JENKINS HERBERT

The Bindles on the Rocks

London, Herbert Jenkins. reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped dust jacket near fine but shows some age or wear, very short split at head of lower joint fold, book closed edges show age browning but not foxing, very tidy but aged, 192pp, humour with Bindle out of work in between war London (500 gram rate). Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011342

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: British Humour Fiction Novel Bindles Early Twentieth Century Edwardian Cockney London

JENKINS HERBERT

The Return of Alfred

London, Herbert Jenkins. reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. orange cloth with black titling and cover design of woman on stairs, short split at tail of spine cloth, internally VG+ nice tidy copy, fifth printing, first and last pages light offset toning, 320pp. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011883

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: British Humour Fiction Novel Early Twentieth Century Edwardian Cockney London

WALLACH IRA

The Absence of a Cello

London, Victor Gollancz. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket with light handling soiling, no loss, book has minor crease to corner of upper board, name to fep, slipped in Compliments slip from the publisher, closed edges slightly foxed, 243pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010683

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Humour, Modern First Edition, Fiction

PERELMAN S J

A childs garden of curses ( crazy like a fox, keep it crisp, acres and pains)

London, Heinemann. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. omnibus collection of three works, green cloth rubbed to edges with some small holes along the joints and the fore edges from insect damage. 3 line ink inscription to fep, text block tidy and clean ,384pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012261

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Humor Omnibus Collection

RATH E. J.

Gas-Drive In, A High-Powered Comedy-Romance That Hits on Every Cylinder

New York, G. Howard Watt. 1925, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. cloth rubbed to edges and fraying at spine ends, top corner of fep clipped off, light foxing to closed edges and some margins, some surface insect flecking to cloth, partially erased inscription to paste down causes paper loss, 302+2pp adverts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008676

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Literature Fiction Novel Modern First Edition Interbellum

PERELMAN S J

Listen to the mocking bird

London, Reinhardt & Evans. 1950, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Hirschfeld. hardback cloth is mottled slightly with light spotting, foxing just starting on endpapers, front endpaper trimmed top 20mm with the remains of the owners name descenders just showing. dustwrapper not price clipped, but worn to edges and with some tears leading in from the spine ends and some chipping loss to head of the spine . 153pp some pages printed in colour. some small spots of foxing in text, humourous snippets originally published in the New Yorker. G+ G+. Good/Good.

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Book number: 012342

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Humour Cartoon New Yorker Hirschfeld

PERELMAN S J

Rising Gorge

London, Heinemann. 1962, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped jacket faded to backstrip, with chipping and short tears to spine ends and corners, faint foxing to book closed edges, top edge dusty and foxed, 287pp humour. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 011841

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Fiction Humour Literature Humor Jewish

PERELMAN S J

Westward Ha! Around the World in 80 Cliches

London, Reinhardt & Evans. 1949, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Hirschfeld. unclipped DW some edge wear with short tears and chipping loss to spine ends and corners, small name to front endpaper,159pp some pages printed in colour, humourous snippets originally published in the New Yorker. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010697

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Humour Cartoon New Yorker Hirschfeld

DAVIES JACK, KEN ANNAKIN, ALLEN ANDREWS & RONAD SEARLE

Monte Carlo - Or Bust! Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies

London, Dennis Dobson. 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 0234773413) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Ronald Searle. pink papered boards, unclipped dust jacket lightly handling soiled with some age yellowing to the publisher's laminated film, pen gift inscription dated 1972 to fep, otherwise clean copy, unpaginated approx 100pp, illustrated in coloured line by Searle, film tie in with the Paramount Production. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006776

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Ronald Searle Illustrated Motoring Film Movie Tie-in Paramount Films Modern First Edition 0234773413 Ronald Searle

THURBER JAMES

The Cream of Thurber a Selection from the Works of James Thurber

London, Hamish Hamilton. First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: James Thurber. blue cloth with black cartoon by Thurber to upper cover, joints split to bottom third and rubbed, backstrip faded, corners rubbed, foxed, decorated endpapers with cartooons by Thurber, name to fep, rear hinge cracked and open, 251pp, the first UK edition which is more commonly seen in the Readers Union book club edition, this is the true first of 1939 but is undated. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002180

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Humour Cartoon James Thurber

HILTON JAMES

Good-bye, Mr. Chips

London, Hodder. 1934, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Bip Pares. first issue in book form after serialisation in The British Weekly, neat faded ink gift inscription to fep (dated 12.3.35), blue cloth with gilt title to spine and upper board, faint foxing to endpapers and closed page edges, 128pp with illustrations throughout. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006978

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: British Humour Light Fiction Modern First Edition Bip Pares

THURBER JAMES

Thurber's Dogs, a Collection of the Master's Dogs

New York, Simon and Schuster. 1955, First Edition. Quarter cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: James Thurber. written and drawn, real and imaginary, living and long ago', book top edge dusted red with a little offset to the tops of the endpapers, price clipped DW has edge wear, short tears and some chipping loss, generally com plete but with some damamge, xvii 294pp book internally clean, stated first edition. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 003795

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Humour Fiction Cartoon James Thurber Dogs Canines James Thurber

THURBER JAMES

A Thurber Garland

London, Hamilton. 1955, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, Landscape 16mo. Ill.: James Thurber. near fine copy just very minimal rubbing to extreme corner tips (not bumped), one small spot of surface rubbing to white part of cover, approx 40pp of cartoons by Thurber, scarce edition, issued without dust jacket, reduced postage outide of New Zealand. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013117

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: American Humour Cartoon Thurber First Edition Collectable Rare James Thurber

MCCABE JOHN

The Comedy world of Stan Laurel

London, Robson. 1975, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. DW spine sunned other wise book and DW are VG+ with only minor signs of age. 221pp+plates. top edge dusty. Foreword by Morecambe and Wise. Biography of half of Laurel and Hardy, from Stan Laurel's Variety days in Britain through to his film success in the USA. Includes scripts from amongst Laurels papers. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000224

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Comedy Humour Comedians Film Biography

MONTGOMERY JOHN

Comedy Films 1894-1954

London, George Allen & Unwin. 1968, second revised edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Galley/Proof, proof copy of the revised second edition, paper wraps with pasted title label, publishers BOOK PROOF rubber stamp to front cover dated with the publication date of 23 Jan 1969, wrappers lightly worn, fade to spine, creased corners, sewn sheets, 276pp + plates incl frontis of Buster Keaton and Fatty Arbuckle, slipped in small two sided printed slip from publisher which was originally staple to the front wrapper, a review precis, covers; American and British Cinema Humour, Buster Keaton, Keystone, Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Walt Disney. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006176

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Film Cinema Humour Humor Comedy Buster Keaton Keystone Chaplin Harold Lloyd Walt Disney