Amis, Kingsley

Collected short stories.

Hutchinson, 1978. 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

Anon [Addison & Steele]

The beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers and Guardians: connected and digested under alphabetical heads. In two volumes - volume 2 only.

J & R Tonson et al. 1753. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in full brown leather with gilt titles on red spine panel, 5 raised spine bands with elaborate gilt decoration, gilt dentelles, front hinge cracked but holding, binding quite worn at corners, two names on title page (Mrs Forsythe; John Owens), pages uniformly age-toned, text block clean, no other marks inscriptions. iv + 336 pages. Nice copy of the first printing, but we only have volume 2, unfortunately - hence price. Fair.

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Book number: 43546

Catalogue: Humour

Anon

The Muppet Show Annual.

Brown Watson, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in glossy pictorial boards, cloth has minor bumps at spine ends, front endpaper not price clipped, no inscriptions but remains of pencil lines on one puzzle. 60 pages, photos and illustrations in the text. Good with No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 56137

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Jim Henson Children's annuals Kermit

Anon

The Pop Annual: cartoons from the 'Daily Graphic'. World'smile record and Still up there.

Kemsley Newspapers Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Softcover. 2 issues undated but appear to be late 1940s/early 1950s. Both clean paperback originals, stapled spines which are rubbed and worn with short splits, pictorial covers creased and chipped at the edges, no inscriptions. World'smile record: small are of loss at bottom of spine, 95 pages. Still up there: front cover nearly detached, staples rusty, 96 pages. Fair.

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Book number: 59838

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Cartoons Humour Newspaper strip cartoons

Barrie, J. M.

The Greenwood hat: being a memoir of James Anon 1885 - 1887.

Peter Davies, 1937. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth is slightly faded at the spine, no inscriptions. xii + 286 pages, 9 plates. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 34087

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction

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

Butler, Joan

Ready cash.

Stanley Paul, 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with dulled gilt titles, ex Boots Library, but only minor label residue to front cover & rear pastedown, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. 200 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 60618

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Robert Alexander Humorous Fiction First Edition

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

Carson, Michael

Sucking sherbet lemons.

Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is slightly faded at the spine. Appears little used. 220 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 51692

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Homosexuality Roman Catholic Humorous Fiction

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.

Aucott & ThomasProfessional seller

Book number: 68103

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Siamese Cats Humour