COOK, BERYL

Beryl Cook's London

London, John Murray. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0719545323) Hard Cover, 10.25 x 7.75 inches. Previous owner's name/label to front end papers. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with foxing to cream cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with traces of handling. 62pp. A thoroughly enjoyable feast of Beryl Cook's paintings of the variety of people and happenings in London. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 013544

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Keywords: Painting, Art, Women, Human Plleasure Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing 0719545323

COOPER, JILLY & HARTMAN, TOM (EDITORS)

Shall We Join the Ladies : A Lighthearted Look at Women & Their Ways

Oxford, England, Past Times. 1998. Soft Cover with Self-Wraps, 7 x 7 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with bright covers and no bumping to corners. 192pp. This book was first published in 1980 as Violets and Vinegar. It is a personal anthology - a collection of quotations solely attributable to women - in order to balance the quotient from female contributors in Dictionaries of Quotations which is usually of the order of 10 percent. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 001771

Catalogue: Humour

CUMMINGS, MICHAEL

On the Point of My Pen: The Best of Cummings

Portsmouth, Hants, Milestone Publications. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0903852691) Hard Cover, 10 x 10 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to lower edge. 240pp. A cartoon history of events from 1961 to the mid-1980s from the pen of Michael Cummings, political cartoonist of the Daily & Sunday Express. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 017358

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Keywords: Humour Cartoons, Politics Politics and Current Affairs Cartoon Books 0903852691

CUNLIFFE, LESLEY

Great Royal Disasters

London, Guild Publishing. 1986. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Ill.: Larry. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 122pp. Humorous tales about royalty where events went wrong, were embarrassing, or simply involved Prince Andrew. Cartoons by Larry. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 024208

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Humour, Royalty, Social History Larry

DAVENPORT, KAY

Lancashire Laugh Lines

Blackpool, Landy Publishing. 1993. (ISBN: 1872895158) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Ill.: Brian Ormerod. No marks or inscriptions. Very slight creasing to upper corners. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. 40pp. Lancashire humour recalling the 1920s and 1930s. Near Fine.

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Book number: 007247

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Keywords: Humour, Poetry 1872895158 Brian Ormerod

DAVIS, JIM

Here Comes Garfield

London, RAvette Books. 1987. (ISBN: 0948456507) Paperback, 5.25 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A clean crisp copy. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 000616

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Keywords: Cartoon Cat 0948456507

DAVIS, WILLIAM (EDITOR)

Pick of Punch

London, Hutchinson. 1970, First Edition. Hard Cover, 11.25 x 8.5 inches. Small inscription on reverse of half-title page. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with very slight sunning. 192pp. Satirical humour from the end of the 1960s as only Punch can do it. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 023945

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Keywords: Cartoons, Humour, Satire

DAVIS, WILLIAM (EDITOR)

The Punch Book of Women

Punch Publications Ltd. 1973. Hard Cover, 9.5 x 5.5 Inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 192pp. Entetaining humorous articles mostly by women including Barbara Castle, and Marghanita Laski plus lots of Punch style cartoons about the fairer sex. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 024075

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Humour, Women, Gender Studies

DECKER, T.

The Gull's Hornbook

London, J. B. Gutch. 1812. Hard Cover, 10 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean very tight pages with bright unmarked slightly dusty boards and a little rubbing to corners and edges. Untrimmed dusty page edges. Rebound with marbled boards. 178pp. Reprint of the work first published in 1609 which set out in a humorous manner some of the habits of the young men of the early 17th century. With extensive foot-notes explaining the terms used in the text. Good (+)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 015050

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Keywords: 17th Century, Satire, Social History

DENMEAD, CHRISTINE

One Dog and His Man: A Further Bite of Shep

Clapham, North Yorkshire, Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd. 1987. (ISBN: 0852068913) Soft Cover, 5.75 x 8.25 inches. Probably unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, very faint mark to front and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. pp. Humorous cartoons of Shep the sheepdog from rural Yorkshire. Near Fine.

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Book number: 017052

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Keywords: Cartoons, Dogs, Canine, Humour, Yorkshire Cartoon Books 0852068913

DONALD, CHRIS (EDITOR)

Viz on the Bone

London, John Brown Publishing Ltd. 1998. (ISBN: 1902212010) Hard Back, 12 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 127pp. More crude adult humour - selections from Issues 76 to 81. Fine.

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Book number: 018802

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Crude Humour, Cartoons Cartoon Books 1902212010

EAGLETON, TERRY

The Truth About the Irish

Dublin, New Island Books. 1999. (ISBN: 1902602072) Soft Cover, 7.75 x 5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 181pp. The book which 'separates the myths about the Irish from the reality with a blend of caustic commentary, jokes that will make you laugh out loud and answers to questions you were too polite to ask'. Fine.

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Book number: 022445

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Humour, Facts, Ireland, Travel Guides / Maps 1902602072

THE EDITOR

The Dalesman's Yorkshire Annual 1972

Clapham, North Yorkshire, Dalesman Books. 1971. (ISBN: 0852060815) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright slightly rubbed front board, price-clipped half-title page and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Tales and humour and poetry about Yorkshire. Good (+).

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Book number: 009770

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Local History, Humour, Local History 0852060815

THE EDITOR

Get Well Funbook

Farnham, Surrey, Clipper Press. 1980. Soft Cover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. pp. With hilarious jokes about health from Styx, Mahood, Bill Tidy, Murray Ball, Langdon, Larry and others. Very Good.

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Book number: 017005

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Humour, Cartoons, Health, Nhs Cartoon Books Health / Exercise / Fitness

THE EDITOR

The Lighter Side of Rugby League

Spion Kop Publications. 1986. Soft Cover, 8.5 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 29pp. Rugby league humour in jokes and cartoons. From York RLFC and York Amateur League. Very Good.

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Book number: 014884

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Sports, Rugby League Sport - Rugby