Books on Humour
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The Comic Tradition in America: An Anthology.
xvi 464p burgundy cloth, dustjacket (soiled), extracts from writings of Benjamin Franklin, ...
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The Laws of Motion: A Dialogue. Reprint from the Mathematical Gazette December 1927.
6p sewn pamphlet, card wrapper, imagined dialogue between Newton and a confused student, inscribed ...
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Family Reunion.
xiii 146p cloth, dustjacket (light spotting and damage to edges), very good
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Little-Known Facts about Bundling in the New World.
32p stapled, illustrations, a coy little tract in defence of chaste bed-sharing by courting couples ...
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Comedy: An Essay on Comedy by George Meredith; Laughter by Henri Bergson.
xvi 260p paperback, a fresh and tight copy, square spine, no names or stamps, light soiling to ...
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The Letters of Emma. 1st Edition.
128p cloth, dustjacket (embossed paper, a little worn), inscription by 'Emma' to front endpaper, ...
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Der Postsekretär im Himmel und andere Geschichten.
179p red cloth 15cm, spine hurt, binding soft, worn, tired
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Selected Cautionary Verses.
181p orange period paperback, illustrations Bentley, very good, first Penguin printing
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Galgenlieder, neben dem Gingganz. 60 Illus von Paul Erni.
88p cloth, old tape maks on spine, clean and firm copy
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Essays, Mock-Essays and Character Sketches. Reprinted from the Journal of Education.
x 365p red buckram, fresh copy, with contributions by Tollemache, Farrar, Mark Pattison, E E B, ...
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The New Scotch Haggis, Consisting of Pieces Humourous, Witty, Droll, Ancient and Modern, Connected with Scottish Drollery. Second Edition.
422p woodcut frontispiece, original spine inserted, but no boards, Norman and Janey Buchan ...
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This Merrie English. First Slips in Literature.
96p hardback with dustjacket, illustrations (Sillince), very good
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And Now All This. Being Vol 1 of the Hole Pocket Treasury of Absolutely General Knowledge.
viii 120p green cloth, original dust-jacket present with minor flaws along spine, fresh clean copy, ...
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Laughing Ann and other Poems. Illustrated by George Morrow.
121p blue cloth with Ann in gilt to front, nice clean copy, illustrated endpapers, fresh and tight, ...
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The Book of Humorous Poetry.
xvi 464p buckram cloth, top edge gilt, firm copy, very good, a nice copy
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Four English Humourists of the 19th Century.
xxiii 192p cloth, index, fresh and clean. Lectures on Dickens (Democrat), Eliot (Poet), Thackeray ...
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The Bab Ballads, with Illustrations by the Author.
xii 190p burgundy cloth, spine with bright gilt lettering, nice very copy
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Conversations-Lexikon des Witzes, Humors und der Satyre. Herausgegeben von einer Gesellschaft Humoristen. 1. Band.
479p half cloth, old library stamp, kuriös and alphabethisch, letters A to E only
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Taking Off. An Anthology of Parodies, Send-Ups and Imitations.
259p hardback with dustjacket, very good
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The Biglow Papers. With Additional Notes, an Enlarged Glossary, and Coloured Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 2nd English Edition.
xvi 200p 17cm, 3 colour plates, modern cloth binding, text clean (one or two pages old marginal ...
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Furia Infernalis Linn.
3p offprint, plain green card cover, very good: "parasites fabuleux"
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50 Good Gracious Graces.
48p stapled booklet, blue illustrated cover, illustrations throughout, nice copy with author ...
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20 Years Less 8%.
approx 60p, red boards, edges a little rubbed, mostly illustrations, by the first man who dedicated ...
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99 Limericks mit dem nötigsten Kommentar für Nicht-Engländer.
79p little hardback, laminated cover with green marbled design and smiling cartoon lion, English ...
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1066 and All That. A Memorable History of England, Comprising all the Parts you can Remember, Including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings, and 2 Genuine Dates. Illustrated by J Reynolds. Eleventh Edition.
xii 115p burgundy cloth with gilt illustrations to front, nice clean copy
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24 Recitationettes. Being Tales Told in Verse.
20p booklet, stapled, slightly creased, dirty and foxed, but a rare curious item
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