | | Creator: | Taylor, Henry, 1756-1791 | Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 | Spotswood, William, 1753?-1805 | | | Publication: | Philadelphia : Printed [by Henry Taylor] for M. Carey, and W. Spotswood, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789] | | | Extent: | 96,96p., [2]leaves of plates : ill. ; 12⁰. | | | Subjects: | American wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Wellcome Collection | | | | View Full Record | |
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