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Performing Arts - Humour

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	KAY, PETER The Sound of Laughter : Autobiography of Peter Kay London, Century. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 1846051614) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with light creasing to edges. The story of the comedian from Bolton in Lancashire. 271pp. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 5.25 [Appr.: EURO 6 US$ 8.68 \| JP¥ 747] Book number: 002715 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	MCCANN, GRAHAM Spike & Co. : Inside the House of Fun with Milligan, Sykes, Galton & Simpson London, Hodder & Stoughton. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340898089) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with loss of shiine on front from label removal. The story behind our greatest comedians .. Hancock's Half Hour, The Goons, The Frankie Howerd Show, Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Sykes, Round the Horne, That Was The Week That Was, and more. 438pp. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 9.75 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 16.13 \| JP¥ 1387] Book number: 002143 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	MORECAMBE, GARY Funny Man : Eric Morecambe London, Methuen. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0413513009) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not torn with very minor creasing to edges. 157pp. Near Fine/Very Good (+). GBP 2.75 [Appr.: EURO 3.25 US$ 4.55 \| JP¥ 391] Book number: 002041 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	MORECAMBE, GARY AND STERLING, MARTIN Memories of Eric London, Andre Deutsch. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0233996699) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.5 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with light rubbing to upper edge. A moving portrait of Eric Morecambe, the man and the star. 192pp. Fine/Very Good (+). GBP 8.75 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.47 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: 002267 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	REYNOLDS, BUTCH Broken Hearted Clown : An Autobiography London, Arco Publications Ltd. 1954, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Trace of foxing to front page edges. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with very slight marking to front board, scarcely visible crease to first few pages and no bumping to corners. Incomplete dust jacket not price clipped but badly torn and rubbed. A wonderful biography and one man's ideal - circus life - the Sawdust Ring where the author was always returning to work as a clown. Bruce Reynolds has known all the great clowns and the great circus performers from the first half of the twentieth century and he has worked with the largest combines and the smallest family circuses. This story provides insight into one of the dying arts - clowns and circuses. 200pp. Very Good/Poor. GBP 8.75 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.47 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: 002501 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	WYMAN, RIC B. For the Love of Lucy : The Complete Guide for Collectors and Fans New York, Abbeville Press. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0789200066) Hard Cover, 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Small neat bookplate from previous owner on reverse of end paper. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased. A superbly comprehensive tribute to Lucille Ball and 'I Love Lucy' with a wealth of pictorial material as well as a concise biography. A total of 646 pieces of promotional material are pictured with a guide to prices for every one of these. Full details of television appearances, filmography, radio shows, I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and much more including a bibliography. 224pp. Fine/Fine. GBP 18.25 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 30.19 \| JP¥ 2597] Book number: 004789 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.

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	KAY, PETER The Sound of Laughter : Autobiography of Peter Kay London, Century. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 1846051614) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with light creasing to edges. The story of the comedian from Bolton in Lancashire. 271pp. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 5.25 [Appr.: EURO 6 US$ 8.68 \| JP¥ 747] Book number: 002715 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	MCCANN, GRAHAM Spike & Co. : Inside the House of Fun with Milligan, Sykes, Galton & Simpson London, Hodder & Stoughton. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340898089) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with loss of shiine on front from label removal. The story behind our greatest comedians .. Hancock's Half Hour, The Goons, The Frankie Howerd Show, Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, Sykes, Round the Horne, That Was The Week That Was, and more. 438pp. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 9.75 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 16.13 \| JP¥ 1387] Book number: 002143 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	MORECAMBE, GARY Funny Man : Eric Morecambe London, Methuen. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0413513009) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not torn with very minor creasing to edges. 157pp. Near Fine/Very Good (+). GBP 2.75 [Appr.: EURO 3.25 US$ 4.55 \| JP¥ 391] Book number: 002041 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	MORECAMBE, GARY AND STERLING, MARTIN Memories of Eric London, Andre Deutsch. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0233996699) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.5 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with light rubbing to upper edge. A moving portrait of Eric Morecambe, the man and the star. 192pp. Fine/Very Good (+). GBP 8.75 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.47 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: 002267 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	REYNOLDS, BUTCH Broken Hearted Clown : An Autobiography London, Arco Publications Ltd. 1954, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Trace of foxing to front page edges. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with very slight marking to front board, scarcely visible crease to first few pages and no bumping to corners. Incomplete dust jacket not price clipped but badly torn and rubbed. A wonderful biography and one man's ideal - circus life - the Sawdust Ring where the author was always returning to work as a clown. Bruce Reynolds has known all the great clowns and the great circus performers from the first half of the twentieth century and he has worked with the largest combines and the smallest family circuses. This story provides insight into one of the dying arts - clowns and circuses. 200pp. Very Good/Poor. GBP 8.75 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 US$ 14.47 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: 002501 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.
	WYMAN, RIC B. For the Love of Lucy : The Complete Guide for Collectors and Fans New York, Abbeville Press. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0789200066) Hard Cover, 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Small neat bookplate from previous owner on reverse of end paper. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased. A superbly comprehensive tribute to Lucille Ball and 'I Love Lucy' with a wealth of pictorial material as well as a concise biography. A total of 646 pieces of promotional material are pictured with a guide to prices for every one of these. Full details of television appearances, filmography, radio shows, I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and much more including a bibliography. 224pp. Fine/Fine. GBP 18.25 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 30.19 \| JP¥ 2597] Book number: 004789 Click here to order or inquire at Godley Books.