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Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo)

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Humour / Humor, Eccentricity

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	ASHE, GEOFFREY The Tale of the Tub: A Survey of the Art of Bathing Through the Ages London, Newman Neame Limited. 1950, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Sprod (drawings). Clear Brodart-protected jacket, Blue cloth-covered boards; stamped red lettering and decorative design; light wear to corners and spine ends; slight toning to page edges. Pictorial dust jacket, some chipping to edges and rubbing; not price clipped. Very clean, sound copy. 64 pages including; list of Interesting Baths in England and Wales; numerous black and white illustrations - delightful drawings - many full page. An engaging and light-hearted look at the art of bathing - public and private - through the ages, in different societies and countries: customs, rituals, purpose, accoutrements, techniques. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author on Front Endpaper. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 002603 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).
	FISKE, DWIGHT Without Music New York, The Chatham Press. 1933, First Edition (stated). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Scott Wilson. Number 76 of 753 copies. Red cloth quarterbound in silver; black lettering; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; soiled; top edges green; other page edges, pastedowns and endpapers darkened; main blemish is blue crayon scribbling on 3 blank pages Sound copy with clean, unfoxed text and illustrations. 182 pages: numerous black and white drawings, many full page. The book is dedicated to Dawn Powell "through whose inspiration many of these stories came to be". Foreword by Robert Benchley who writes of Fiske as "a musician and 'diseur' .. one of our most literate writers of humorous prose" whose humor "is based on characterization and a choice of words" and "a skilful utilization of emphasis". The typography, together with the illustrations, enhance the humor on the printed page. A delightful period piece celebrating the thirties. Uncommon. Fair to Good/No Jacket. Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3010] Book number: 000874 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).
	GUARESCHI, GIOVANNI (TRANSLATED BY FRANCES FRENAYE) Comrade Don Camillo New York, Farrar, Straus and Company. 1964, First Edition Stated. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Giovanni Guareschi. Clear Brodart-protected jacket, Blue cloth-covered boards, stamped silver lettering; slight edgewear; mild toning of page edges. Pictorial dust jacket illustrated by author, some rubbing and edgewear, short tear in fold of back flap; not price clipped. Very clean, sound copy. 212 pages including "A Note from the Author"; illustrated with author's delightful black and white drawings as chapter headings. Further encounters between Don Camillo, the parish priest, and Peppone, the Communist mayor, on a junket to the workers' paradise. Very Good/Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 003263 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).
	PEVERE, GEOFF; DYMOND, GREIG Mondo Canuck: A Canadian Pop Culture Odyssey Scarborough Ontario, Prentice Hall Canada Inc. 1996, First Trade (stated). (ISBN: 0 13 263088 5) Pictorial Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated wraps; tiny crease to top of half title page. Very clean, sound copy. 244 pages including very detailed Index, Photo Credits, Selected Bibliography; numerous black and white illustrations. A compendium of Canadian pop culture and the people who made it: an exploration of Canada through mass entertainment featuring contributors such as Brian Adams, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion, Atom Egoyan, k d lang, Pamela Anderson, Alanis Morrissette, Shania Twain, Deanna Durbin - assisted by Peter Gzowski, Pierre Trudeau, Mary Pickford, Brian Mulroney, Marshall Mcluhan, Norman Jewison - and a whole lot more. Delightful, entertaining, engaging, surprising. Near Fine/No Jacket (as published). USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3010] Book number: 001256 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).
	PEVERE, GEOFF; DYMOND, GREIG Mondo Canuck: A Canadian Pop Culture Odyssey Scarborough Ontario, Prentice Hall Canada Inc. 1996, First Trade (stated). (ISBN: 0 13 263088 5) Pictorial Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated wraps; slight rubbing to surface of cover. Very clean, sound copy. 244 pages including very detailed Index, Photo Credits, Selected Bibliography; numerous black and white illustrations. A compendium of Canadian pop culture and the people who made it: an exploration of Canada through mass entertainment featuring contributors such as Brian Adams, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion, Atom Egoyan, k d lang, Pamela Anderson, Alanis Morrissette, Shania Twain, Deanna Durbin - assisted by Peter Gzowski, Pierre Trudeau, Mary Pickford, Brian Mulroney, Marshall Mcluhan, Norman Jewison - and a whole lot more. Delightful, entertaining, engaging, surprising. Near Fine/No Jacket (as published). USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2580] Book number: 002294 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).
	VANDERLINDEN, KATHY Foot: A Playful Biography Vancouver, Greystone Books Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1 55054 986 3) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Clear Brodart-protected jacket, Black, stamped silver lettering; pale green endpapers and pastedowns. Pictorial dust jacket; slight rubbing; not price clipped. Very clean, sound copy. 111 pages copiously illustrated, mainly in colour, with photographs, drawings, sketches. A beautifully presented, delightful compendium of of foot facts, fashion, folklore - and fetishism. Near Fine/Near Fine. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1548] Book number: 001637 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).

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	ASHE, GEOFFREY The Tale of the Tub: A Survey of the Art of Bathing Through the Ages London, Newman Neame Limited. 1950, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Sprod (drawings). Clear Brodart-protected jacket, Blue cloth-covered boards; stamped red lettering and decorative design; light wear to corners and spine ends; slight toning to page edges. Pictorial dust jacket, some chipping to edges and rubbing; not price clipped. Very clean, sound copy. 64 pages including; list of Interesting Baths in England and Wales; numerous black and white illustrations - delightful drawings - many full page. An engaging and light-hearted look at the art of bathing - public and private - through the ages, in different societies and countries: customs, rituals, purpose, accoutrements, techniques. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author on Front Endpaper. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 002603 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).
	FISKE, DWIGHT Without Music New York, The Chatham Press. 1933, First Edition (stated). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Scott Wilson. Number 76 of 753 copies. Red cloth quarterbound in silver; black lettering; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; soiled; top edges green; other page edges, pastedowns and endpapers darkened; main blemish is blue crayon scribbling on 3 blank pages Sound copy with clean, unfoxed text and illustrations. 182 pages: numerous black and white drawings, many full page. The book is dedicated to Dawn Powell "through whose inspiration many of these stories came to be". Foreword by Robert Benchley who writes of Fiske as "a musician and 'diseur' .. one of our most literate writers of humorous prose" whose humor "is based on characterization and a choice of words" and "a skilful utilization of emphasis". The typography, together with the illustrations, enhance the humor on the printed page. A delightful period piece celebrating the thirties. Uncommon. Fair to Good/No Jacket. Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3010] Book number: 000874 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).
	GUARESCHI, GIOVANNI (TRANSLATED BY FRANCES FRENAYE) Comrade Don Camillo New York, Farrar, Straus and Company. 1964, First Edition Stated. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Giovanni Guareschi. Clear Brodart-protected jacket, Blue cloth-covered boards, stamped silver lettering; slight edgewear; mild toning of page edges. Pictorial dust jacket illustrated by author, some rubbing and edgewear, short tear in fold of back flap; not price clipped. Very clean, sound copy. 212 pages including "A Note from the Author"; illustrated with author's delightful black and white drawings as chapter headings. Further encounters between Don Camillo, the parish priest, and Peppone, the Communist mayor, on a junket to the workers' paradise. Very Good/Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 003263 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).
	PEVERE, GEOFF; DYMOND, GREIG Mondo Canuck: A Canadian Pop Culture Odyssey Scarborough Ontario, Prentice Hall Canada Inc. 1996, First Trade (stated). (ISBN: 0 13 263088 5) Pictorial Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated wraps; tiny crease to top of half title page. Very clean, sound copy. 244 pages including very detailed Index, Photo Credits, Selected Bibliography; numerous black and white illustrations. A compendium of Canadian pop culture and the people who made it: an exploration of Canada through mass entertainment featuring contributors such as Brian Adams, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion, Atom Egoyan, k d lang, Pamela Anderson, Alanis Morrissette, Shania Twain, Deanna Durbin - assisted by Peter Gzowski, Pierre Trudeau, Mary Pickford, Brian Mulroney, Marshall Mcluhan, Norman Jewison - and a whole lot more. Delightful, entertaining, engaging, surprising. Near Fine/No Jacket (as published). USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3010] Book number: 001256 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).
	PEVERE, GEOFF; DYMOND, GREIG Mondo Canuck: A Canadian Pop Culture Odyssey Scarborough Ontario, Prentice Hall Canada Inc. 1996, First Trade (stated). (ISBN: 0 13 263088 5) Pictorial Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated wraps; slight rubbing to surface of cover. Very clean, sound copy. 244 pages including very detailed Index, Photo Credits, Selected Bibliography; numerous black and white illustrations. A compendium of Canadian pop culture and the people who made it: an exploration of Canada through mass entertainment featuring contributors such as Brian Adams, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion, Atom Egoyan, k d lang, Pamela Anderson, Alanis Morrissette, Shania Twain, Deanna Durbin - assisted by Peter Gzowski, Pierre Trudeau, Mary Pickford, Brian Mulroney, Marshall Mcluhan, Norman Jewison - and a whole lot more. Delightful, entertaining, engaging, surprising. Near Fine/No Jacket (as published). USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2580] Book number: 002294 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).
	VANDERLINDEN, KATHY Foot: A Playful Biography Vancouver, Greystone Books Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1 55054 986 3) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Clear Brodart-protected jacket, Black, stamped silver lettering; pale green endpapers and pastedowns. Pictorial dust jacket; slight rubbing; not price clipped. Very clean, sound copy. 111 pages copiously illustrated, mainly in colour, with photographs, drawings, sketches. A beautifully presented, delightful compendium of of foot facts, fashion, folklore - and fetishism. Near Fine/Near Fine. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1548] Book number: 001637 Click here to order or inquire at Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo).