Books on Humour

Mrs Feather's Diary.

154p hardback, bright yellow cloth, fresh and bright, illustrations by Walter Goetz, first edition

On the Stage and Off. The Brief Career of a Would-Be Actor. Tenth Edition.

viii 160p period paperback with firm pink paper cover, price One Shilling, 8 page publisher's ...

A Damsel in Distress. (W H Smith Binding)

319p burgundy cloth with black five-line frame, "Ex Libris WHS" to front and back, text clean, ...

The Brand New Monty Python Bok.

large format hardback, white dustjacket, elaborate punning production opening from both sides, ...

Cat's Cradle.

179p bright orange and black paperback with well-preserved Miro cover designed by Robert ...

The Inventions of Daedalus: A Compendium of Plausible Schemes.

204p paperback, large format, many illustrations, very good copy, a hint of humidity to first page, ...

This England 1940. With Drawings by Low.

80p stapled booklet colour cover, illustrated, very well preserved, staples not rusted, very good

Tittle Tattle, Being Old Saws Resharpened with One or Two New Ones.

23p gilt boards with title label to front, printed in black and blue, excellent paper, ornamental ...

Punography. The World's most Horrible and Obnoxious Puns.

approx 56p broight yellow card cover, clean copy, no imprint, year or ISBN, "Guaranteed to ...

Amusons-Nous!

132p landscape-format hardback, navy cloth, good condition, a little wear to edges, school pupils' ...

The Golden Earth and other Folk Tales.

74p small staple-bound book, brightly-coloured cover, very good condition, a little light wear to ...

Pending Heaven.

224p hardback in grey cloth, bright purple jacket, firm binding, a little light wear to jacket ...

The Polyglots.

327p hardback in green cloth, mustard-yellow jacket, firm binding, a little light wear to jacket ...

Pretty Creatures.

158p hardback in scarlet cloth, glossy red jacket, firm binding, a little light wear to jacket ...

My Wife's The Least Of It.

547p hardback in maroon cloth cloth, glossy pink jacket, firm binding, light wear to jacket edges ...

Resurrection.

362p hardback, grass-green cloth with glossy green jacket, firm binding, a little light wear to ...

Doom.

p hardback terracotta cloth, glossy tan jacket with b&w portrait, firm binding, a little light wear ...

Joe Miller's Jest Book; Forming a Banquet of Wit and Humour.

not paginated, approx 160p tall format, with illustrations, including two frontispiece and face to ...

Grammar-Land or, Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom-Shire. Fourth Edition.

viii 124p original red cloth with black lettering and decor, binding firm and tight, cloth a little ...

Since I Quit Smoking I Don't Know What to Do with My Hands.

thin booklet, red cover with white lettering, series of posed photographs with variations of the ...

The Power of Positive Pessimism: Proverbs for Our Times. Illustrated by Frank Page.

slim booklet, pink cover, illustrated, nice clean copy

Nine Inch will Please a Lady: A Treasury of Smut.

128p tan cover with pink vagina ornament, smutty content but book is clean as new, with limericks

Unkempt Thoughts. Translated by Jacek Galazka, Introduction Clifton Fadiman, Illustrated Barbara Carr.

160p hardback with black boards with fresh colour highlights, dustjacket (without flaws) present, ...

Official Human Being License.

x 47p spiral bound booklet, grey cover, text from typescript, two license wallet cards included, ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 2, Number 4.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover, illustrations throughout, very well preserved, clean ...

Hot to Keep Fit at Your Desk. The Desk-R-Cize Way.

31p slim booklet, well preserved, uncommon, many illustrations: from the Fitness Institute, with ...

People Games: Featuring such Penetrating Games as Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Hey Diddle Diddle, and Wham-Bam-Thank-You-Ma'am.

Mr Cheddar and Mrs Cheese are getting on marvelously here, Mach aus and Making out are having a ...

Sex Advice for the Single Girl. Sock it to 'em Answers. Illustrated by A C Diece.

120p not paginated, pink cover featuring clueless lady in transparent chemise, period paperback, no ...

Sick Sick Sick.

approx 200p period paperback, red cover, red edges, a tight and clean copy, no names or stamps, ...

What's Nude, Pussycat?

approx 36p stapled booklet, yellow illustrated cover, illustrations throughout, very well ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 5, Number 4.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover with Jay Leno portrait, illustrations throughout, ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 8, Number 4.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover, illustrations throughout, very well preserved, clean ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 8, Number 3.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover with Sid Caesar portrait, illustrations throughout, ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 8, Number 1.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover (Dave Barry), illustrations throughout, very well ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 7, Number 3.

approx 36p stapled booklet, colour illustrated cover with Mort Walker portrait, illustrations ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 7, Number 2.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover with Lenin drawing, illustrations throughout, very ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 7, Number 1.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover with Lynn Johnston portrait, illustrations ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 6, Number 1.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover with John Cleese portrait, illustrations throughout, ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 5, Number 2.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover (Mark Russell), illustrations throughout, very well ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 5, Number 1.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover (Buffalo Bob and Howdy Doody), illustrations ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 4, Number 4.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover (Ken Blanchard), illustrations throughout, text from ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 4, Number 3.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover, illustrations throughout, very well preserved, clean ...

Laughing Matters. Volume 1, Number 2.

approx 36p stapled booklet, illustrated cover, illustrations throughout, very well preserved, clean ...

The Crystal Bucket. Television Criticism from the Observer 1976 - 79

237p hardback with cream and brown unprice-clipped dustjacket, very well preserved copy of the ...

Oddentification. 64 Drawings and Rhymes Reprinted from 'The Aeroplane'.

64p stapled booklet, bright yellow cover, very good condition, marks and light wear to covers, ...

A Month of Saturdays. Thirty-One Famous Pieces by 'Constant Reader'.

xxiv 157p hardback with silver dustjacket, first UK edition, well preserved copy with introduction ...

The Movie Lover.

300p paperback, excellent condition, first printing of the first paperback edition

The 1002nd Book to Read Before You Die.

198p paperback with black and brown photograph cover, like new condition, free from wear and ...

Scotland Before the Bomb.

236p paperback with vivid illustrated yellow and blue cover, like new condition, free from wear and ...

Les Comédien Désincarne.

280p paperback in white and green cover, good condition, binding intact, a little scruffy on the ...

The Penguin Parkinson. Parkinson's Law, The Law and the Profits, and In-Laws and Out-Laws. Three Volume Set.

109p 172p 169p set of three slim volumes in a white and orange slipcase, very good condition, a ...

Skomorokhi na Rusi.

xii 535p sturdy hardback, black faux-leather boards with bright gilt lettering, like new condition, ...

Up North. Told by a Sapper.

78p small slim paperback, tan card cover with cartoon, good condition, binding intact, a few stamps ...

Holier Than Thou. A Not Too Serious Book About an All-American City. Ann Arbor, Michigan.

72p landscape-format booklet, colour photograph cover in staple binding, very good condition, ...

Nonsense Cookery. A Manuscript in Original Calligraphy.

This is an elongated booklet with an elaborate thread binding, brown cover, 12 pages of lightly ...

Quips and Quiddities: A Latin Rag-Bag.

square paperback booklet, nice clean copy, no names or stamps, limited edition of 250 copies, very ...

Pigs is Pigs.

48p red cloth, title label to front, black lettering to spine, illustrations by Will Crawford, ...

The Silver Store. Collected from Mediaeval Christian and Jewish Mines. First Edition.

xiii 197p small neat hardback, maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine, very good condition, ...

But Soft - We Are Observed! With Drawings By G K Chesterton.

312p hardback in amber cloth, binding stiff but intact, textblock slanted, spine neatly separated ...

Less Eminent Victorians.

approx 60p of limericks with Victorian style illustrations, terracotta cloth solid, large format, ...

Selected Cautionary Verses.

181p orange period paperback, illustrations by N Bentley, very good copy, name in pencil to cover ...

Selected Cautionary Verses.

181p orange period paperback, illustrations Bentley, very good copy, no names or stamps, first ...

Billy Liar on the Moon. With an Extensive Inscription by Nicholas Coleridge.

240p hardback, dustjacket, very extensive inscription by Nicholas Coleridge over three pages ...

Quibble's Cocoa. Words by F Edmonds

12p pamphlet, a little aged, complete, intact, No 50155

Scatty. British Cats, French Cats and Cosmopolitan Cats.

Small square format paperback, red and white illustrated cover with matching dustjacket, jacket ...

Lewis Carroll. Nonsense Verse.

48p slim paperback with geometric green and black cover design, excellent copy, fresh and bright, ...

Freshers' Guide. Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

40p booklet, pale card cover, firm binding, pages clean and neat, cartoons and artwork throughout, ...

Alternative Prospectus 1996. Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

20p booklet with b&w stripey cover, binding intact, pages clean and bright, a nice copy of the 1996 ...

The Story of a Feather.

329p petrol cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine, a nice tight copy, inner hinges tight, ...

Le Dessin d'Humour du XVe Siècle à Nos Jours.

150p square paperback in scarlet card cover, very good condition, minimal wear, spine sunned, ...

The Handbook of Swindling, and other Papers.

xxiii 242p red cloth cloth with black and gilt lettering, nice tight copy, inner hinges good, text ...

Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures and the Story of a Feather.

xxxvi 384p terracotta cloth with black lettering to front, gilt lettering to spine, bevelled ...

Paprika. A Collection of Cartoons by Several of Hungary's Leading Humorists.

approx 64p hardback with dustjacket, very well preserved, no stamps or names, very good

Great Moments in Architecture.

120p landscape-format hardback, scarlet cloth and jacket, very good condition, light wear to top ...

Some Boston Ballads.

20p staple-bound poetry booklet, tan card cover, a little light wear, binding intact, pages clean ...

Les Carnets Secrets.

120p square hardback, laminated white cover with red text, very good condition, minimal wear, ...

Pont.

96p bright blue cloth hardback, very good condition, minimal wear, firm binding, attractive ...

Grammaire et Vocabulaire de la Langue Taensa avec Textes Traduits et Commentés.

xix 111p library rebound in red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, a nice clean copy of the ...

Ancestral Manners.

64p paperback in white illustrated cover, very good condition, light sunning and marks to back ...

The Catalogue of Fantastic Inventions.

126p large format paperback, very good condition, firm binding, black cover with colour photo, ...

Edward Lear. A Life.

xv 360p sturdy paperback, blue and beige covers, like new condition, a fresh copy, tight binding, ...

The Poetry of Nonsense.

86p small neat hardback, gilt-pattered boards with blue cloth spine, very good condition, a little ...

The Daynight Lamp and Other Poems.

xi 65p large hardback, black cloth with yellow lettering, very good condition, a little light wear ...

GTM. The Great Teaching Machine.

slim paperback, illustrated throughout, light yellowing, very good

Gallows Songs.

175?p large format hardback, orange and black patterned cover, earth-brown jacket with some wear ...

The Mr Men, No 2. Cartoons From The Daily Mirror.

80p landscape-format paperback, colour cartoon cover, very good condition, binding intact, wear and ...

The Mr Men, No 1. Cartoons From The Daily Mirror.

80p landscape-format paperback, colour cartoon cover, very good condition, binding intact, light ...

L'Ombra del Gatto. Il magico sorriso di Lewis Carroll.

172p paperback with illustrated yellow card cover, nice copy, very well preserved

The British at Home. With an Appreciation by T H White.

122p blue cloth tight, hinges firm, light discolouration to boards, text/ illustrations clean and ...

Cefischer in fröhlicher Runde.

86p slim hardback, colour illustrations to cover, additional illustations in the back, a nice and ...

Oh, la l'art!

Large format hardback with very well preserved white dustjacket, excellent copy, as new.

Così Ridono gli Italiani. Venticinque Anni di Vignette, Disegni e Testi Comici: da Jacovitti a Forattini, da Altan a Chiappori, da Pericoli a Vincino, da Angese ai Falsi del "Male", un irresistibile Ritratto dell'Italia che Ride.

large format hardback, red dustjacket fresh and clean, illustrated throughout with caricatures etc, ...

Tradizioni Popolari Italiane.

193p paperback, green cover, a fresh and clean copy, no names or stamps, well preserved, first ...

Problemi di Grammatica Italiana.

159p paperback, red cover, a fresh and clean copy, no names or stamps, well preserved

La Scienza del Comico. Presentazione di Umberto Eco.

170p hardback, brown boards, fresh clean copy, no names or stamps, very well preserved, light ink ...

Tor. Nummer II van de Blauwe Snoeckjes, Tweede Reeks.

157p paperback, beige covers with tanned spine, very good condition, light wear to covers, binding ...

People at Home.

approx 60p blue boards with gilt lettering, blue/purple dustjacket present, illustrated with vigour ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chanticlere. No 115, Lent Term 1938.

64p slim paperback, cover with cockerel design, a nice clean copy, with plates, original, pencil ...

Fantomas Versus the Multinational Vampires. An Attainable Utopia.

87p paperback, scarlet covers with lurid artwork, like new condition, minimal wear to edges, ...

Umoristi Inglesi.

142p paperback, reddish cover, a fresh and clean copy

Il Realismo di Chaplin.

229p paperback, white covers with black spine and purple artwork, very good condition, a little ...

Fiabe Satiriche Russe.

155p hardback, turquoise cloth with colourfully illustrated jacket, very good condition, a little ...

Disegni per il Cinema. Furio Scarpelli ed Ettore Scola. Casa del Mantegna, 9 - 27 Febbraio 1985.

72p paperback, silver covers, very good condition, a little light wear to cover surfaces, binding ...

O Ye Jogs & Juleps! Illustrated by Karla Kuskin.

95p very tight and fresh period paperback, green frame to cover, spine very tight and not creased, ...

The Book of Lear.

256p period paperback with yellow cover, illustrations, minor signs of wear and age

Teorie del Comico.

160p paperback, inserted is a letter by the author, this copy heavily annotated in ink with about ...

The Complete Alec.

136p paperback comic, brown and white illustrated cover, very good condition, minimal wear to cover ...

Tavi: Een vroolijk guitenleven.

219p period paperback with orange illustrated cover, some illustrations in the text, well ...

Come ti Erudisco il Pupo.

213p paperback, turquoise cover with cartoon, white spine, very good condition, minimal wear, some ...

Popevke i Spelancije - Crveni Peristil.

270p small hardback, grass-green cloth with gilt lettering, very good condition, light wear to ...

Il Libro degli Snobs.

xiii 252p paperback, tan covers with semi-transparent jacket, very good condition, light wear to ...

Considerazioni Filosofiche del Gatto Murr.

160p paperback, beige cover with flaps, minimal wear, a few light smudges to cover, binding firm, ...

Il Paradiso di Peynet.

160?p paperback, pink covers with white spine, some sunning and tanning, binding firm, pages clean ...

First Among Sequels. A Thursday Next Novel.

397p hardback, crimson cloth with colourful illustrated jacket, very good condition, light wear to ...

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 ...

Il Romanzo dei Comici di Campagna.

xiv 352p hardback, beige cloth with bright yellow jacket and blue band, very good condition, ...

The Book of British Humour.

58p small booklet with illustration to front cover, staple binding tight, slight spotting to front ...

Facezie Italiane del '400 e '500 .

246p period paperback, a tight and clean copy

The Nonsense Books of Edward Lear.

320p mass market paperback, a well preserved copy, spine not creased, illustrated troughout, ...

Sul modo più sbrigativo di sopprimere il dissenso - Un metodo efficace per prevenire i crimini di strada.

78p purple paperback, a fresh copy, with illustrations, tight and clean, no traces of use, uncommon ...

The Political Madhouse in America and Nearer Home.

64p hardback, blue coards with white lettering, transparent jacket present, bright and clean copy ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream.

159p small paperback, white cover, very good condition, minimal wear to cover and edges, binding ...

The Lingua Franca of the Corporate Banker. An Exploration and Explanation of the Idiosyncrasies of Business.

137p paperback, lime green cover, like new condition, no noticeable wear, binding tight, pages ...

The Power of Laughter and Satire in Early Modern Britain: Political and Religious Culture, 1500 - 1820.

ix 242p hardback, as new, never used, excellent copy

Bags of Swank.

176p period paperback with illustrated cover, first Penguin edition, fresh and clean copy, no names ...

A Melon for Ecstasy.

174p paperback with light blue illutrated cover, excellent tight copy of the first Penguin ...

The Clicking of Cuthbert, and Other Stories.

188p orange period paperback, illustrated cover, well preserved, first Penguin printing, spine a ...

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 ...

Provocative Verse and Libellous Limericks.

hardback, green velvety boards with black lettering, spine absent, author' signed compliments on ...

Austrian Studies. Volume 15, 2007. Austrian Satire and Other Essays. Studies in Honour of Edward Timms.

vi 216p paperback, white and green cover, very good condition, little to no wear, binding firm, ...

La Farce du Pauvre Jouhan. Pièce Comique du XVe Siècle.

62p paperback, grey cover, very good condition, binding intact, minimal wear, one or two light ...

Komik in der österreichischen Literatur.

308p large paperback, clean and tight copy, never used, no names or stamps, excellent

Alle Galgenlieder. (Galgenlieder, Palmström / Palma Kunkel, Gingganz)

333p bright yellow cloth clean and tight, dustjacket intact and well preserved, tight copy, clean ...

Mr. Gillray. The Caricaturist. A Biography with 147 Illustrations.

vi 266p large hardback, red cloth with gilt lettering and yellow jacket, good condition, light wear ...

Jackal Farm: Or, Jungle of Good Jackals.

xvi 269p paperback with rose wrapper, author inscription, clean and tight copy, uncommon title

We Indians.

152p illustrated paperback, very good copy, clean and tight

I am America (and so can you!) Advance Blad Excerpt, Incomplete, Uncorrected, Subject to Change.

32p stapled booklet, promotional title, containing excepts and references to marketing, uncommon ...

The Book of Irish Wit and Humour.

118p paperback, white cover with red lettering, very good condition, minimal wear, sticker to back ...

Chewin' the Cud.

144p paperback, bright blue cover with cartoon, very good condition, some light wear to covers and ...

The Reactionary Joke Book.

vi 90p paperback, scarlet cover with cartoon, very good condition, light wear to cover edges, ...

Dr Jack's Third Illustrated South African Byrd Book.

72p paperback, scarlet cover, like new condition, no noticeable wear, binding tight, all pages ...

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, ...

What's My Motivation?

311p paperback, white cover, very good condition, some very light wear and a few light marks to ...

Medieval Comic Tales. Translated from Seven Languages.

xi 160p paperback, blood-red card cover, very good condition, light wear to covers, binding stiff ...

Puffin 50th Anniversary Storybook Box. Ten Volumes and Anniversary Pamphlet.

Boxed set of ten paperbacks, good condition, light wear, one edge of box torn, binding intact if a ...

Flashman and the Dragon.

320p fresh paperback with illustrated cover in the Chinese style, fresh and clean copy with gift ...

Indian History from Above and Below: Two Academic Parodies.

20p stapled booklet, red lettering to cover, clean and tight copy

Prangmere Mess - and Other Tales.

100p slim hardback, dustjacket fresh and clean, excellent attractive copy, name to endpaper, barely ...

Humour and Fantasy.

1180p hardback, green illustrated dustjacket present with flaws, text clean, a little dusty and ...

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 ...

Manege Frei! Die Kulturgeschichte des Zirkus.

199p very large format hardback with bright yellow dustjacket, colourfully illustrated throughout, ...

An Humorous Day's Mirth.

xx 174p hardback, green cloth with black and green jacket, like new condition, no significant wear, ...

Yet More Comic and Curious Verse.

350p original paperback, orange decorative cover, some soiling to edge, text clean, binding tight, ...

Winnowed Wisdom.

xiv 264p grey cloth with dark lettering to spine and front, a fresh clean copy, first edition

College Days.

164p dark blue cloth with yellow lettering to spine and front, a fresh clean copy, second printing

Over the Footlights and other Fancies.

279p blue cloth with black lettering to spine and front, a fresh clean copy, first edition

The Garden of Folly. A Picture of the World we Live in.

277p black cloth with faint green lettering to spine and front, a fresh clean copy, first edition

Short Circuits.

ix 336p orange cloth with black lettering to spine and front, a clean copy, small tear to spine, ...

Literary Lapses.

248p red cloth with dark lettering to spine and front, paper yellowing, ninth printing, nice paper, ...

The Female Approach. With Masculine Sidelights. With a Letter by Max Beerbohm.

96p red boards, illustrated throughout, clean copy, second printing

The Birthday Book of Wit and Humour.

small format, full calf, all edges gilt, to front: The Wit and Humour Birthday Book, on spine "Wit ...

Giocando con l'Infinito - Matematica per Tutti.

viii 300p fresh and tight paperback, spine not creased, excellent, many illustrations

Gyascutus: Studies in Antebellum Southern Humorous and Sporting Writing.

234p paperback with yellow cover, fresh clean copy, no signs of use

Bilmece: A Corpus of Turkish Riddles.

vii 1063p large paperback, yellow card cover, very thick volume, text reproduced from typescript, a ...

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 ...

Further Foolishness.

234p green cloth with light lettering to spine and front, colour frontispiece with tissueguard, ...

Bloodsucker.

25p stapled comic, name to inside cover in pen, b/w illustrations, very good condition

Images of "Omaha".

41p erotic comic, name in pen to inside cover, very good condition

Flesh. Issue 1.

32p stapled erotic comic, full page b/w illustrations, illustrated front and back covers, name on ...

Micsoda város! Karikatúrák a 125 éves Budapestrol. A Fovárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Budapest Gyujteményének kiállítása.

xix 160p large format paperback, illustrated throughout, very good, uncommon title

The Great Switcheroo (La Grande Entourloupe) and The Last Act (Le Dernier Acte).

199p paperback, bilingual edition, very good condition, light wear to cover edges, binding strong, ...

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 ...

Szinem - Java.

574p hardback, worn paper jacket present, ownership label to endpaper, text clean, first edition, ...

Cultural Correspondence Number 9: Sex Roles and Humor.

80p stapled A4 magazine, essays by Donna Harraway (Joys of Vacuuming), interviews with women comic ...

The Sokal Hoax. The Sham that Shook the Academy.

ix 271p paperback, as new

The National Joker: Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Satire.

178p hardback with fresh dustjacket, many illustrations, a tight and clean copy, new

The Limerick. 1700 Examples with Notes Variants and Index. The Famous Paris Edition. Complete and Unexpurgated.

517p hardback edition, binding strong, yellow cloth binding very firm, fresh green jacket, ...

Cricket Crackers.

192p hardback in black cloth, light wear, some marks on boards and endpapers, sticker on title ...

A New Miscellany-At-Law - yet another Diversion for Lawyers and others.

xiii 450p hardback, grey cloth with black dustjacket, minimal/no wear to surfaces and sides, spine ...

Flourishing. Letters 1928 - 1946.

xxxiii 755p hardback, black cloth, clipped dustjacket showing some light surface wear, pages and ...

Dies und das für euch zum Spass.

88p plain grey-blue cloth, bookplate, well preserved, some poems re-numbered in ink, a collection ...

Cohen's Cornucopia.

112p hardback, price sticker on back cover, publisher's ink stamp on front endpaper, otherwise like ...

Thurber Country.

255p paperback, humorous anecdotes, cartoon sketches throughout, very good condition, tight copy, ...

Simple Custom.

63p hardback, dustjacket in very good condition, illustrations bright and clean, text unmarked, ...

Punch and the London Charivari. July to December 1901.

464p large format original cloth, gilt design to front, a tight and clean copy, illustrated ...

What's the Use?

64p slim hardback pink laminated boards, edges a little dusty, very good

Ferhoodled English. Curious and Amusing Pennsylvania Dutch Talk.

23p stapled pamphlet, full colour illustrated card cover in very good condition, clean pages, a ...

The Memoirs of a Pussycat.

92p blue decrative paper cover showing the image of Charlie Chaplin greeting a cat, cover is in ...

Rumpole and the Angel of Death.

261p hardback with white illustrated dustjacket, excellent condition, first edition

The ABZ of Pornography.

163p paperback, cover in excellent condition, firm binding, clean pages, a well preserved copy, ...

Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities. With 15 Coloured Illustrations by Henry Alken.

vii 240p burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine, colour plates, well preserved

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 ...

Boxes.

oblong hardback, paper covered boards with illustration, illustrated throughout, excellent fresh ...

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 ...

A New Dictionary of Art.

xiv 231p hardback, a new copy, still sealed in clear film, first edition

The Bridgeman Art Library. A to Z.

64p booklet, cover in very good condition, clean pages, a well preserved copy, scarce

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 ...

The Comic History of England.

xviii 304p original maroon cloth with gilt illustrations to front board and spine, all edges gilt, ...

George Cruikshank's Table-Book.

284p original green blindstamped cloth with gilt decoration to front board and spine, minor damage ...

A Dustbin of Milligan.

125p black and white paperback, scarce special edition published for Oxfam, very light creasing to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Best of Ou Are Awful!

24p landscape format booklet, illustrated pages, in excellent condition, 'Open University' based ...

Galgenlieder.

32p illustrated manuscript unsigned except for the clue "Hago Verlag" to title page, each poem with ...

Mother Goose in Hieroglyphics.

oblong format, illustrated throughout, hardback with dustjacket, fresh and clean copy of the ...

Thurber Carnival.

286p original Penguin paperback, humorous anecdotes, cartoon sketches throughout, very good

Edward Lear Selected Letters.

xxxiii 325p hardback (blue cloth) with bright dustjacket, excellent copy, illustrations throughout, ...

Here's Your Medicine. Nursing for Novices.

vii 117p paperback, well preserved, many illustrations, first edition

Baboo Jabberjee, BA.

272p terracotta hardback with colour frontispiece and many addtl b/w plates, spine a little soft ...

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. With a Frontispiece by Cyrus Cuneo.

xii 264p burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine, colour frontispiece, 5th ...

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 ...

Punch Magazine, Coronation Number.

64p issue of Punch, full colour cover and advertisements, a well preserved copy

The Next King Charles. Punch Magazine, 3 - 9 March 1971.

pp 286 - 322, full issue of Punch, clean pages, staples in very good condition, well preserved

Perspectives of Irony in Medieval French Literature.

198p large format paperback, green lettering to front, excellent fresh copy without name or stamp, ...

Educating Rita. A Comedy.

58p white card cover with dark pink title, very fresh copy

Cruikshank at Home. A New Family Album of Endless Entertainment.

vi 319p green cloth with gilt decoration to front and spine, front board detaching, hinges weak, ...

The Comic Theatre of Greece and Rome.

168p paperback, white cover, plates, light pencilled lines to a few margins, clean text, firm ...

Jonson Versus Bakhtin. Carnival and the Grotesque.

267p paperback, excellent condition, as new

Okker Gokker Gummi Klokker og Andre Bornerim.

approx 46p large format, card cover, colour illustrated by Ungermann, one small crease to front, ...

English Satire and the Satiric Tradition.

xiii 286p paperback, from a Cambridge College library, label to spine, clean pages, firm binding, a ...

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 ...

Progulka verkhom i drugie stikhi.

32p stapled booklet, blue card cover, colour illustrations throughout, very well preserved: ...

The Eighteenth Century in English Caricature.

viii 96p small format, green lettering to boards, old soiling to front, colour frontispiece and ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Volksrätsels.

152p bound in plain green cloth, excellent fresh copy, first edition, from the library of Wayland ...

Historia General de la Caricatura y la Ironia Plastica.

84p plus approx 100 pages of illustrations, large format paperback, dustjacket present, excellent ...

'A Storia 'e Roma. Sonetti Dialettali.

88p slim paperback, very well preserved copy

Succede a Napoli. Il cittadino che la vuole cotta. Eccellenza, carissimo don Giovannino. Lettere di Don Gennaro Trementina (ex primo ed unico cambariero dell'ex Caffè del Trimbunalo).

228p original paperback, firm and tight, excellent copy, first edition

Historia de la Caricatura en Norte-America.

approx 180p very many illustrations throughout, a well preserved copy of a scarce title

Bombay Duck.

316p hardback, dustjacket in excellent condition, a bright copy, clean, firm binding, like new

The ABC's of Developing Software. A Primer on Essentials of Software Development.

116p orange paperback, spine faded, neat markings from an engineering library, clean and firm copy, ...

Eighteenth Century Comedy.

xxvii 413p small format blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, clean pages, firm binding, attractive ...

Wanderings in Marylebone.

ix 98p grey paperback, frontispiece illustration, further illustrations throughout, foxing to page ...

The Great Folk of Old Marylebone.

vi 79p blue cloth with white cloth spine, gilt lettering to front, frontispiece with tissue guard, ...

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 ...

Punch. January 11th 1939.

pp 30 - 56, A4 format journal with illustrated cover, advertisements to first and last pages, ...

Punch. May 10th 1939.

pp 510 - 536, A4 format journal with illustrated cover, advertisements to first and last pages, ...

Court in the Act.

135p paperback, illustrated by Judy Brindley, a bright copy, signed by the author, in perfect ...

She Was Fat, She Was Fair, She Was Forty. Comic Song. Sung by Fred French.

4 pages, title, music, additional verses, publishers adverts to back, large format, removed from ...

The Faber Book of Comic Verse.

388p terracotta cloth fresh and pleasant to the touch, find paper, very good and clean copy, with ...

P. Terenti Comoediae.

237p plus 15p publisher's catalogue, small format, blindstamped burgundy cloth, pages are clean, a ...

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, ...

The Romany Rye.

xiv 392p green cloth, "EL" monogram to spine, light library markings to endpaper, spine a bit pale ...

A la Manière de nos divins Poètes.

189p paperback, very well preserved, clean copy, holding well

Mathematical Snack Bar: A Collection of Notes and Results.

v 155p cloth, dustjacket present but, well, dusty, well preserved copy, first edition

Year Book of English Studies: Volume 14, 1984. Special Number: Satire. Essays in Memory of Robert C Elliott, 1914 - 1981.

366p large format orange paperback, a clean and tight copy from a Cambridge college library, ...

Humor. (Yale French Studies 23)

104p large paperback, yellow cover with red face, all articles in English, very good

A Wee Keek Intae The Past (History in Verse)

33p white paperback, photographic portrait of the author to front cover, excellent condition, as new

Tricky Tricks.

51p hardback, brightly coloured laminated boards as new, publisher's file copy markings to ...

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 ...

Whims and Oddities in Prose and Verse with 80 Original Designs.

323p printed original wrapper, name to front, period advert "Battle of the Safes at Paris - ...

Euer Hochwohlgeboren, Exzellenz, sehr verehrter Herr Geheimrat: Briefe durch die Jahrhunderte.

93p tall format, stiff boards, fresh copy, as new

New Statesman Competitions.

117p first edition, yellow cloth darkened to spine and a little spotted to boards, pages very clean ...

On Nous Écrit de Gonfle-Boufigue.

250p cream paperback, illustrated cover in colour, spine a little aged, creasing to top corner for ...

Pastil #4.

46p paperback graphic novel with black illustrated cover, first edition August 1999, excellent ...

Pastil #1.

46p paperback graphic novel with orange illustrated cover, first edition August 1998, excellent ...

Daddy is So Far Away…We Must Find Him!

66p purple paperback, graphic novel in excellent condition, as new, a "fascinating saga that draws ...

Saturday Songs.

vi 124p large format, two tone green cloth with floral design, top edge gilt, old library ...

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 ...

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 ...

North from Granada.

254p paperback in excellent condition, pages bright and fresh, as new

The Good Things of "Life". Sixth Series.

brown cloth with gilt illustrations to front, oblong format, initial 5 pages detached, rest well ...

Varsity Rags and Hoaxes.

48p small light blue cover, contains various illustrations and historical photographs, pages clean, ...

The Hunting of the Snark and Other Lewis Carroll Verses.

63p small hardback with dustjacket, spine a little faded otherwise very well preserved, pencil note ...

Comedy. Special Issue of The Twentieth Century, July 1961.

176p white journal with Cheshire cat to front cover, articles by Kingsley Amis, Jonathan Miller, J ...

Alle Galgenlieder.

190p yellow paperback, very good

The Matrimonial Agent. A Farce in One Act.

stapled booklet, 12p of text, plus additional pages of publisher's adverts, staples rusty, still ...

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 ...

A Nice Quiet Morning. A Fearfully Funny Farce.

stapled booklet, 12p of text, plus additional pages of publisher's adverts, Holloway Pills advert ...

Let's Play Games in French.

ix 129p red paperback, excellent fresh copy

Let's Play Games in German.

xiii 81p brown paperback, excellent fresh copy

Selected Poems.

xxii 121p bright and crisp paperback from Carcanet, with the classic illustrations by Tenniel to go ...

A Bonfire of Weeds.

252p first edition, Beachcomber title, pink dustjacket lightly worn at edges with a few small ...

Yorkshire Ditties. First Series.

143p original blue cloth with gilt lettering and black décor, tight fresh copy, extensive ...

Humorous Poems. With a Preface By Alfred Ainger and One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations By Charles E Brock.

236p green cloth, title label to spine, many illustrations throughout, attractive copy of the first ...

Select Fragments of the Greek Comic Poets.

xxii 203p original burgundy cloth, nice clean copy, from a Cambridge college library, "annexe ...

Alle Galgenlieder. (Galgenlieder, Palmström / Palma Kunkel, Gingganz)

333p tan cloth clean and tight excellent copy, printed in sans serif font

Vicious Circles and Infinity. A Panoply of Paradoxes.

104p first edition hardcover, black boards fresh, faint pencil note to back endpaper, drawing of ...

Rol de Cornudos.

216p hardback with illustrated dustjacket, very fresh copy

The New Harold Wilson Bunkside Book.

approx 80p illustrated throughout, red boards, oblong format, minor library marking, spine a bit ...

The Biglow Papers. Newly Edited with a Preface by the Author of Tom Brown's School-days. Reprinted from the 4th American Edition.

lxviii 140p, original green cloth blindstamped, text clean, back inner hinge weak, binding firm, ...

Down Another Track.

174p first edition hardcover, white illustrated dustjacket with tear to top corner otherwise good, ...

Three Ring Mad.

192p illustrated period paperback, tiger face to front cover, excellent condition

The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.

original limp olive cloth, pictorial front cover in gilt, 40p 11 plates, one plate in duplicate, ...

The Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll.

1066p large format paperback, very good, with illustrations by Tenniel

Fun with Words.

72p green card cover, very good

Mathematician's Delight.

238p blue period paperback, very good, fresh copy

Über Spanisch Humor.

46p stapled offprint, authorial greetings, nice copy

Pipes and Tabors. A Book of Light Verse.

x 132p hardback with bright pink dustjacket (this dustjacket displays on the inside the details of ...

Chastushki v zapisiakh sovetskogo vremeni.

495p tan cloth with red lettering, title page printed red and black, includes musical notation, ...

Cause of Wear in Sheeps' Teeth.

3p offprint (single sheet folded) from Nature, Author's Compliments stamp, nice fresh copy: Argues ...

Die Jobsiade. Ein grotesk komisches Heldengedicht in drei Teilen von C A K.

176p, pp 48 - 166, 166p, small format, rebound in plain boards with grey cloth spine, faulty copy ...

The Lure of the Limerick. An Uninhibited History.

146p red boards (slighty worn/soiled), pages clean, with illustrations, still a good copy

Satire.

255p white paperback with illustrated cover, pages very clean with plates, binding tight, fresh copy

Party Games.

80p slim booklet with blue jacket, nice fresh copy, many illustrations

Laugh Lines # 2.

32p paper cover, nice fresh copy, not dated

Sgarbo a Sgarbi e la sua band: Quale destino avrebbe avuto Vittorio Sgarbi se fosse stato calvo?

66p paperback with green laminated cover, as new

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 ...

Die ängstliche Nacht. Bildergeschichten, Prosa und Gedichte.

72p paperback, a little aged,

The Stuffed Owl: An Anthology of Bad Verse.

264p paperback, clean fresh copy

Russkaia karikatura 40-50-kh gg. XIX v. (RUSSIAN)

146p red cloth binding, small quarto format, very well preserved

The Diverting History of John Gilpin, Showing How he Went Farther than He Intended, and Came Safe Home Again.

36?p hardback, moss-green cloth with white and green illustration, good condition, light wear to ...

Whims and Oddities in Prose and Verse. A New Edition.

425p faded maroon cloth with embossed design, gilt titles, tear to both sides of top of spine, ...

Prof. E McSquared's Original, Fantastic and Highly Edifying Calculus Primer.

111p beige large format paperback, ex library introduction to Calculus amusingly illustrated ...

Il Tre. Operetta Dilettevole. Ed. Charles Speroni.

approx 36p orange card cover, editor inscription, very good

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 ...

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 ...

Nastennyi Kalendar. Russian Language.

365p metal clasp, some pages detached, but all present, pages clean, browned

More Minor Horrors. Illustrated.

163p brown paperback, this copy library shelfmark tape to spine and private ex libris, front hinge ...

The Heroic Deeds of Gargantua and Pantagruel. Dent's Double Volumes.

362p hardback, terracotta cloth with peach jacket, light wear to boards, no names or stamps, a very ...

Das Lächerliche in der französischen Literatur des Ancien Régime.

30p offprint, faint pencil note "tanti saluti F S", nice clean copy

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

North from Granada.

254p hardcover with dustjacket in excellent condition, pages bright and fresh, as new

Puzzles Old and New.

xx 394p brown cloth with black and gilt illustrated boards, spine bright, first edition by ...

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 ...

Whims and Oddities in Prose and Verse, with 87 Original Designs. A New Edition.

310p original green cloth blindstamped, many illustrations, this copy a bit slanted

I "Fabliaux" di Chaucer: Tradizione e innovazione nella narrativa comica chauceriana.

246p large paperback, brown cover, fresh clean copy, as new, uncommon title

Das Ironische und die Ironie in den Werken Thomas Manns.

230p black paperback, spine a little rubbed, pages unmarked, binding firm, very good condition

Galgenlieder: Dem Kind im Manne.

ca 30p small paperback, pages unmarked with b&w plates, binding firm, very good

Die Kirmes und andere Bildergeschichten.

70p small beige hardback with transparent jacket, pages unmarked with the Wilhelm Busch ...

Schelmussky: Kuriose und gefährliche Reisebeschreibung zu Land und zu Wasser.