Sweet Beagle Books: Humor
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 Breton, André, Anthologie de L'humour Noir.
Breton, André
Anthologie de L'humour Noir.
Paris. Paris: Editions du Sagittaire, 1950. 2nd Edition. Softcover. Faint spine creasing, pages mildly yellowed, top edge of spine is bumped and creased with a tiny tear. All but two gatherings are unopened. Extremely tight and square, pages are clean, book appears unread. The second, expanded edition of this wonderful anthology of 45 pieces of Surrealist writers and their precursers from around the world. Includes 23 plates: photo portraits of the authors. Authors include Swift, de Sade, Fourier, de Quincey, Poe, Baudelaire, Lewis Carroll, Nietzsche, Huysmans, Rimbaud, O. Henry, Dali, and Gide, among others. Text is in French. Published in 1950 by Sagittaire. A beautiful copy of a fragile book. Scarce. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 352 pages. C1. Very Good+ with no dust jacket.
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Book number: 24072
USD 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.25 | £UK 37.25 | JP¥ 7302]
Catalogue: Humor
Keywords: Surrealism Comedy Anthology

 Hunter, Reginald, Porlock: A Portrait.
Hunter, Reginald
Porlock: A Portrait.
Caldwell, ID. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1940. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by William O'Brian Jacket protected with mylar. Handsome grey and blue speckled cover. Most pages unopened. Foreword by John Cowper Powys, wonderful illustrations by William O'Brian. A beautiful edition by the Caxton Printers. Gift quality. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. D3. Fine in Fine dust jacket.
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Book number: 31893
USD 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 | £UK 28 | JP¥ 5477]
Catalogue: Humor
Keywords: Humor New York Greenwich Village

 Priestley, J. B., English Humour.
Priestley, J. B.
English Humour.
London. London: Heinemann, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Jacket is slightly curled at edges, light edgewear, price-clipped. Extremely colorful and attractive; now protected by mylar. Author analyzes English humor. Book is marvelously illustrated in b/w and color. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 208 pages. F7. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket.
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Book number: 15668
USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.5 | £UK 24.75 | JP¥ 4868]
Catalogue: Humor
Keywords: Humor England Illustrations

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