Langley, Noel

Nymph in clover.

Arthur Barker Ltd. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with silver titles, cloth faded at spine and edges, name and date (1954) on front endpaper. 160 pages, illustrations in the text by the author. Undated but assume early 1950s from inscription. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 60842

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Ancient Greece Humour Fiction

Lewis, Helen Prothero

Adventures of Armine de Lancy.

William Stevens Ltd. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in silver leathercloth with black & red titles & decoration, loss to the bottom corner of two leaves (some text lost, now replaced by photocopies), cloth has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. 100 page humorous novel, extremely funny, and surprisingly scarce - predates 'The young visiters' by 7 years. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 51194

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction

Lewis, Helen Prothero

Adventures of Armine de Lancy.

William Stevens Ltd. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in silver leathercloth with black & red titles & decoration, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, neat previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper. 100 page humorous novel, extremely funny, and surprisingly scarce - predates 'The young visiters' by 7 years. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 53966

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction

Lupino, Stanley

Crazy days.

Herbert Jenkins, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in orange cloth with black titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, partially erased name on front pastedown otherwise no inscriptions. 192 page allegedly humorous novel by a poor P. G. Wodehouse impersonator. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 53887

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Humorous Fiction

Manning, Mary

The last chronicles of Ballyfungus.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket on which the spine title has faded from orange to yellow. Appears little used. viii + 276 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 59054

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Anglo-Irish aristocracy Humorous Fiction

Midwinter, Eric

Make 'em laugh: famous comedians and their worlds.

George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book, page top and foredges lightly foxed, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine. 212 pages, photos in the text, index. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 56049

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: George Formby Les Dawson Ken Dodd Tony Hancock Stand up comedian Music Hall

Milligan, Spike

Wuthering Heights according to Spike Milligan.

Michael Joseph, 1994. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with a neat inscription signed by the author on the front endpaper ('To Jan, Spike Milligan), but no other marks or inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used ; Signed by Author. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 44888

Catalogue: Fiction:: humour

Keywords: Spike Milligan Signed book

Milton, Giles

Edward Trencom's nose: a novel of history, dark intrigue and cheese.

Macmillan, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. As new, appears unread. First novel, which has been favourably compared to those of P.G. Wodehouse and Tom Sharpe. Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 24939

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Giles Milton Humorous Fiction

Morton, J. B. (Beachcomber)

Tally-Ho! and other hunting noises.

Cecil Palmer, 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardback in light blue quarter cloth with black titles on a white spine label, over grey paper covered boards, endpapers are tanned, occasional light fox-spotting, but is tightly bound and an above average copy of one of the scarcer books by this author - a collection of sarcastic poetry in the style of various authors. x + 54 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 29574

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Poems & poetry John Bingham Morton Humorous verse

Mulcahy, John (ed)

The digger: a complete run of 15 issues from Vol 1 no. 1 to Vol 2 no.9 (October 9 1987 - 6 May 1988).

John Mulcahy, 1987. First Edition. Magazine. 15 magazines, all clean and tightly bound, stapled spines, glossy pictorial covers, no inscriptions, appear little used. Approx 30 pages per issue, cartoons and illustrations in the text. Cartoonists include Steve Bell, Martin Rowson and Bestie. Very Good.

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Book number: 58383

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Politics Satire Margaret Thatcher Cartoons

Oistros (Humbert Wolfe)

Truffle eater: pretty stories and funny pictures.

Arthur Barker, Ltd. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in pictorial boards, boards rubbed at corners and spine ends and a little soiled at edges, endpapers foxed, no inscriptions. 36 pages printed on one side, illustrations in the text by Archibald Savory. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 62598

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Nazism Hitler Parody Caricatures Struwwelpeter

Pope, Fred

The Canterbury pewside book.

Leslie Frewin, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, small format hardback tightly bound in illustrated boards which are worn at the edges, small splits at spine ends, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, gift inscription on title page. Unpaginated (64 pages), photos in the text. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 57121

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Humour Jokes Comedy Church Of England

Reading, Bryan

The Belchers: The story of would-be self sufficient folk.

Poole: Blandford Press, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound, landscape format, paperback original, stapled spine, glossy pictorial covers, no inscriptions, appears little used. 48 pages, cartoons. Very Good.

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Book number: 66743

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Strip Cartoon Vole Magazine The Archers

Rowson, Martin & Killane, Kevin

Scenes from the lives of the great socialists.

Grapheme Publications, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound larger landscape format paperback, gift inscription by both authors plus cartoon by Martin Rowson on title page. Unpaginated; Signed by All Authors. Very Good.

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Book number: 69044

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Cartoons Politics Socialism Marx & Engels Humour

Rush, Philip R.

Bess the Black Orpington Swaggie.

ABC Books, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, has crease to bottom corner of back cover otherwise appears little used. 178 pages. Very Good.

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Book number: 66693

Catalogue: Fiction:: Humour

Keywords: Australia Outback Chickens Rural Life