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By: N/A
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Success Publishing Company Ltd.:
Seller ID: 001037
(TITLE CONTINUES : Written by one Who has Made it his Special Study, Who has Found it Pay where Ordinary Brains Failed to Impress, and Who now Wishes to Impart his Knowledge to the Great Army of Incompetents all Over the World.) Small 8vo, pp 96, in pictorial wrappers, undated (circa 1920's), copy has some wear and browning, some small tears and creasing to wrappers, part of "Political Humbug" sticker attached to front of wrappers, some small tears and nicks to fore-edges, corners worn, spine lacking a small piece at base. [Author not attributed but satirical analysis of how to "sw... View more info
By: N/A
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ltd: 1906
Seller ID: 009402
Condition: Fair
Very well illustrated with many full page cartoons, large quarto, pp 500, very slightly worn internally, standard red half leather, a bit marked, spine very oxidised, and lacking small portions at the head and base. View more info
By: N/A
Price: £3.75
Publisher: Maynard, Mass, Chandler Press: 1988
Seller ID: 011155
ISBN: 0944593038
Condition: Good
Well illustrated, small slim 8vo, pp (32), papeback, a little wear and foxing to the covers, upper cover slightly creased, otherwise a good sound copy. [A collection of amusing and bizarre advertisements]. Postage will be reduced. View more info
By: Burrows, W.F.
Price: £4.50
Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co.:
Seller ID: 009980
Condition: Good
[Not dated, c.1938?]. Well illustrated, small 8vo, pp 124, tiny amount of foxing to half-title and title page, small neat inscription on front endpaper, a small stain runs throughout on the bottom inner corner of the pages, otherwise clean and sound internally, dark blue pictorial cloth, slightly worn, a small stain to the borrom corner, binding leaning slightly. [A collection of cartoons which first appeared in "The Daily Sketch" and which are based on alternative interpretations of well-known phrases such as "putting his back in to it", "running water in every room", ... View more info
By: Clarke, Graham
Price: £4.00
Publisher: Maidstone, Ebenezer Press: 1992
Seller ID: 005724
ISBN: 0950235725
Illustrated, tall 12mo, pp (152), pictorial laminated boards, a good copy. View more info
By: Costa, Elsa
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Private printing:
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 000073
Condition: Good
Octavo, pp (36), original buff sewn wrappers, a little chipped and browned. A book of (only slightly !) risque poems. Privately printed, presumably in Italy as the cover price is 100 lire. A note on the rear flap states "For broad-minded adults only. A limited edition of this remarkable book, which will be published shortly in New York and London". (n.d. c.1920?) View more info
By: Craig, Mike
Price: £6.50
Publisher: Manchester, Private printing: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 011551
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, large 8vo, pp viii, 204, paperback, very slight signs of wear. [This was actually Alan Titchmarsh's copy, though it does not have his bookplate. There is, however, an inscription on the title page - "To the Yorkshire Man of the Year, from the Batley lad of the century ! Mike Craig, 17.10.97".] View more info
By: Everitt, Graham
Price: £40.00
Publisher: London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co.: 1893
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014781
Condition: Good
Well illustrated, large thick octavo, pp xx, 427, some foxing throughout, bookplate of Walter William Brodie, front and rear hinges cracking very slightly but still very sound, blue cloth, gilt decorations, slightly worn and rubbed, the spine spotted, slightly bruised at the base, slightly torn at the head. View more info
By: Geisert, Arthur
Price: £3.50
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011225
ISBN: 0395778743
Condition: Fair
Illustrated throughout, small slim quarto, pp (60), half-title a bit marked and foxed, a slight suggestion also to the title page, slightly worn and creased internally,papeback, covers a little worn and marked, a small crease to the lower corne of the upper cover. View more info
By: Hendy, Phil
Price: £3.75
Publisher: Wells, Mendip Publishing: 1978
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014529
ISBN: 0905903099
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated with cartoons, small slim octavo, pp 64, paperback, a good clean copy. [Postage will be reduced] View more info
By: Hewson, William
Price: £3.50
Publisher: London, Elm Tree Books: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010986
ISBN: 0241894832
Condition: Good
Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 144, lower corner slightly bumped throughout, black cloth similarly bumped, in a slightly worn dustwrapper which is lacking a piece of its lower cover. View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Stirling, Eneas Mackay: 1905
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014708
Condition: Good
Small octavo, illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates, pp 192, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, a little used internally, several thumb-marks and light stains, green blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and a little worn, slightly marked. RARE. [Mainly light and humerous short tales.] View more info
By: Mayhew, Horace
Price: £4.00
Publisher: London, The Arts Council of Great Britain:
Seller ID: 011220
ISBN: 072870014x
Condition: Very Good
Facsimile reprint, not dated - 1970's ?. A long coloured concertina (approximately 195 cms by 13 cms), 16mo, in very good condition, paper covers very slightly worn. {Postage will be reduced] View more info
By: Melly, George
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co Ltd: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014543
Condition: Very Good
Well illustrated with cartoons, large 12mo, pp (6), 85, very clean internally, paperback, covers slightly age-toned. A remarkably good copy. [Flook was a British comic strip which ran from 1949 to 1984 in the Daily Mail newspaper. It was drawn by Wally Fawkes (of the jazz group Wally Fawkes and the Troglodytes), who signed the strips as "Trog". The central characters were a young boy called Rufus and his magical animal friend, Flook. According to the strip 'The Coming of Flook', which forms part of the cartoon book Rufus and Flook v. Moses Maggot, we learn that Flook, who vaguely rese... View more info
Price: £3.00
Publisher: London, Frederick Muller Ltd: 1980
Seller ID: 010881
ISBN: 0584105215
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated with cartoons, pp160, good clean copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper which is slightly worn and faded. [An entertaining and detailed selection. Deliciously malicious! WhereThere's a Will is an absorbing collection of odd and curious wills from many countries and many times. The vindictive wills, revealing wills, wills written on nurses petticoats, eggshells, tractor fenders and wills found in a bottle at sea included in the book reflect the full range of man's virtues and vices. The colorful individuals whose Last Will and Testament grace the pages of this book give more than thei... View more info
By: Mike G.
Price: £4.00
Publisher: Dublin, Mercier Press: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011313
ISBN: 0853427402
Condition: Fair
Small 12mo, (measures 140mm x 750 mm), pp 40, age-toned, paperback, upper cover with ring mark, lower cover a little damaged by removal of a price sticker, slightly worn. SCARCE. POSTAGE WILL BE MUCH REDUCED. View more info
![Image for Tom O'Connor's Book of Liverpool Humour [Alan Titchmarsh's copy]](/assets/images/product/011601.jpg)
By: O'Connor, Tom
Price: £3.00
Publisher: London, Constable: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 011601
ISBN: 0094681201
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, slim octavo, pp 123, very clean internally, pictorial laminated boards, a very good copy. [Alan Titchmarsh's copy, with his bookplate on the front endpaper, signed by the author on the half-title.] View more info
By: Oakeley, Henry
Price: £2.99
Publisher: Beckenham, Henry Oakeley: 2016
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012645
ISBN: 0952146150
Condition: New
Illustrated, slim square octavo, pp 42, paperback. NEW. ["An A to Z of rhymes (witty) and wisdom (useful) on medicinal plants and people. Beautiful 16th & 17th century woodcuts (some rude). A perfect present."]. J is for juniper, it's used to flavour gin, an aid to disinhibition and faciliating sin. R is for ranunculus, it always causes smiles, for the knobbly rootstock, was used to cure one's piles. View more info
By: Scott, W. Noel
Price: £5.00
Publisher: London, Samuel French Ltd: 1942
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011314
Condition: Fair
Smal slim 12mo, (measures123mm x 185mm), pp 21, a little worn throughout, paperback, covers marked and a little worn. [Postage will be reduced] View more info
By: Sturgis, Matthew (as told to)
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011392
ISBN: 0340634147
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated with cartoons, small slim 8vo, pp 98, slight age-toning round the margins, presentation inscription on the front endpaper, otherwise clean internally, pictorial boards very slightly worn. View more info
