BUCKERIDGE ANTHONY

The Jennings Report

London, Collins. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0001621599) Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Mays. near fine copy in VG unclipped DW with a 40mm tear from top spine corner down front joint and 15mm one down rear joint, also two short clean tears at botom edge of front panel, spine slightly faded, book has very mild age related spotting to closed edges, 191pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004650

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: British Schoolboy Story Humor Jennings Buckeridge 0001621599 Mays

BUCKERIDGE ANTHONY

Jennings as Usual

London, Collins. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Mays. (500 gram rate) no DW, minor foxing to closed edges, fep toned and creased otherwise VG copy. colour frontis + line illustrations in text. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010560

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: British Schoolboy Story Humour Jennings Buckeridge Mays

BUCKERIDGE ANTHONY

Take Jennings for Instance

London, Collins. 1958, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Mays. price clipped dust jacket has rubbing wear to joints and spine ends, small patches of tape rust offset to endpapers, small pen "Tony" to fep, 256pp + col. frontis. illustrations in line, top edge dusted red. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011748

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Jennings British Schoolboy Humour First Edition Mays

BUCHWALD ART

I Chose Caviar

London, Victor Gollancz. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. scattered foxing to prelims and the DW, DW unclipped and VG under plastic sleeve, spine a little browned, 190pp, US journalist anecdotes on European morals, humorous. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012179

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Humor Journalist Art Buchwald Twentieth Century Europe

DICKINSON BRUCE

The Missionary Position, the Further Advances of Lord Iffy Boatrace

London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283060921) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Ainsley McLoud. rare title, first edition in trade paper format, light handling wear but no faults or inscriptions, cover by Ainsley McLoud, 263pp, these comedic novels by the front-man / lead singer of the Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden are quite scarce. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005571

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Iron Maiden Bruce Dickinson British Modern First Edition Fiction Humour Humor Comedy Rare Collectable 0283060921 Ainsley Mcloud

MACKENZIE COMPTON

April Fools

London, Cassell. 1930, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Edward Bawden. Colonial edition stated on DW flap, the rare DW has light scattered foxing and some rubbing wear to the edges with some chipping loss to the endsof the spine, Book closed edges lightly foxed, bookseller stamp at foot of fep, some minor foxing to prelims. Scarce in DW. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001486

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: British Humour Fiction Twentieth Century Edward Bawden

MACKENZIE COMPTON

The Lunatic Republic

London, Chatto & Windus. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Clarke Hutton. near fine in near fine DW, book has spots of foxing to page edges, a pencil inscription has been erased from endpaper, otherwise a tight clean copy in an un clipped DW that shows very slight darkening of the spine and a strip at the head of the rear panel, one or two miniscule edge tears, a very nice near fine copy. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000109

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Clarke Hutton

MACKENZIE COMPTON

Rockets Galore

London, Chatto & Windus. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Clarke Hutton. Ex-Library, tidy book, has library plate to paste down, minor paper remains from removed slip to fepcard in pocket to rear paste down, one small faint water spot to bottom corner of fep, unclipped DW a few small nicks at ends of joints and light soiling, apart from library slips etc is a tidy copy with no stamps or marks, 246pp. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004642

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: British Humour Fiction Novel Literature Outer Hebrides Scots Scottish Clarke Hutton

MACKENZIE COMPTON

Rockets Galore

London, Chatto & Windus. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Clarke Hutton. tidy book, dust soiled closed edges, tiny name at head of fep, bookseller stamp at foot of fep, unclipped DW has tears along the spine folds and corners, chipped spine ends, 246pp. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004868

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: British Humour Fiction Novel Literature Outer Hebrides Scots Scottish Clarke Hutton

MACKENZIE COMPTON

Rockets Galore

London, Chatto & Windus. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Clarke Hutton. apart from foxing is a tidy book, foxed closed edges, unclipped dust jacket has some foxing and handling soiling but is free of tears or chips except to very tips of corners and spine ends, name and address to fep, 246pp. Good/Good.

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Book number: 007287

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: British Humour Fiction Novel Literature Outer Hebrides Scots Scottish Clarke Hutton

MACKENZIE COMPTON

Rockets Galore

London, Chatto & Windus. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Clarke Hutton. price clipped DW light edge wear and minor edge splitting, rubbed corners etc, book clean. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009264

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: British Humour Fiction Novel Literature Outer Hebrides Scots Scottish Clarke Hutton

RUNYON DAMON

Further More

London, Constable. 1940, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Nicolas Bentley. price clipped DW heavily sunned and with heavy chipping and loss of about 30% of backstrip, price labels to front, book is OK but a little tired with age toned paper stock, 317pp, humour. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 008807

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Fiction Humour Humor Twentieth Century Nicolas Bentley

RUNYON DAMON

Runyon a La Carte

London, Albatross. 1947, First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (200 gram rate) price clipped dust jacket with light wear and edge chipping, sewn sheets in pictorial paper wrapper, ink name and pencil to first page, some minor tape rust to first page and also to second to last leaf of the adverts at rear, first edition thus, 202+6pp adverts. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010390

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Fiction Humour Humor Twentieth Century the Albatross Library First Edition Paperback with Dust Wrapper the Albatross Modern Continental Library

RUNYON DAMON

Take it Easy

London, Constable. 1950, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. red cloth light fade to spine, small pen name to fep, light lean to spine, yellow paper dust jacket unclipped, rubbed to edges with minor chips to corners and spine ends, backstrip browned, 343pp, 17 collected pieces by Runyon. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006071

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Fiction Humour Humor Twentieth Century

RUNYON DAMON

The Turps

London, Constable. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Josef and Frank Wilson. blue cloth light fade to boards but faded to bone colour on spine, fore edge has an area rubbed and frayed, pen name to fep, 279pp, line illustrations, eponymous Turps family of Brooklyn, vernacular language etc. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007563

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Fiction Humour Humor Twentieth Century Josef and Frank Wilson