ESSLEMONT, PETER

Stories Frae Aberdeen

Aberdeen, John Avery. Soft cover. Undated - 1930s? Epigrams, quotations, jokes. Stapled booklet, tartan covers worn and marked, staples rusted and one of the worn through, pages yellowed, good only. Good.

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Book number: 12300

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Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HUMOUR Scottish

HERBERT FARJEON

More Sketches from Herbert Farjeon's Little Review

London, Samuel French. 1940. Soft cover. Contains A Very Nice Paper; Cricket Vignettes; Winter in Torquay; Father and Son; How to Get There. Small booklet lightly worn, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 12628

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Keywords: DRAMA, THEATRE, THEATER, HUMOUR, HUMOR Theatre

ANDREW LYELL

The Gaelic Chair: Oor New Cawndidate: An Adventure in the Winter of '79

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons. 1880. Soft cover. Written in Scots (of sorts), this is a humorous skit on Edinburgh luminaries of the time. The illustrative covers are worn, chipped, and detached, internally a little creased but sound, poor. Poor.

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Book number: 12316

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Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HUMOR Scottish

ANDREW LYELL

The Meed-Lothian Manifesto: Bein' the True Narrateeve of Mr Gledstone's Veesit to Mr Andrew Lyell

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons. 1880. Soft cover. Political satire, in Scots (of sorts). A pamphlet, illustrative covers worn and marked, grubby marks to pages, generally sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 12317

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HUMOR, POLITICS Politics Scottish

COMPTON MACKENZIE, PHOTOGRAPHS BY RICHARD HERZENBERG

Catmint

Barrie & Rockliff. 1961. Hardcover. Fine black and white photographs face humorous text from Mackenzie. Light blue cloth marked and worn, internally clean and sound, good, no inscriptions, no DJ. Good.

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Book number: 13289

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, humour, humor, photography Photography Scottish

MACREA, DAVID

A Feast of Fun - Consisting of the First Three Numbers of the Pennyworth Series

Glasgow, Morison Brothers. Hardcover. Undated. Examples of puns, parodies, blunders, queer epitaphs, chestnuts and repartee are on the menu of this curious book. Brown cloth worn and marked, front hinge weak, no inscriptions, good. 0. Good.

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Book number: 10261

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Keywords: HUMOUR

THE SUNDAY POST

The Broons 1979

Dunfermline/Edinburgh, D C Thomson. 1979. Soft cover. Gran'paw and the Bairn play blow-football on the cover. Light wear, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 11028

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Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HUMOUR, HUMOR, CARTOON, ANNUAL Scottish

SUNDAY POST

Oor Wullie 1980

Dundee, D C Thomson. 1980. Soft cover. Wullie is fishing, and catches a boot. Light wear to covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 11029

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Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HUMOUR, HUMOR, CARTOON, ANNUAL Scottish

THE SUNDAY POST

Oor Wullie 1974

Dundee, D C Thomson. 1974. Soft cover. Wullie admires a turnip-headed scarecrow sitting on his bucket in a field. Light wear to covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 11030

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Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HUMOUR, HUMOR, CARTOON, ANNUAL Scottish

ROONEY, CHRIS

Mad Dogs and Cyclists - on Two Wheels Through Northumbria

Morpeth, Coquet Editions. 1990. (ISBN: 0946098182). Soft cover. Cycling tales, originally broadcast on Radio Northumberland, illustrated by Peter Millen, signed by the author to the title page. Stapled booklet a little browned to the covers, VG. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 9522

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: 0946098182 ENGLISH, ENGLAND, NORTHUMBRIA, DURHAM, CYCLING, BICYCLE, HUMOUR, SIGNED, INSCRIBED Travel Signed

SAUNDERS, FREDERICK

Salad for the Solitary and the Social

Richard Bentley and Son London 1885 HB. Hardcover. The popular edition. A literary miscellany. Blue cloth sunned, marked and worn, grey eps, no inscriptions, pages yellowed, occasional pencil markings, tight and sound, good. 526pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 8421

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: HUMOUR, HUMOR, SAUNDERS, SALAD, MISCELLANY