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	[MACKENZIE, HENRY] The Lounger, a Periodical Paper Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1785 and 1786 Dublin, Colles, Burnet, Moncrieffe, et al. Full Tree Calf, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 3 vols, pp,vi, 330, viii, 327, viii, 328. Extremely pretty full nut brown tree calf bindings with lovely tooling, and green and red number labels to the spine. Marbled endpapers. Corners slightly bumped, previous owners bookplates on f.e.ps, pen ownership inscription dated 1709 on f.e.ps. Contents very clean, bindings still very good and tight, bar minor cracking to the hinge of one volume, which has also suffered some small scratching and minor loss to the leather. 20e. Very Good. GBP 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 274.5 US$ 413.5 \| JP¥ 35572] Book number: 36377 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	BESANT, WALTER The French Humourists from the Twelfth to the Nineteenth Century London, Richard Bentley. 1873, First Edition. Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [viii]. 446 pp. original publishers brown cloth a little frayed at the head and tail of the spine, a little shaken, but still a very good copy. Two previous owners bookplates. Good. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 17140 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	BRUCE, LENNY How to Talk Dirty and Influence People New York, Playboy Press. 1965, First US Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 188 pp. Bruce's hilarious memoirs. Illustrated in b/w, jacket spine faded, jacket slightly rubbed, but a very strong copy generally 17f. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44 US$ 66.16 \| JP¥ 5691] Book number: 37962 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS Fads and Fancies July 1950 London, Utopian Press. 1950. Paper Covers, Large 8vo. 35 pp. Colour cover, dubious illustrated contents. Cover a little creased, a couple of closed tears, general wear. Good. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44 US$ 66.16 \| JP¥ 5691] Book number: 36381 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	DEKKER, THOMAS R.B MCKERROW (EDS) The Gulls Hornbook London, The De La More Press. 1904. Cloth Spine, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition, viii. 107 pp. limited reprint of a text dating from 1609. 1 of 50 on Japanese paper.TEG, pages slightly tanned. Very Good. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.5 US$ 74.43 \| JP¥ 6403] Book number: 35270 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	FRASER-HARRIS, D.F. Jokes Seen and Unseen the Lighter Side of University Life U. K. Alexander Gardner. 1931. Hard Cover. 126 pp, darkened wrappers a book of prim mirthless humour suitable for all ages both dead or alive 18b. Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 35927 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	GRAHAM, HARRY The Biffin Papers London, Bodley Head. 1933, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ill.: Bellew, Patrick. 170 pp, b/w illustrations. The pictorial dustwrapper is frayed and torn in places but largely complete. Very Good/Good. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 21793 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	GUBBINS, NATHANIEL The Diary of a Worm London, Hutchinson. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 254 pp. + [56 pub catalogue] Very uncommon in jacket. Boards faded, jacket worn and chipped with loss, particularly at the head and foot of spine. Pen sig on fep. 17c. Very Good/Poor. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 82.5 US$ 124.05 \| JP¥ 10671] Book number: 38229 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	MILLIGAN, SPIKE Puckoon London, Anthony Blond. 1963, Second Impression. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 153 pp. Green boards in pictorial dw. Ink ownership inscription on fep, otherwise clean VG copy in VG dw. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33 US$ 49.62 \| JP¥ 4269] Book number: 5231 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	MILLIGAN, SPIKE 'rommel?' - 'gunner Who?' : A Confrontation in the Desert London, Collins. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718107330) Hardback with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 190 pp. illustrated in b/w, couple of very tiny dents to front board and cover 17f. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 34563 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	ROWLEY, HUGH Puniana: Or, Thoughts Wise and Other-Wise, a New Collection of the Best Riddles, Conundrums, Jokes, Sells, Etc. , Etc. London, John Camden Hotten. 1867. Pictorial Boards. pp 258 + [12] ads, engravings in text, decorative boards with illustration laid on the front board, worn at edges, a.e.g. Good. 11c. Good. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 38.5 US$ 57.89 \| JP¥ 4980] Book number: 3899 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	THURBER, JAMES James Thurber : Writings and Drawings New York, Library of America. 1996. (ISBN: 1883011221) Full Leather. Ill.: Thurber, James. 1004 pp, illustrated in b/w a full leather asprey's binding in a pale brown with all edges gilt a small red mark to spine 20f. Very Good. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 104.25 US$ 157.13 \| JP¥ 13517] Book number: 36465 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	WEST, RICHARD S. Satire on Stone : The Political Cartoons of Joseph Keppler Champaign, IL, U.S.A. University of Illinois Press. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0252014979) Cloth with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [xii.], 465 pp. ILLUSTRATED. 33c. Fine/Fine. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 \| JP¥ 2561] Book number: 27386 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.

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	[MACKENZIE, HENRY] The Lounger, a Periodical Paper Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1785 and 1786 Dublin, Colles, Burnet, Moncrieffe, et al. Full Tree Calf, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 3 vols, pp,vi, 330, viii, 327, viii, 328. Extremely pretty full nut brown tree calf bindings with lovely tooling, and green and red number labels to the spine. Marbled endpapers. Corners slightly bumped, previous owners bookplates on f.e.ps, pen ownership inscription dated 1709 on f.e.ps. Contents very clean, bindings still very good and tight, bar minor cracking to the hinge of one volume, which has also suffered some small scratching and minor loss to the leather. 20e. Very Good. GBP 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 274.5 US$ 413.5 \| JP¥ 35572] Book number: 36377 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	BESANT, WALTER The French Humourists from the Twelfth to the Nineteenth Century London, Richard Bentley. 1873, First Edition. Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [viii]. 446 pp. original publishers brown cloth a little frayed at the head and tail of the spine, a little shaken, but still a very good copy. Two previous owners bookplates. Good. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 17140 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	BRUCE, LENNY How to Talk Dirty and Influence People New York, Playboy Press. 1965, First US Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 188 pp. Bruce's hilarious memoirs. Illustrated in b/w, jacket spine faded, jacket slightly rubbed, but a very strong copy generally 17f. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44 US$ 66.16 \| JP¥ 5691] Book number: 37962 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS Fads and Fancies July 1950 London, Utopian Press. 1950. Paper Covers, Large 8vo. 35 pp. Colour cover, dubious illustrated contents. Cover a little creased, a couple of closed tears, general wear. Good. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44 US$ 66.16 \| JP¥ 5691] Book number: 36381 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	DEKKER, THOMAS R.B MCKERROW (EDS) The Gulls Hornbook London, The De La More Press. 1904. Cloth Spine, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition, viii. 107 pp. limited reprint of a text dating from 1609. 1 of 50 on Japanese paper.TEG, pages slightly tanned. Very Good. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.5 US$ 74.43 \| JP¥ 6403] Book number: 35270 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	FRASER-HARRIS, D.F. Jokes Seen and Unseen the Lighter Side of University Life U. K. Alexander Gardner. 1931. Hard Cover. 126 pp, darkened wrappers a book of prim mirthless humour suitable for all ages both dead or alive 18b. Good. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 35927 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	GRAHAM, HARRY The Biffin Papers London, Bodley Head. 1933, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Ill.: Bellew, Patrick. 170 pp, b/w illustrations. The pictorial dustwrapper is frayed and torn in places but largely complete. Very Good/Good. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 21793 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	GUBBINS, NATHANIEL The Diary of a Worm London, Hutchinson. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 254 pp. + [56 pub catalogue] Very uncommon in jacket. Boards faded, jacket worn and chipped with loss, particularly at the head and foot of spine. Pen sig on fep. 17c. Very Good/Poor. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 82.5 US$ 124.05 \| JP¥ 10671] Book number: 38229 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	MILLIGAN, SPIKE Puckoon London, Anthony Blond. 1963, Second Impression. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 153 pp. Green boards in pictorial dw. Ink ownership inscription on fep, otherwise clean VG copy in VG dw. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33 US$ 49.62 \| JP¥ 4269] Book number: 5231 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	MILLIGAN, SPIKE 'rommel?' - 'gunner Who?' : A Confrontation in the Desert London, Collins. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718107330) Hardback with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 190 pp. illustrated in b/w, couple of very tiny dents to front board and cover 17f. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 34563 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	ROWLEY, HUGH Puniana: Or, Thoughts Wise and Other-Wise, a New Collection of the Best Riddles, Conundrums, Jokes, Sells, Etc. , Etc. London, John Camden Hotten. 1867. Pictorial Boards. pp 258 + [12] ads, engravings in text, decorative boards with illustration laid on the front board, worn at edges, a.e.g. Good. 11c. Good. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 38.5 US$ 57.89 \| JP¥ 4980] Book number: 3899 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	THURBER, JAMES James Thurber : Writings and Drawings New York, Library of America. 1996. (ISBN: 1883011221) Full Leather. Ill.: Thurber, James. 1004 pp, illustrated in b/w a full leather asprey's binding in a pale brown with all edges gilt a small red mark to spine 20f. Very Good. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 104.25 US$ 157.13 \| JP¥ 13517] Book number: 36465 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.
	WEST, RICHARD S. Satire on Stone : The Political Cartoons of Joseph Keppler Champaign, IL, U.S.A. University of Illinois Press. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0252014979) Cloth with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [xii.], 465 pp. ILLUSTRATED. 33c. Fine/Fine. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 US$ 29.77 \| JP¥ 2561] Book number: 27386 Click here to order or inquire at Stephen Foster.