Books on Humour
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Puzzles Old and New.
xx 394p brown cloth with black and gilt illustrated boards, spine bright, first edition by ...
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The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax. The First Tour in Search of the Picturesque. The Second Tour in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour in Search of a Wife.
272p 277p 279p, three volumes in original green cloth, light soiling to cloth, colour plates by ...
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Scherzi Geniali di Gio: Francesco Loredano. Nobile Veneto. (Parts 1 and 2)
347p small format, original full vellum binding, replaced endpapers, 2 title pages (Part 1: ends ...
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Cruikshank's Comic Almanack, an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities. First Series (1835 - 1843), Second Series (1844 - 1853)
iv 388p 428p illustrated publishers catalogue in back dated 1870/ 1871, green cloth bright with ...
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George Cruikshank's Table-Book.
284p original green blindstamped cloth with gilt decoration to front board and spine, minor damage ...
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Douglas Jerrold's Portfolio of Well-Known Portraits. Drawn by Kenny Meadows. With a Biographical and Critical Essay by E L Blanchard.
xvii 212p original paper covered board with yellow illustrated cover, cover partly obscured by ...
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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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Mess Stories by "Tim Daly" Esq, Edited by F E W. Reprinted from the Madras Times.
105p bright green cloth with gilt titles to cover and spine, small teat to spine hinge, yellow ...
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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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A Melon for Ecstasy.
174p paperback with light blue illutrated cover, excellent tight copy of the first Penguin ...
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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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A Bonfire of Weeds.
252p first edition, Beachcomber title, pink dustjacket lightly worn at edges with a few small ...
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An Essay on Laughter. Its Forms, its Causes, its Development and its Value.
440p bound in light green cloth, this copy from a Cambridge college library with only minimal ...
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Geschichte des Grotesk Komischen. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Menschheit. Ed. Max Bauer.
xiii 417p, 399p half vellum binding, one hinge tearing, many plates throughout, nice set, well ...
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Pastil #1.
46p paperback graphic novel with orange illustrated cover, first edition August 1998, excellent ...
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Pastil #4.
46p paperback graphic novel with black illustrated cover, first edition August 1999, excellent ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volumes 152 and 153 for 1917.
424p 438p plus strip illustrations, half calf and marble boards, all text and illustrations are ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volumes 184 and 185 for 1933.
728p 728p plus Christmas Number, Almanack, thick and heavy volume, bright royal blue with gilt ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volumes 186 and 187 for 1934.
728p 728p plus Christmas Number, Almanack, thick and heavy volume, bright royal blue with gilt ...
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The Granta. A College Joke to Cure the Dumps. Volume 25. October 1911 to June 1912.
432p plus 50p (= Special May Week Number, covers bound in) 4to format, a large and well bound ...
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Chastushki v zapisiakh sovetskogo vremeni.
495p tan cloth with red lettering, title page printed red and black, includes musical notation, ...
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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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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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La Farce ou la Machine a Rire. Théorie d'un genre dramatique 1450 - 1550.
large paperback with grey cover, protective film fitted, from a Cambridge college library, ...
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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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Bloodsucker.
25p stapled comic, name to inside cover in pen, b/w illustrations, very good condition
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An Humorous Day's Mirth.
xx 174p hardback, green cloth with black and green jacket, like new condition, no significant wear, ...
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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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Jackal Farm: Or, Jungle of Good Jackals.
xvi 269p paperback with rose wrapper, author inscription, clean and tight copy, uncommon title
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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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The Comic History of England.
xviii 304p original maroon cloth with gilt illustrations to front board and spine, all edges gilt, ...
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The Complete Home Entertainer. Games and Amusements for the Whole Family.
512p hardback, navy cloth, good condition, some light wear commensurate with age, spine sunned, ...
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A New Light Thrown Across the Keep it Quite Darkest Africa: A Satirical and Humorous Sketch.
176p plus period adverts, petrol cloth with pink lettering, illustrated, "15th thousand," uncommon ...
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Cultural Correspondence Number 9: Sex Roles and Humor.
80p stapled A4 magazine, essays by Donna Harraway (Joys of Vacuuming), interviews with women comic ...
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Hood's Own, or Laughter from Year to Year. A New Edition.
viii 564p vi 563p two volumes in one very thick volume bound in very very bright green cloth with ...
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Komik in der österreichischen Literatur.
308p large paperback, clean and tight copy, never used, no names or stamps, excellent
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Progulka verkhom i drugie stikhi.
32p stapled booklet, blue card cover, colour illustrations throughout, very well preserved: ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 216, 1949.
776p large format, bound in plain blue cloth, lettered "Punch 1949, 1" on spine, bound volume of ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 217, 1949.
740p large format, bound in plain blue cloth, lettered "Punch 1949, 2" on spine, bound volume of ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 220, 1951.
788p large format, bound in plain blue cloth, lettered "Punch 1951, 1" on spine, bound volume of ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 221, 1951.
748p large format, bound in plain blue cloth, lettered "Punch 1951, 2" on spine, bound volume of ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 222, 1952.
776p large format, bound in plain blue cloth, lettered "Punch 1952, 1" on spine, bound volume of ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 223, 1952.
748p large format, bound in plain blue cloth, lettered "Punch 1952, 2" on spine, bound volume of ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 226, 1954.
792p large format, bound in plain blue cloth, lettered "Punch 1954, 1" on spine, bound volume of ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 82, 1882.
312p bound volume of issues dated Jan 7, 1882 - July 1st, 1882, bound in front the issue for Dec 6, ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 84, 1883.
312p bound volume of issues dated Jan 6, 1883 - June 30, 1883, bound in front the issue for Dec 7, ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 87, 1884.
iv 312p bound volume of issues dated July 5, 1884 - Dec 27, 1884, original cloth with Punch design ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 90 & 91, 1896.
iv 312p iv 312p bound volume for 1896, Almanack for 1896 in front, plain green cloth with lettering ...
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Punch, or The London Charivari. Volume 97, 1883.
iv 312p bound volume of issues dated July 6, 1889 - Dec 28, 1889, original cloth with Punch design ...
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Yale Wit and Humor, being Selections from the Yale Record of 1889 - 1893.
vi 94p large format, coarse cloth with gilt lettering, attractive illustrations throughout, period ...
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