12699. Allen, Woody. Without feathers. Getting Even. Side Effects. New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1989, 149pp., large PAPERBACK, very good, $7
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7779. Andron, Lutz, Hrsg.. Notiert und skizziert: Der Mann. Freundliches und Unfreundliches [...] zum Thema Der Mann. Gütersloh: Praesentverlag Heinz Peter, no date [1960s], 1964, 94, 94pp., two volumes, very good tall thin red and blue cloth respectively in original angled box, $15
The first volume contains aphorisms on Man, the second volume on Die Frau; illustrated by Lea Auvo and Jochen Bartsch. Kitsch.

8916. Berstl, Julius, Hrsg.. Lachende Lieder. Deutscher Humor vom Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart. Braunschweig: Georg Westermann, 1924, 19.- 21. Tausend, 238pp., very good illustrated dust-jacket chipped at top of spine, very good decorated green cloth. Previous owner's inscription, $20
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Digitale Bibliothek 74. Busch, Wilhelm, 1832-1908. Wilhelm Busch: Gesammelte Werke - cd-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2003, , cd-rom for pc (or mac with free software download), text in German, $39
3-89853-174-0. Digitale Bibliothek 74.First extensive collection of Wilhelm Busch in digital form. Out of print in this form / beim Verlag vergriffen. ISBN 3898531740

29306. Busch, Wilhelm, 1832-1908. Zu guter Letzt. München: Verlag von Fr. Bassermann, 1904, Ersts bis Zehntes Tausend, 136pp., small 1/4 cloth with printed cover, cover quite worn, binding hinges and signatures loosening, stamp of the Künstler-Verein Bibliothek Bremen on title page, $20
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19667. Busch, Wilhelm, 1832-1908. Tobias Knopp. Nachwort von Friedrich Bohne. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1958, later printing, 238pp., small PAPERBACK, good used copy, previous owner's name, $5
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18190. Busch, Wilhelm, 1832-1908. Aus alter Zeit. Herausgegeben von Otto Nöldeke und Hans Balzer. Leipzig: Insel, no date, around, 203pp., very good tan cloth, spine darkened, sunlight fading on front cover, some light foxing, $14
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25581. Caesar, Sid, 1922-. Caesar’s hours : my life in comedy, with love and laughter. By Sid Caesar with Eddy Friedfeld. New York : Public Affairs, 2003, stated First Edition, xvii, 307pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, $9
1950s television comedy pioneer, whose show also gave early start to comedy writers such as Carl Reiner and Woody Allen. Illustrated with photos. ISBN 1586481525

25813. Glashoff, Theodor, et al. Das grosse Buch der Anekdote. Gesammelt von Theodor Glashoff u.a. Mit Zeichnungen von Annegret Hermsen (and many others). München und Esslingen: Bechtle, 1964, 344pp., very good large blue cloth, $7
Compendium of humorous anecdotes and drawings from different aspects of life, collected and illustrated by various hands, illustrators include: Annegret Hermsen, Heinrich Klumbies, Detlef Bracker, Erich Hölle, Willy Widmann, Rudolf Scharp, Uli Roesner, Fritz Meinhard, Ernst von Dombrowski, Wolfgang Taube. Astonishingly un-funny collection of funny anecdotes, perhaps an indicator of German society at the time.

20758. Greuner, Ruth, Hrsg.. Zeitzünder im Eintopf : antifaschistische Satire 1933-1945. hrsg. und mit einem Nachwort von Ruth Greuner. Berlin : Buchverlag Der Morgen, 1977, 2. Auflage, 1. Auflage, 350pp., dust-jacket worn around edges with a few minor tears, very good white cloth, $18
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8603. Heimeran, Ernst. Anstandsbuch für Anständige. Vom Gestern und Heute des guten Tons. no place: Heimeran, 1937, 1.- 3. Tausend, 196pp., worn and soiled dust-jacket, tearing along crease of rear flap, good but faded blue cloth, label removed from front endpaper, appears to bear a five-line inscription from Ernst Heimeran. $35
50 pages on the rules of proper behavior today (1937), followed by excerpts from historical guides to social behavior and a bibliography. A more entertaining and informative book than one might expect, showing, for example, that the disturbances caused by technical innovations such as the radio, telephone, and car horn were well established soon after they became widely available. Perhaps history did end in 1937 and we are condemned to repeat the bad habits from that date.

48603. Karikaturen. Karikaturen. Zeitkritik mit Witz - DVD-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia / Yorck Projekt, 2005, , dvd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $35
Digitale Bibliothek Karikaturen.2500 German, French, and English caricatures from 1800 to 1900 on dvd-rom, searchable by keyword database and easily copied or printed. ISBN 3936122180

48601. Karikaturen. Karikaturen. Zeitkritik mit Witz - DVD-rom. Berlin: DirectMedia / Yorck Projekt, 2005, , dvd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $35
Digitale Bibliothek Karikaturen.2500 German, French, and English caricatures from 1800 to 1900 on dvd-rom, searchable by keyword database and easily copied or printed. ISBN 3936122180

2846. Kretzschmar, Harald. Is was?: Texte und Karikaturen: 1984 - 1994. Berlin: Edition Ost, 1995, 120pp., PAPERBACK, oblong, very good, $15
. ISBN 392916146X

7935. Lämmle, August. Schwäbisches und Allzuschwäbisches. Stuttgart: Fleischhauer & Spohn Verlag, 1936, 14.- 16. Tausend, 268pp., dust-jacket worn around edges with a few minor tears, small black cloth, light wear, nice library bookplate, gift with no other markings, $12
Anecdotes, short stories.

7931. Loriot. Wahre Geschichten erlogen von Loriot. Zürich: Diogenes, 1959, 74pp., dust-jacket with minor wear, plastic lamination wrinkled, small paper-covered boards, small volume of cartoon sequences, $10
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18580. Neumann, Robert, 1897-1975. Mit fremden Federn. Stuttgart: J. Engelhorns Nachf, 1927, 174pp., very good off-white cloth, some heavy foxing on covers and endpapers, previous owner's name: Lucinde Schmus, $25
Famous parody of classic and popular writers of the period, including Mann, Musil, Rilke.

28480. Pablé, Elsbeth, Hrsg.. Ad absurdum. Parodien dieses Jahrhunderts. München: dtv, 1968, 161pp., small PAPERBACK, good used copy, previous owner's name, $5
Humorous anthology.

7776. Reichert, Willy. Wunderliche Zeitgenossen. Belächelt von Willy Reichert. Hrsg. v. Willy Grüb. Eine Sendereihe des Süddeutschen Rundfunks. Texte von Heinz Hartwig. Mühlacker: Stieglitz-Verlag E. Händle, 1966, 168pp., fair dust-jacket, torn with no loss of text, repaired with tape, small blue cloth, slightly askew, previous owner's inscription on endpaper and dust-jacket flap, $10
Humorous physiognomy of character types: Der Neugierige, der Besserwisser, der Ichbezogene, die Angeberin, der Witzeerzähler, die Oberschlauen, die Scheinheiligen, Störenfriede, die Sammler. V. Kühn lists Reichert among the popular entertainers of troops during the war.

20206. Roth, Eugen, 1895-1976. Der Wunderdoktor, Heitere Verse. Weimar, Alexander Duncker, 1944, later printing, 127pp. 19 cm, good simple cardboard wraps with separate dust-jacket, wartime paper browning, previous owner's name, $5
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29303. Roth, Eugen, 1895-1976. Die Frau in der Weltgeschichte. Mit 60 Bildern von Fritz Fliege. München: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1959, 259.281. Tausend, 94pp., sewn PAPERBACK, illustrated attached dust-jacket, paper and binding very good, may be lacking front endpaper, previous owner's personal gift inscription on title page, recalling a pleasant evening in 1975, $10
Silly poems about woman and history through the ages, with equally silly colorful pictures on many pages. However, as long as Americans still can tolerate Bill Littlefield and Frank DeFord, we should have some empathy with the German enthusiasts of Eugen Roth. 281,000 copies sold, wow.

7777. Scarpi, N. O., 1888-. Venus zum täglichen Gebrauch und andere Enttäuschungen. Zürich: Werner Classen Verlag, 1966, 127pp., dust-jacket with minor wear, very good small red cloth, previous owner's inscription, $7.5
Humorous short stories. Scarpi: pseudonym for Fritz Bondy, born 1888.Prague. Bondy was an innovative theater director in Prague, adapting Reinhardt's Berlin experiments.

15635. Scharfe, Martin. Lustiges Listiges Lastiges aus Thuringen. Allerlee Amtserlabnisse eines Dorfpasters. Burg b. M.: August Hopfer Verlag, 1937, 65pp., very good green sewn paper wraps, cover faded, paper browning but good, $14
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28945. Wechsler, Robert. In A Fog: The Humorists' Guide To England. Highland Park, New Jersey: Catbird Press, 1989, 192pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $3.5
Short humorous sketches from people like Paul Theroux, Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser and lesser known yucksters; ideal for reading in the airport on your way to England. ISBN 0945774036

7740. Weerth, Georg, 1822-1856. Weerths Werke in zwei Bänden. Berlin: Aufbau, 1974, 3te Auflage, 332, 302pp., very good small gray cloth, two volumes, previous owner's bookplate, $15
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18298. Witzenhausen, Ulkus von. Die 111 besten Ärztewitze. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Würde eine Doctor humoris causa an der hohen med-cynischen Fakultät der Numquam-Ernestus-Universität zu Heitersheim an der Lache. Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag J. H. Heinemann, no date, around 1920, 4te Auflage, no date, around, 30+[1]pp. 8vo, very good but worn stapled paper wraps, cover a bit faded and soiled, $23
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