Pun, Signed (18 results)

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on title page.

Trade paperback. Nynas, Tom (illustrator). [2], 105, [5] p. Illustrations. This collection of 44 puns, each accompanied by a funny illustration, analyzes in endnotes the origins, roots, prefixes, suffixes, and linguistic peculiarities of certain punned words. Tricky twists turn phrases such as "religiously ambivalent" into "either-or-thodox, " and illuminating notes explain how such phrases as "no stone unturned" mutated from the darker "no bones unburned, " which refers to the digging up and destroying of the bones of people posthumously convicted of heresy. Readers are also invited to submit their own puns using mail-in forms at the back of the book. From Wikipedia: "The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or metaphorical language. A pun differs from a malapropism in that a malapropism uses an incorrect expression that alludes to another (usually correct) expression, but a pun uses a correct expression that alludes to another (sometimes correct but more often absurdly humorous) expression. Henri Bergson defined a pun as a sentence or utterance in which "two different sets of ideas are expressed, and we are confronted with only one series of words". Puns may be regarded as in-jokes or idiomatic constructions, given that their usage and meaning are entirely local to a particular language and its culture. For example, camping is intense (in tents). Puns are used to create humor and sometimes require a large vocabulary to understand. Puns have long been used by comedy writers, such as William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and George Carlin. The Roman playwright Plautus is famous for his tendency to make up and change the meaning of words to create puns in Latin." Very good. Signed by previous owner. Sticker residue on back cover over barcode. Several give inscriptions throughout. First edition. First edition [stated]. Presumed first printing.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Sebet Silverman cover art (illustrator). Two stains to front cover, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; INSCRIBED by author: To Ben - I have only "good words" for you. Murray Amster. Cover art by Sebet Silverman, text cartoons by author. Compilation of humorous poems, quips and short humor pieces, all with punning. ; iv, 51 pages; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is the second volume of the history series entitled "Gullah/Geechee: Africa's Seeds in the Winds of the Diaspora." These pages will take you on a journey to the numerous islands that make up Beaufort County, SC. It tells the Gullah/Geechee story from the time of the arrival of enslaved Africans to the current human rights movement of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Minor thumbing, gift inscription to first page, else tight and clean. Signed by both Roper and Hill, with a cartoon by Hill. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Draper Hill (illustrator). Limited Edition. The cover has brown cloth over thick boards. The book is 8 1/2 in. across. Unpaginated; 3/8 in. thick. The frontal matter states,"Number 1 of an edition of only twenty-five copies, each specially bound to accompany an original drawing [which is] reproduced herein, this copy accompanying the drawing which illustrates the following limerick." On the same page is a limerick, about Socrates, in what may be the original handwriting and signature of the author, It is in the same ink as the limitation number. A laid-in, handwritten note states, "We neglected to give you this wonderful book along with your limited edition cartoon." At an estate sale, the original drawing for the Socrates limerick was found separate from the book .It has Draper Hill's signature. The drawing's condition is fair: It has stains, the top margin clipped at an angle, a little tape debris on two edges, and moderate, musty odor. A signature at the end of the book's preface appears to be original; it is Walter P. Armstrong, Jr. the publisher's proprietor, The book's front board has three, 1/8 in. stains. Scans e-mailed upon request. Signed by the Author and Illus.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED and inscribed and dated first edition paperback, tight, square. Inscription is: To Heir is human - to be forgibbon divine!", with the artist drawing of a character next to the inscription (original art work). Lots of fun - limericks and drawings! M00627. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original card covers and tissue wrapper. (48) pages. Number 20 of 70 signed by the poet and the artist. Signed by Author(s).

11 x 8.5 inches. Printed in red and black. On Blue Water Script 25% Rag paper. Inscribed in red felt-tip pen by the poet, April 15, 1976. This is Moon Dragon Press Broadside No. 1. Near-fine with a few soft creases at corners.

145p., several census tables, 8.5x5.5 inch copyshop binding under glossy decorated cover wraps. Signed and inscribed by the African American author, very good copy. Second in Goodwine's series on the history and heritage of the Gullah and Geechee people.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Near Fine. 1st edition. 188pp, small octavo. Signed "Ferdinand, Grendel, (& Reg. Bretnor)" minor scratch front, single 1/8" closed tear at top rear, scuffing, in mylar cover, Very Good.

Softcover, staple-bound, unpaginated; very good condition; inscribed on inside front cover, For Henry [Geldzahler] and signed Draper dated Nov 1981 with a large drawing in black pen of a man and a rabbit; more rabbit drawings continue onto the facing title page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Condition: Fair. SIGNED! Memphis: Inadvertent Press, 1974. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. Illus. by Draper Hill. Limited edition, 12/25. Signed by author on limitation page after an original limerick written "to accompany an original drawing reproduced herein." Drawing appears to be missing, else Very Good book. Minor smudges on boards. Inquire if you need further information.

Opuscolo vintage in-8° con 62 pagg, Leopoli, 1937. Saggi. Testo in lingua latina. Acta seminarii Philologici II. Universitatis Ioanneo-Casimirianae Leopoliensis - Fasc. 2. Dedica autografa in prima pagina.

Condition: Good. 16 x 13.25 inches. 40.5 x 33.5 cm. Delteil no. 1348. Originally published on August 21, 1845.Handcolored reproduction of the 19th Century lithograph under the direction of Frederick Ruffner, the founder of Gale Research. Ruffner employed watercolorists to color the prints and they sometimes signed their names in pencil in the margins. The print is available unmatted and may also be available matted.

The first item is fairly witty, while the second exhibits the sort of 'excruciating puns' for which Jekyll is, according to his entry in the Oxford DNB, largely remembered. See also Agar-Ellis's entry in the same work. The two items are in good condition, lightly aged. ONE: Letter of 'Sunday Morning' to 'Dear Ellis'. 2pp, 12mo. Signed 'Joseph Jekyll'. Folded twice. Minuted by recipient at head of first page: 'May 1825 / Jekyll'. Begins: After a Months Enjoyment of the Habeas Corpus the Govt most unconstitutionally suspended it last Wednesday, and ordered me into a third Confinement without Bail or Mainprize, but I have good nights, not much Pain, and no Foreign Office'. He regrets having missed 'the Academy Dinner', 'though Rogers, [the poet Samuel Rogers] with whom Joseph breakfasted yesterday, said it was crowded'. 'At any rate I was not to be there, as the King sent in the Morning to tell me to dine with him; but the Govt disobeys Kings, and despises the Liberal Arts, having quizzed the Art of Healing for three thousand Years.' TWO: Manuscript account of what is described by Agar-Ellis in his minuting at the head of the first page as 'Bazaar in Mr Penn's Garden for Charing Cross Hospital'. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Fifty-four lines, signed at end 'J. J.' The writer identified by Agar-Ellis as 'Jekyll', and while the document may be the original in Jekyll's autograph, the handwriting is less loose and much neater than that of Item One, suggesting a copy. Begins: 'Mr. Penn pennetrated [sic] with the Principle "that Charity should begin at home" yesteday threw open his Mansion & extensive Shurubberies to atttract the Rich for the Benefit of the Poor, to declare New Street in a State of Blockade without a Casus Foederis -'. Among other flighs of fancy the account continues with reference to 'perpenndicular Columns', 'three Harpers of Pennmanmawr playing Pennillions', 'the Inkas [sic] of Peru', 'Beauty to which neither Penn nor Penncil can do justice', 'the Margrave of Penndennis, Sr. Uter Penndragon, Bart.', 'the honourable Pennelope Pennsive', 'the Dean of Pennzance', 'Pennobscot', 'Brigadier General Penntagon of the Engineers pennsioned for the loss of his Nose in the Penninsular', 'Abraham Penntateuch Esqr.', 'Penntonville', 'the Dowager Lady Pennteazle with the two lovely Pennguins her Grand Daughters'.

78 lines in black ink filling three sides of 4pp folio, integral address leaf 'A monsieur monsieur [sic] Patmore, poste retarde, Calais', post-marked 'Juil 1827'; sl. dusted, very neatly reinforced along central fold. In the Complete Letters (ed. by E.V. Lucas), vol. III, p.105. A long, humorous and at times delightfully irreverent letter from Lamb to his friend the author Peter George Patmore, who was at the time living in France, describing a faux pas at a funeral, offering advice on a forthcoming publication, and expressing worry about his dog's health. He explains that he recently 'waked it at my cousin's the bookbinder, who is now with God, or if he ain't, it's no fault of mine', going on to describe a 'merry passage with the widow': '. she was howling, part howling & part giving directions to the Proctor when crash down went my sister thro' a crazy chair, and made the clerks grin, & I grin'd, & the widow titter'd, & then I knew that she was not inconsolable. Mary was more frighted than hurt.' He continues with some news of home: 'Hone has hang'd himself for debt. [William Hone had, in fact, gone to debtors' prison]. Godwin was taken up for picking pockets. Moxon has fallen in love with Emma, our nut brown maid'. This last revelation is the first known reference to the romance that blossomed between Emma Isola, the Lambs' ward, and Edward Moxon, Charles's friend and publisher. Emma and Edward were married in 1833. Elsewhere Lamb mentions a tragi-comedy in two acts which he is writing, a reference to The Wife's Trial. He describes progress as tolerable, but suggests 'it will be refused or worse', adding 'I never had any luck with any thing my name was put to'. The play was finished and sent to Kemble in August 1827, but it was not deemed suitable for the stage, and did not appear in book form until printed in Album Verses in 1830. Towards the end of the letter, Lamb encourages Patmore 'to try and get some frogs', telling him 'you must ask for grenouilles (green eels), they don't understand whot phrogs is, tho' its a common phrase with us'. The letter, which is signed with initials, is full of amusing asides and idiosyncratic turns of phrase, and forms a firm testament to an intimate and easy friendship. A marvellous letter. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

First Edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.4. Broadside, with text and two-color block print hand-press printed in black, green, and blue on heavy cream stock, measuring 15.25cm x 48.25cm (6" x 19"). Some trivial surface wear along the lower and upper left edge, else very Near Fine.An attractive copy of this broadside poem a parable involving Jesus Christ and an apricot tree. Kerouac wrote the poem for Jesuit theologian Albert Gelpi, who in 1964 was a resident tutor at Lowell House at Harvard, where Kerouac was invited for a few readings, thanks to a grant from the Ford Foundation. Kerouac accepted, and his visit in March, 1964 was greatly anticipated. The event turned slightly disastrous early on: Kerouac became very drunk very quickly, railing against the threat of communism by one account, and another involving him exclaiming "Nice legs," and "Nice tits" upon seeing the women seated on the front row. Even in his state, having arrived with no notes or papers to read, he demanded the work of Emily Dickinson from his handler, and went on to read her poems with great feeling. The broadside remains tangible evidence of a memorable night, created by the Lowell House Printers not quite two years after the reading. Uncommon in commerce, with OCLC showing just 8 holdings. Charters A22.