Turner, E. S.,

BOYS WILL BE BOYS - The Story of Sweeney Todd, Deadwood Dick, Sexton Blake, Billy Bunter, Dick Barton, et al..

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 304pp, frontis and in text line drawings, coloured pictorial wrappers by John Gorham and Danny Posner, based on the revised updated third edition of 1975 a narrative of the development of boys adventure comic fiction, light vertical creasing at spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, binding adhesive fragile, very good,

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Book number: 38965

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour

Untermeyer, Louis (ed., intro. and commentary by),

THE PAN BOOK OF LIMERICKS.

Pan Books, London, 1968, paperback, 158pp, [ii] ads., numerous in text cartoons by R. Taylorpictorial wrappers, a collection of more than 250 famous and infamous limericks, sl. roll to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 29907

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Keywords: humour limericks

Willans, Geoffrey and Roetter, Charles,

THE WIT OF WINSTON CHURCHILL.

Max Parrish, London, 1955, 2nd imp., 106pp, frontis cartoons by 'Vicky', numerous cartoons in text, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, cartoon by 'Strube' front endpapers, cartoon dustwrapper by 'Vicky', a selection of Winston S. Churchill's wit and repartee, a little rubbed and lightly bumped at tips, faint foxing to endpapers and prelims., dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, light foxing, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 30105

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour wit repartee parliament cartoons

Williams, Kenneth,

ACID DROPS.

J. M. Dent, London, 1980, 2nd imp., 176pp, illustrated in line by ffolkes, pale yellow cloth gilt, a collection of anecdotes from personal experience and other sources, illustrating the art of the witty, wicked and malicious 'put down', lightly bumped at cnrs., 6 line ink inscr. fpd., piece (4" x 1") torn from dustwrapper: bottom of front panel, price clipped and extrems. rubbed, very good in a poor dustwrapper,

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Book number: 19077

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: riposte wit humour remark

Willock, Colin,

ROD, POLE OR PERCH - A Field Guide To Anglers.

Andre Deut sch, London, 1978, 1st edn., 109pp, numerous in text ills. by Thelwell, orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, cartoon pictorial dustwrapper by Thelwell, a little rubbed at extrems. and lightly bumped at spine ends, impressed mark top cnr. front free endpaper, faint foxing to upper edge and prelims., dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing at folds, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 29908

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour angling cartoons thelwell illustrater