Bell, John Joy (1871-1934)

Courtin' Christina

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Hodder and Stoughton, 1931. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. pp. 144. Small 8vo. Illustrated cloth boards bearing an image of a young boy in black, white and red (title in black). Fraying to spine ends, and tops, rubbing to the boards, excepting some spots to the margins of pages 45 and 46, the text-bock remains overwhelmingly clean, and unmarked. Overall, good+. .

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Book number: 6515

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: literature; history

Berard, Real (Illust.); Bernard Bocquel, et al.

Les Caricatures de Cayouche ["the Caricatures of Cayouche"]

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, Les Éditions Du Blé, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. pp. 133. Oblong 4to. Pictorial covers. Comprises of a selection of humorous, chiefly political, caricatures. Text in French. As new. .

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Book number: 7380

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: periodicals; caricatures; political cartoons; political humour; illustrated works

Carroll, Lewis; Henry Holiday (Illust.); Martin Gardner (Intro.)

The Annotated Snark ; The full text of Lewis Carroll's great nonsense epic The Hunting of the Snark and the original illustrations

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 111. Slim 8vo. Publisher's quarter tan cloth over like boards, maroon lettering to the spine, illustrated endpapers. Charming black-and-white in-text drawings, and illustrations throughout, attributed by Henry Holiday. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in very good lightly shelfworn, price-clipped, dustjacket showing small loss to the upper-left margin of the front panel (dustjacket now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+. .

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Book number: 5391

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: children's literature

Doole, John

Pith & Vinegar: Drawings, Poems, Trivia

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Rondo Books, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 153, [1]. 8vo. Publisher's ivory cloth boards with black lettering to the spine, bright-red endpapers. Charming, whimsical illustrations throughout. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in its original, unclipped, lightly rubbed dustjacket. Overall, near fine. .

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Book number: 6800

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: illustrated works; caricatures; manitoba publishers

Gaffigan, Jim

Food: A Love Story [Signed]

New York, Crown Publishing Group, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. ix, 340. 8vo. Publisher's ivory board, gilt lettering to the spine. Many black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; fine and housed in fine dustjacket. SIGNED in ink by Gaffigan on a special limiation page.

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Book number: 5205

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: biography; television; comedy

Jung, Hermann (Compiler)

Gelächter û Ber Eine Zerbrochene Welt ; Karikaturen aus Deutschen, Italienischen, Englischen, Französischen, Schweizerischen, Schwedischen u. Amerikanischen Zeitungen u. Zeitschriften

Düsseldorf, Völkischer Verlag, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 167. Oblong 8vo. measuring 7.5" x 10". Publisher's quarter linen cloth over plain boards, navy-blue lettering to the spine. Chiefly comprised of captioned black-and-white humurous, and whimsical caricatures devired from a variety of continential and American newspapers and magazines. Light edgewear and rubbing to the boards, small knick to the rear boards, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked leaves and firm, sound binding; very good+. A remarkable period, pre-war, German publication published at the height of Nazi power. English Translation: "Laughter at a broken world; Caricatures from German, Italian, English, French, Swiss, Swedish and American newspapers and magazines.

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Book number: 6594

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: german media; articles; media; illustrated works; german history; german language books; caricatures; illustrated works

Larson, Ann E. (Ed.); Carole A. Carr (Ed.)

Silverleaf's Choice: An Anthology of Lesbian Humor

Seattle, Washington, Silverleaf Press, 1990. Softcover. pp. 143. Slim 8vo. Appears unread; fine. .

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Book number: 2965

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: gay; lesbian; lgbtq

Mowat, Farley (1921-2014)

My Discovery of America

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, McClelland and Stewart, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 125. Slim 8vo. Publisher's gray boards with cream lettering to the spine. Lightest general shelfwear, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good+ very lightly rubbed original, unclipped, dustjacket. Overall, very good+. .

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Book number: 6664

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: canadian literature

[Mr. Punch]; W. Algernon Locker (Intro.)

Lloyd George by Mr. Punch

London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1922. Hardcover. pp. 193, [1]. Square 4to. Publisher's quarter maroon cloth over charming illustrated boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Replete with dozens of critical, and humorous captioned caricatures / sketches of the early 20th century British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George (1863-1945). Quite well-preserved in consideration of its age. Extremities show light bumping to the spine ends, rubbing and light edgewear to the boards, a touch of foxing (strictly confined to the half-title page), otherwise, the contents remain overwhelmingly without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm, sound binding. Overall, very good. Not everyone, happily, accepts the cynical aphorism "Call no man happy until he is dead"; but "Call no man famous until he has figured in a Punch cartoon" is a statement to which most of us would be prepared to subscribe." (From the Introduction by W. Algernon Locker).

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Book number: 4510

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: political humor; political humour; british politics; great war; caricatures; illustrated works; drawings; media; newspapers

Wicks, Ben (1926-2000)

Ben Wick's Book of Losers [Signed]

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mcclelland & Stewart, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 127. 8vo. Publisher's quarter navy-blue and cream boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Rich with Wicks' whimsical illustrations throughout. Lightest wear to the head and tail of spine, contents without blemish with clean and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good lightly rubbed, unclipped, dustjacket. Overall, very good+. Boldy SIGNED by the author to the ffep.

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Book number: 6569

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: illustrated works; caricatures; cartoonist; canadian media; journalism