Books on Humour
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Historia de la Caricatura en Norte-America.
approx 180p very many illustrations throughout, a well preserved copy of a scarce title
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Historia General de la Caricatura y la Ironia Plastica.
84p plus approx 100 pages of illustrations, large format paperback, dustjacket present, excellent ...
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Introduccion a la Historia General de la Caricatura. Tomo 2.
xii 72p plus approx 100 pages of illustrations, large format paperback, dustjacket present with old ...
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Kemps Nine Daies Wonder. Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich.
ii 30p stapled booklet, scarlet cover, very good condition, sunned spine, binding firm, pages very ...
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Daddy is So Far Away…We Must Find Him!
66p purple paperback, graphic novel in excellent condition, as new, a "fascinating saga that draws ...
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Leave it to Psmith.
272p orange and white period paperback, excellent fresh copy, first Penguin printing
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The Clicking of Cuthbert, and Other Stories.
188p orange period paperback, illustrated cover, well preserved, first Penguin printing, spine a ...
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Uncle Fred in the Springtime.
222p orange and white period paperback, excellent fresh copy, first printing
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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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Euer Hochwohlgeboren, Exzellenz, sehr verehrter Herr Geheimrat: Briefe durch die Jahrhunderte.
93p tall format, stiff boards, fresh copy, as new
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In Cap and Gown: Three Centuries of Cambridge Wit.
xxix 354p burgundy cloth w/ gilt lettering, index, publisher's catalogue at back, pages clean and ...
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Literary Blunders. A Chapter in the "History of Human Error". Popular Edition
xi 226p small format hardback, green paper-covered boards, cloth spine, this copy a little worn ...
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Warreniana: With Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by the Editor of a Quarterly Review.
192p original hardback, blind stamped cloth, text clean, with interesting provenance from "What ...
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Gyascutus: Studies in Antebellum Southern Humorous and Sporting Writing.
234p paperback with yellow cover, fresh clean copy, no signs of use
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Small Latin and Less Greek. A Small Book of Lighthearted English-Latin Verse with just a sprinkling of the Attic Salt of Greek.
64p little book with light blue boards, condition excellent, text in English and Latin
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Slang Register. Hochdeutsch-Umgangdeutsch. Würzwörter vom Feinsten.
320p hardback, colourful cover without jacket, very good condition, minimal wear, light marks to ...
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A Melon for Ecstasy.
174p paperback with light blue illutrated cover, excellent tight copy of the first Penguin ...
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Witz, Lyrik, Sprache: Beiträge zur Literatur- und Sprachtheorie mit einem Anhang über den Fortschritt der Wissenschaft.
253p cloth, dustjacket, index, notes, tables, very good
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Tor. Nummer II van de Blauwe Snoeckjes, Tweede Reeks.
157p paperback, beige covers with tanned spine, very good condition, light wear to covers, binding ...
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There Once Was a Word from the Lord. An Assortment of over 650 Verses, Bible Stories and Sayings with Illustrative ketches by Nats Jenkins, Paraphrased in the "Limerick Style."
104p large format paperback, purple card cover, author inscription to title, very good, uncommon ...
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Sometime the Cow Kick Your Head: The Biennial of Light Verse and Witty Poems. Light Year '88/9.
235p russet cloth, dustjacket, illustrated by Bonnie Jackson, poems by Alfred Dorn, Marian Gleason, ...
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A Nice Quiet Morning. A Fearfully Funny Farce.
stapled booklet, 12p of text, plus additional pages of publisher's adverts, Holloway Pills advert ...
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Bags of Swank.
176p period paperback with illustrated cover, first Penguin edition, fresh and clean copy, no names ...
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Freibeuter 27: Thema: Fröhliche Wissenschaft.
157p large paperback, texts by Erich Fried, François Furet, Ingeborg Bachmann, Rudolf Virchow, Otto ...
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Russkaia karikatura 40-50-kh gg. XIX v. (RUSSIAN)
146p red cloth binding, small quarto format, very well preserved
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Je Vous Salue Mesdames!
216p white paperback with pictorial laminated cover, slight creasing to spine but pages clean with ...
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The Ted Heath Bunkside Book.
approx 25p small format square hardback, photographic plates, very good
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Coping with America. A Beginner's Guide to the USA.
xi 144p paperback, cartoon illustrations, index, very good
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Un Breton nommé Napoléon. Une contre-enquête sur Napoléon 1er, le plus célèbre des Breton méconnus (et inversement)
198p paperback, white cover, authorial (?) note with erratum inserted, authors named as Jean ...
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The Matrimonial Agent. A Farce in One Act.
stapled booklet, 12p of text, plus additional pages of publisher's adverts, staples rusty, still ...
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What me, Sir? Episodes in the Life of a Young Teacher fresh from College.
95p paperback, illustrations, very good
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MacFelslie Report: Too Much, Far Out. Rock n' Roll. Number 2: Palindrome Edition.
approx 48p A4 comic, Janczyk and Karnicki present: quality Comic, scarce, one of a print run of ...
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Saturday Songs.
vi 124p large format, two tone green cloth with floral design, top edge gilt, old library ...
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Tradizioni Popolari Italiane.
193p paperback, green cover, a fresh and clean copy, no names or stamps, well preserved, first ...
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Bilmece: A Corpus of Turkish Riddles.
vii 1063p large paperback, yellow card cover, very thick volume, text reproduced from typescript, a ...
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Thurber Carnival.
286p original Penguin paperback, humorous anecdotes, cartoon sketches throughout, very good
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Thurber Country.
255p paperback, humorous anecdotes, cartoon sketches throughout, cover a little creased, otherwise ...
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Thurber Country.
255p paperback, humorous anecdotes, cartoon sketches throughout, very good condition, tight copy, ...
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Provocative Verse and Libellous Limericks.
hardback, green velvety boards with black lettering, spine absent, author' signed compliments on ...
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The National Joker: Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Satire.
178p hardback with fresh dustjacket, many illustrations, a tight and clean copy, new
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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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Light and Leading. Being Light Leaders Reprinted from The Times.
214p green cloth, gilt titles, first edition, no jacket, spine sunned, a few smudges to front board ...
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Il Libro degli Snobs.
xiii 252p paperback, tan covers with semi-transparent jacket, very good condition, light wear to ...
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Sketches and Travels and Miscellaneous Contributions to Punch. (The Pocket Edition of W M Thackeray's Works)
383p small format, 16cm, marbled boards and red cloth spine with title label, gilt lettering to ...
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P. Terenti Comoediae.
237p plus 15p publisher's catalogue, small format, blindstamped burgundy cloth, pages are clean, a ...
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The Comic Spirit in Restoration Drama. Studies in the Comedy of Etherege, Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar.
148p brown cloth first edition, no dustjacket, from a Cambridge college library with usual library ...
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Scot Free: A Book of Gael Warnings.
vii 168p cloth, index, inscription to title page, very good
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Eighteenth Century Comedy.
xxvii 413p small format blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, clean pages, firm binding, attractive ...
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The Statesman: An Ironical Treatise on the Art of Succeeding. With an Introd Essay by Harold Laski.
lvi 134p hardback, dustjacket, publisher's compliments to front endpaper, a few neat pencil marks ...
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