Searle, Ronald,

SOMETHING IN THE CELLAR... Ronald Searle's Wonderful World of Wine.

Souvenir Press, London, 1986, 1st thus, unpaginated [80pp], col'd frontis and illustrated throughout mainly in colour with some drawings in line, coloured endpapers, large format about 12 x 9 inches, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a collection in celebration of wine, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32621

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour humor cartoon satire caricature wine john goelet california taltarni australia

Sellar, W. C. and Yeatman, R. J.,

1066 AND ALL THAT.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1961, paperback, illustrated in line by John Reynolds, very good,

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Book number: 20259

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour history reynolds

Sellar, W. C. and Yeatman, R. J.,

GARDEN RUBBISH : and other country bumps.

Methuen, London, 1999, reissue, paperback, xii, 125pp, frontis, title and in text line drawings by Stephen Dowling, pictorial panel upper wrapper, the joys of gardens and gardening as described by the author's of '1066 and all that', slight sunning to spine, edges tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 40495

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour garden gardening agriculture

Sellar, W. C. and Yeatman, R. J.,

HORSE NONSENSE.

Methuen, London, 1999, reissue, paperback, [x], 127pp, frontis and in text line drawings by John Reynolds, pictorial panel upper wrapper, the joys of horses and riding by the authors of '1066 and all that', edges tanned, near fine,

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Book number: 40496

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour horse riding

Sellar, W. C. and Yeatman, R. J.,

AND NOW ALL THIS Being Vol. 1 of the Hole Pocket Treasury of Absolutely General Knowledge.

Methuen, London, 1932, 2nd imp., 120pp, viii ads, illustrated in line by John Reynolds, maroon cloth gilt, a sequel to 1066 And All That giving the same treatment to General Knowledge including Geography, Knitting (Woolology), Psycho-Babycraft, etc., rubbed and bumped at extrems., spine a little sunned, cloth lightly soiled, a little shaken a few marks in text, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 19083

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: english general knowledge humour sellar yeatman raynolds

Sherrin, Ned and Shand, Neil (ill. Willy Rushton),

1956 AND ALL THAT.

Michael Joseph, London, 1984, 1st edn., 143pp, many line ills., dark blue cloth type paper covered bds. lettered in silver, an updating of history from 1945-56 in the style of '1066 and all that', sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems., dustwrapper: price clipped, small mark lower edge lower panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22433

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour humor history

Sutherland, Douglas,

THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.

Debrett's Peerage, London, ND (copyright 1978), 1st edn., xii, 77pp, in text line drawings by Timothy Jaques, tall format about 8 x 5 inches, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated in gilt upper board, pictorial dustwrapper, a guide, for those who need to be taught, on how to be a gentleman, light foxing to edges, dustwrapper: price clipped, heavily sunned at spine and upper panel, near fine in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40850

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour etiquette mores custom gentleman manners dress behaviour

Sykes, Eric,

THE GREAT CRIME OF GRAPPLEWICK.

Macmillan, London, 1984, 1st edn., 176pp, blue cloth gilt, the first novel from the prolific script and gag writer, a humorous story set in northern England just afrter WW2, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., short nick at tail of spine, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 19111

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: fiction humour

Sykes, Eric,

SYKES OF SEBASTOPOL TERRACE.

Virgin, London, 2000, 1st thus, 160pp, half tone photo frontis, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, tv tie-in, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, a selection of seven scripts of the long running TV comedy show starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, re-written as short stories except for one which is retained as the original script, together with a full list of episodes with production dates, plots and guest actors, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36700

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour performing arts television bbc comedy

Thelwell, Norman,

PLAY IT AS IT LIES.

Methuen, London, 1987, 1st edn., 128pp, captioned line drawings throughout, dark green cloth type paper covered bds. gilt, Thelwell interprets the rules, conventions and definitions found in golf, light bumps to lower bd., dustwrapper: pc., very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22426

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour humor cartoon golf

Thelwell, Norman,

THIS DESIRABLE PLOT - A Dream-House Hunter's Nightmare.

Methuen, London, 1970, 2nd imp., 128pp, illustrated in line by author, dark green paper covered boards lettered and dec. in black, essential reding for any potential house buyer or seller and a guide to the real meaning of real estate manager-speak, sl. cocked, a little sunned at spien ends, lightly rubbed at tips, fox marks fore and bottom edges, a few light marks, dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed at extrems., chipped at spine head, spine sunned, a few short edge tears, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 19116

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: house real estate cartoon humour norman thelwell

Thelwell, Norman,

UP THE GARDEN PATH - Thelwell's Guide to Gardening.

Methuen, London, 1967, 1st edn., 128pp, illustrated in line by author, gray paper covered boards lettered and dec. in green, the cartoonist's guide to the amateur gardener and interpretation of some gardening terms, sl. cocked and boards a little bowed, some light fox marks, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., 1 small edge tear, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 19114

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: garden horticulture cartoon humour norman thelwell

Thurber, James,

THE BEAST IN ME AND OTHER ANIMALS.

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1949, 1st edn. UK, 340pp, in text line drawings by author, green cloth lettered and dec. in black, 'a new collection of drawings and pieces about human beings and less alarming creatures', edges of baords sunned, a little rubbed at extrems., top edge dusty, edges, prelims and eps foxed, ink initials front free endpaper, light fox marks throughout, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., spine sunned, 2" x 1.5" chip ti head of spine, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 19109

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: essay comment humour james thurber

Tickner, John,

TICKNER'S ROUGH SHOOTING.

Putnam, London, 1964, 1st edn., 92pp, in text line ills. by the author, orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at tiped, a little bumped at head of spine, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, heavy foxing to lower panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40630

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: humour sport rough shooting

Townsend, Sue,

THE GROWING PAINS OF ADRIAN MOLE.

Methuen, London, 1984, 1st edn., 192pp, illustrations in line by Caroline Holden, green cloth gilt, the sequel to the best-selling Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4, described as 'the funniest book of the year...', essential reading for any parent of a male teenager, ink name front free endpaper, sl. curl to dustwrapper: edges, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 19103

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: diary fiction humour caroline holden