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 Celebated Comic Song, Purty Molly Brallaghan, as sung by Mr Power, Mr Leonard, and Mr Colins, written by Miss M P M'Ghie. The Music Arranged and Partly Composed by W M'Ghie.
title and 2 pages, p2 contains additional text, "fifth edition" on title, printed from plate ...
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The Harvest of a Quiet Eye. A Selection of Scientific Quotations.
xii 192p hardback in brown cloth, illustrated jacket, first edition with personal inscription by ...
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Down Another Track.
174p first edition hardcover, white illustrated dustjacket with tear to top corner otherwise good, ...
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The Dunny Door and Some More. A Celebration of Kiwi Loos, Longdrops and Little Houses.
110p paperback, a fresh copy, clean pages, firm binding, in excellent condition, like new, a scarce ...
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Amos Intolerable. His Table-Talk.
112p hardback, illustrated dustjacket in good condition with only two small tears to the top edge, ...
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Der deutsche Schelmenroman der Gegenwart: Betrachtungen zur sozialistischen Rezeption pikaresker Topoi und Motive.
372p cream paperback, from a Cambridge college library, a clean and firm copy, very good
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Martialis Epigrammata Selecta: Select Epigrams from Martial with English Notes by F A Paley and W H Stone.
xx 460p small format, brown cloth, fresh and clean copy, binding tight, text clean, name to ...
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Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature, Vol 1.
viii 287p cloth with gilt on cover and spine, back hinge tearings, top edge gilt, includes W ...
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The Appalling Guests, Social Stereotypes from the Telegraph Magazine.
96p hardback with white illustrated jacket, little use, pages clean with illustrations throughout, ...
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Five Elizabethan Comedies.
xvii 308p small format hardback, good condition, navy cloth with beige jacket, some light wear to ...
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Figures of Fun: Further Reflections on Finns in English Fiction (= Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 77)
white card cover, 9p essay, pages unmarked, further essays by: Emil Öhmann, Kalevi Tarvainen, Bruce ...
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The Book of Lear.
256p period paperback with yellow cover, illustrations, minor signs of wear and age
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The ABZ of Pornography.
163p paperback, cover in excellent condition, firm binding, clean pages, a well preserved copy, ...
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A Dustbin of Milligan.
125p black and white paperback, scarce special edition published for Oxfam, very light creasing to ...
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The Penguin 'Miss Read' Companion Boxed Set.
Six paperbacks in colourful slipcase, all volumes in very good condition, pleasant illustrated ...
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Fiabe Satiriche Russe.
155p hardback, turquoise cloth with colourfully illustrated jacket, very good condition, a little ...
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L'Ecole des Femmes.
107p slim paperback, decorative violet cover in very good condition, clean pages, firm binding, ...
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Chi Ha Paura di Lucy Van Pelt? Ovvero Psicoanalisi e Fumetti.
138p paperback, white cover with cartoon, very good condition, a little light wear, foxing to ...
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Simple Custom.
63p hardback, dustjacket in very good condition, illustrations bright and clean, text unmarked, ...
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Alle Galgenlieder: Galgenlieder, Palmström, Palma Kunkel, Gingganz.
327p yellow square cloth, illustrations, nice fresh copy, 21-40 Tausend
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Alle Galgenlieder. (Galgenlieder, Palmström / Palma Kunkel, Gingganz)
333p tan cloth clean and tight excellent copy, printed in sans serif font
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Alle Galgenlieder. (Galgenlieder, Palmström / Palma Kunkel, Gingganz)
333p bright yellow cloth clean and tight, dustjacket intact and well preserved, tight copy, clean ...
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Das Mondschaf. Eine Auswahl aus den Galgenliedern./ The Moon Sheep. Authorized English Version by A E Eitzen.
95p hardback, collection of poems in German and English, very good
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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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Galgenlieder: Dem Kind im Manne.
ca 30p small paperback, pages unmarked with b&w plates, binding firm, very good
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Galgenlieder.
32p illustrated manuscript unsigned except for the clue "Hago Verlag" to title page, each poem with ...
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Rumpole and the Angel of Death.
261p hardback with white illustrated dustjacket, excellent condition, first edition
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A Bonfire of Weeds.
252p first edition, Beachcomber title, pink dustjacket lightly worn at edges with a few small ...
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La Comédie au XVIe Siècle (Extraits de Pièces)
127p slim paperback, decorative violet cover in very good condition, clean pages, firm binding, ...
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Deutschland deine Westfalen: In Gottes eigenem Pumpernickelland.
194p square cloth, dustjacket, illustrations by Beate Rebhuhn, ink writing to back board, otherwise ...
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History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France from the Year 1807 to the Year 1814. With 55 Maps and Plans.
three volumes approx 500 p each, burgundy cloth with blindstamped floral thistle design to boards, ...
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Family Reunion.
xiii 146p cloth, dustjacket (light spotting and damage to edges), very good
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North from Granada.
254p hardcover with dustjacket in excellent condition, pages bright and fresh, as new
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North from Granada.
254p paperback in excellent condition, pages bright and fresh, as new
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Die Parodien: Mit fremden Federn. Unter falscher Flagge. Theatralisches Panoptikum. Zur Ästhetik der Parodie.
562p bright red cloth with gilt lettering very fresh, dustjacket present but a little worn and ...
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The Little Scamp next Door. For Two Males and Three Females.
stapled booklet, 16p of text, plus additional pages of publisher's adverts, staples rusty, still ...
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A Herd of Yaks. The Best of Eric Nicol.
vi 201p hardback, bright orange cloth with black and white jacket, good condition, some wear to ...
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The Midnight Court. A Rythmical Bacchanalia from the Irish of Bryan Merryman.
61p hardback with bright pink priceclipped dustjacket with decorations by Hugh Stevenson, lovely ...
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The Book of Irish Wit and Humour.
118p paperback, white cover with red lettering, very good condition, minimal wear, sticker to back ...
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Das letzte Ende: Gibt es ein Leben nach der Wiedervereinigung?
95p large paperback, illustrations, frontispiece, hardly used, a fresh and clean copy, as new
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Il Realismo di Chaplin.
229p paperback, white covers with black spine and purple artwork, very good condition, a little ...
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Taken for a Ride: One Woman's View of Working on the Buses. Drawings by Christopher Madden.
30p stapled booklet, illustrations, very good
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The New Harold Wilson Bunkside Book.
approx 80p illustrated throughout, red boards, oblong format, minor library marking, spine a bit ...
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