Amis, Kingsley

Collected short stories.

Hutchinson, 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with a small mark on the endpaper where a label has been removed, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is slightly faded at the spine. Appears little used. 286 pages, 16 short stories and a new introduction by the author. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 66289

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction Kingsley Amis Short stories

Amis, Kingsley

Ending up.

Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1974. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright dustjacket, clipped & repriced by the publisher. Appears little used. 176 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 66230

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction Kingsley Amis

Bliss, Reginald (H. G. Wells)

Boon, the mind of the race, the wild asses of the devil, and the last trump: being a first selection from the literary remains of George Boon, appropriate to the times.

T. Fisher Unwin, 1920. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with dulled gilt titles, cloth is rubbed at corners, page edges a little browned, non-authorial gift inscription on front endpaper otherwise internally unmarked. 320 pages, a few illustrations in the text. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 63225

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: H. G. Wells

Bonfiglioli, Kyril

The great Mortdecai moustache mystery.

Leicester: Black Spring, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the top edge and chipped at the top of the front foldover and at the bottom of the back foldover. 174 pages. The posthumous 4th part of the Mortdecai 'trilogy', completed by Craig Brown. Fine in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 68445

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Jock Strapp The Honourable Charlie Mortdecai Thriller fiction Craig Brown

Cabell, James Branch

The cream of the jest: a comedy of evasions.

U.S.A: Robert M. Mcbride & Company, 1920. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown cloth with gilt titles, fore edge untrimmed, cloth has only minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. [xvi] + 280 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 63053

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction Humour

Cabell, James Branch

The rivet in grandfather's neck: a comedy of limitations.

Bodley Head, 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in green cloth with dark green titles, fore edge rough cut, cloth worn at corners, contents a little fox-spotted, initials/place/date on front endpaper else no inscriptions. [xvi] + 368 pages, author's preface. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 63052

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction Humour

Carr, J. L

The Harpole report.

Secker and Warburg, 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in pink cloth with gilt titles, cloth has a few faint marks, some foxing on page edges, gift inscription in pencil by the author on front endpaper. Appears little used. viii + 164 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 68337

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction Signed book First Edition

Catcheside-Warrington, C.E. (ed)

Tyneside stories and recitations: Vol II (2).

Newcastle on Tyne: J. G. Windows, 1930. Revised Edition. Softcover. Clean, small format, tightly bound paperback, stapled spine, card covers, back cover curled, rubbed at spine, no inscriptions. 32 pages. Undated but assume pre World War 2. Very Good.

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Book number: 68315

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Dialect Geordie Humour Short stories

Chetham-Strode, Warren

Top off the milk.

Heinemann, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped with minor loss at the edges, closed repaired tear at base of spine. 228 pages, illustrations in the text by Sheila Hawkins. Very Good in Fair dust jacket.

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Book number: 68103

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Siamese Cats Humour

Crumb, R.

Fritz the cat: Volume 1.

France: Anthracite, 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. Texte en Francais. Very clean, large format hardback tightly bound in pictorial boards, no inscriptions, appears unread. 60 pages, cartoons. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 62631

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Strip Cartoon Comic book Films

Ellis, H. F.

So this is science!.

Methuen, 1932. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Clean, tightly bound book with a neat inscription on front end paper, in an unclipped dustjacket which has 20mm loss at top of spine and minor chipping at the corners. x + 110 pages + adverts, illustrations by Arthur Watts, index. Does for science what Sellars & Yeatman did for history. Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 57814

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Satire Humour Arthur Watts

Evanovich, Janet

High Five.

Macmillan, 1999. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears unread. 292 pages. Fine.

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Book number: 15124

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Stephanie Plum New Jersey Crime Humerous fiction

Gainsbourg, Serge

Evguenie Sokolov: a parabolic tale.

Tam Tam Books, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, a little creased, card covers rubbed at corners, remains of bookseller label on the back cover, but generally appears little used, no inscriptions. 84 pages. Good.

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Book number: 66807

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: French Fiction

Lewis, Helen Prothero

Adventures of Armine de Lancy.

William Stevens Ltd. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in silver leathercloth with black & red titles & decoration, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, neat previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper. 100 page humorous novel, extremely funny, and surprisingly scarce - predates 'The young visiters' by 7 years. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 53966

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction

Lewis, Helen Prothero

Adventures of Armine de Lancy.

William Stevens Ltd. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in silver leathercloth with black & red titles & decoration, loss to the bottom corner of two leaves (some text lost, now replaced by photocopies), cloth has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. 100 page humorous novel, extremely funny, and surprisingly scarce - predates 'The young visiters' by 7 years. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 51194

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction