Dennis The Menace Annual 1974.

London, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, 1973 Oversized hard cover annual, glazed pict. bds, Good, spine damaged and btm 1 1/2" missing, contents clean and bright, 'belongs to' neatly filled in.

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Book number: 10510

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Dennis The Menace cartoon strip children's comedy humour Gnasher

Punch or The London Charivari Vol. 90 (January - December) 1886.

London, The Office, Punch, 1886 Oversized hard cover binding, heavily faded purple cloth bds, gilt 'punch' to upper bd, cloth worn at spine ends a little and rubbed at corners, contents clean and tight, no names insciptions etc..., occas. small tear to pge top otherwise in VG condition inside. A heavy book so may incur extra postage.

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Book number: 15316

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Punch satire comedy humour 1886 London Charivari politics Swain drama verse diary prose parliamentary views

Bentley, E. C. Illust. by Nicolas Bentley:

Baseless Biography.

London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1939 1st Ed., Hard cover green cloth bds, Good, a little ageing to edges, clipped d/w, Good-, some chipping/edgewear, a little tanned, contents nice and tight, light age-spotting in places, pp112.

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Book number: 10308

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: biography comedy clerihews rhyme Nicolas Bentley humour drawings

Campbell, Patrick:

All Ways On Sundays.

London, Anthony Blond, 1966 1st Ed., hard cover black cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, VG, clipped dust jacket, 1" closed tear to top upper edge, a little rubbing to spine ends and edges otherwise Good, contents clean and tight, pp190.

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Book number: 14719

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: wit humour writing politics prose

Choleric, Brother:

Further Cracks In Fabulous Cloisters.

London, Sheed and Ward, 1957 Hard cover orange cloth bds, VG, v. small brown mark to rear, in Good d/w, some edgewear, light tanning in places, contnts clean and tight with blue/white cartoons on each page, unpag..

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Book number: 11280

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: cartoons humour religious jokes funny comedy cleric comic monks 0000000000

Clayton, Geoffrey Illust. by Reg Harrison:

Footnotes: Or, The Profession From Inside Out. A Book of Humour About Music and Those Who Make It.

London, The Melody Maker Ltd, no date Hard cover yellow pictorial cloth bds, illustration to upper bd in black, Good, btm upper corner bumped, small pen mark to rear, shadowing to rear bd, no dust jacket, contents sound and tight, pp159, neat name to ffep. A nice sound reading copy.

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Book number: 13258

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: music Melody Maker Reg Harrison humour comedy saxophones arrangements record breakers fables slang gadgets ltd publishing correspondents

Eisner, Will:

The Last Knight: An Introduction To Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes.

New York, Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, 2000 Oversized pbk, VG, contents fine and tight, colour illustrations, pp32. "Will Eisner continues his series of adaptations of classic tales with this charming and delightfully humorful rendition of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote."

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Book number: 15675

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: graphic novel Don Quixote cartoon story classic tale humour humor character man of La Mancha legend retold Sancho Panza retelling adaptation fiction 1561632538

Epstein, Eugene V.:

Take Me To Your Chalet. Further Tales of Life In Switzerland.

Berne, Benteli, 1982 1st Ed., Hard cover, glazed pictorial bds, VG+, bk leans a little, contents fine and tight, pp156.

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Book number: 11005

Catalogue: humour

Keywords: humour humor Switzerland Swiss humorist comedy life 3716504114

Freeman, Stan:

Pocket Joke Book Number 3.

Stafford Pemberton Publishing Company Ltd, 1981 Small sized pbk, approx. 5.5" x 4.5", Good+, some dusty label residue to upper wrap, contents clean and tight, with 102 jokes drawn by Stan Freeman.

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Book number: 11583

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: jokes pocket book Number 3 cartoon children's humour comedy 0860303357

Goffstein, M. B.:

My Crazy Sister.

New York, The Dial Press, 1976 1st Ed., Hard cover red paper covered bds, b/w picture to middle of upper bd, scuffs to spine tips, corners and a little to bd edges in places otherwise VG, in Good dust jacket, again scuffed at spine tips and corners, 1.5" pale mark to rear wrap, contents clean and bright, lovely simple line drawings on each pge, no inscriptions etc... "Two sisters live together happily, but sometimes one does crazy things."

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Book number: 12876

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: sisters crazy things life together Freight Train baby folk songs craziness humour love warmth 0803761988

Grapes, Sidney (Skipper, Keith):

The Boy John Letters.

Norwich, Mousehold Press, 2003 Oversized pbk, wraps enclosed in protective jacket, lib. no. to upper wrap, VG, lib. sticker and number to title verso and ep, contents fine and tight, biro price to half title, pp115.

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Book number: 14330

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Boy John letters rustic comedian Norfolk speech tradition countryman dialect Granfar Aunt Agatha Oul Mrs W 1874739293

Hall, Angus:

Love In Smoky Regions.

London, Constable, 1962 1st Ed., Hard cover blue cloth bds, VG, clipped d/w, Good, small amount of edgewear and shallow chip to tip of spine, contents clean and tight, pp224. A novel full of humour about a man cuckolded by his wife but determined to 'get his own back'.

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Book number: 11140

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour comedy humour get your own back marriage 000000000

Heath Robinson, W.:

Heath Robinson At War.

London, Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1978 Oversized hard cover blue cloth bds VG+, unclipped dust jacket, VG, contents fine and tight with many b/w illustrations, front endpapers have very light age-spotting, pp88.

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Book number: 12777

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: art drawings comic humour comedy war first world war German Army 0715613189

Heath Robinson, W.:

Heath Robinson: Humours of Golf.

London, Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1975 Oversized hard cover black cloth bds, rear corner a little bumped otherwis VG+, unclipped dust jacket, VG+, sl. fading at spine, contents fine and tight with many b/w illustrations, front endpapers and pge edge blocks have some light-medium age-spotting, pp50.

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Book number: 12778

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: art drawings comic humour comedy golf 0715609157

Hewison, William:

Types Behind The Print.

London, Museum Press Ltd, 1963 Landscape hardcover, brown cloth bds, VG+, unclipped d/w, VG, contents clean and tight. Journalist, unfortunately have little time for self-scrutiny. "In this collection of words and drawings, a wry glance is cast over some of the types more readily evident from the nature of their writing."

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Book number: 9087

Catalogue: humour

Keywords: humour journalists types writers cameos Punch