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GIGGLING IN THE SHRUBBERY.
Collins, London, 1985, 1st edn., 198pp, line drawings by Tim Jaques, green cloth type paper covered bds. gilt, memories and experiences of some of those who attended English girls' boarding schools, lightly bumped at top cnrs., 4 line ink inscr. ffep., dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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POPPY PARADE.
Fontana / Collins, London, 1985, 1st edn., trade paperback original, 190pp, several line ills., col'd pictorial wrappers, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of WW2 and to coincide with the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal, a collection of humerous anecdotes from service life, illustrated by John Morrish, contributions from Royalty, Senhior officers, John Mills, Spike Milligan, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, tiny nick lower edge upper wrapper and repaired nick tail of upper hinge, green ink cross top cnr. half title, very good,
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SIMPLE PEOPLE.
George G. Harrap, London, 1928, 1st edn., 160pp, numerous in text line drawings by George Morrow, pictorial endpapers, dark blue cloth over bevelled edge boards, lettered and decorated in gilt at spine and upper board, upper edge gilt, a collection of twenty-three stories, some previously published in Punch, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned and lightly foxed, light foxing to endpapers and prelims., no dustwrapper, very good,
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SUNNY SIDE UP.
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987, 1st edn., [x], 279pp, cartoons in text, yellow cloth lettered in silver at spine, top edge col'd, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a collection of humourous articles and anecdotes, edges tanned, very good plus in a fine dustwrapper,
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ADOLF HITLER - My Part in his Downfall.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 144pp, half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, pictorial upper wrapper, the author's recollections of his WW2 service in the Royal Artillery from enlistment until he landed at Algiers in 1943, said in the text to be part one of a trilogy, lightl dizagonal crease lower wrapper, edges tanned, a few marks in text, very good,
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THE BIBLE - The Old Testment According to Spike Milligan.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND, reprint, paperback, [iv], 186pp, pictorial upper wrapper by David Senior, an hilarious and irreverent re-writing of the Old Testament, lightly rubbed at tips, sl. bump upper edge lower wrapper, very good plus,
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BLACK BEAUTY according to Spike Milligan.
Virgin, London, 1997, 1st paperback edn., [iv], 156pp, paperback, photo pictorial upper wrapper, Spike Milligan's zany interpretation of the classic story, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
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THE BOOK OF THE GOONS.
Book Club Associates, London, 1981, club edn., 144pp, with numerous in text line drawings and half tone photo ills., (large format 10 x 7 inches approx.), pictorial laminated boards, a further selection of Goon Show scripts: The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fumanchu (1955), The Great String Robberies (1958), The Spon Plague (1958), Tales of Men's Shirts (1959) and Robin's Post (1955), together with a selection of 'inter-Goonal correspondence', a little bumped at cnrs., light scratching to boards and faint crease lower board, some creasing to pastdowns, sl. ripple to some leaves, no dustwrapper, good,
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FRANKENSTEIN according to Spike Milligan.
Virgin, London, 1998, paperback, xiii, 127pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper, Spike Milligan's zany interpretation of the classic story, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
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THE LOONEY - An Irish Fantasy.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, reprint, paperback, [viii], 198pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Kevin Lyles, edges tanned, fine,
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THE LOONEY - An Irish Fantasy.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 198pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Kevin Lyles, faint diag. crease lower cnr. upper wrapper, very good plus,
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THE LOONEY - An Irish Fantasy.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 198pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Kevin Lyles, tiny bump fore-edge upper wrapper, very good plus,
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THE LOST GOON SHOWS.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, frontis and numerous half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, large format 9.25 x 6 inches, photo pictorial wrappers, six Goon Show scripts, five recorded 1956-58 and not broadcast until 1986: Operation Christmas Duff, The Internal Mountain, The Silent Bugler, The Dreaded Piano Clubber and The Siege of Fort Knight; anda sixth that was never recorded, The Tree Maniac, tiny chip tail of spine (2 x 2 mm), edges tanned, insides of wrappers browned, very good plus,
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WHERE HAVE ALL THE BULLETS GONE?.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, reprint, paperback, 283pp, 2 maps, numerous half tone photo ills. and facsimiles in text, [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the author's fifth volume of war memoirs, covering his time in Italy from early 1944, sl. slant to spine with numerous light vertical creases, a little rubbed at tips and light crease upper hinge, edges tanned, very good,
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WUTHERING HEIGHTS according to Spike Milligan.
Micheal Joseph, London, 1994, 1st edn., [vi], 118pp, decorated title, 3 in text line drawings, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, Spike Milligan's zany interpretation of the classic story, ink inscr. top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: price inked through, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,
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