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MOTS D'HEURES: GOUSSES, RAMES
Written by Luis D'Antin Van Rooten.
Stock no. 1827119
Published by Angus & Robertson.
1973.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The d'Antin Manuscript. The rhymes of your childhood in the accents of Moliere and De Gaulle! Edited and annotated by Luis d'Antin van Rooten. ISBN: 0207949913. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and scuffed to rear panel.
THE IRON TONIC
Written by Edward Gorey.
Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1325817
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
1st thus
2001.
Nearly fine condition.
Or A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley. Oblong format, 5 x 8.5". Pictorial mustard boards with black titles. B/w illustrations. Minimal text. ISBN: 0747556458. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- HUMOUR
THE LIFE & OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY GENTLEMAN
Written by Laurence Sterne.
Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Stock no. 1824308
Published by Franklin Library.
1st thus
1981.
Nearly fine condition.
A work of fictional autobiography originally published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767. Red leather spine with two raised bands, gilt title and tooling. Red cloth baords with gilt tooling. Marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations after Harry Furniss. All edges gilt. Appears to be unread.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- HUMOUR
- LEATHER BINDING
DRIVERS WILD
Written by Red Daniells.
Illustrated by Red Daniells.
Stock no. 2140362
Published by Scorpion Press.
1ST
1961.
Very good condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Browning to covers. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.
THE GRAPES OF RALPH
Written by Ralph Steadman.
Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 2138631
Published by Ebury Press.
1st thus
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Brown boards, silver title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Wine according to Ralph Steadman. ISBN: 0091752027. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and grubby marks.
- Categorised in:
- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
- WINE
MELISANDE
Written by Margery Sharp.
Illustrated by Roy McKie.
Stock no. 2138022
Published by Collins.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.
B/w illustrations. Memoir of a remarkable operatic soprano (a dog!). B/w drawings. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. Wrapper is in pieces, with loss in places.
- Categorised in:
- HUMOUR
- DOGS
- DOGS (FICTION)
THE FOLIO BOOK OF HUMOROUS ANECDOTES
Written by Edward Leeson.
Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle.
Stock no. 2137871
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2005.
Very good condition.
Introduction by Leeson. Lime pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded. A few light marks to outer page edges. Slip case is very good - a few small knocks.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HUMOUR
THE EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE
Written by Edward Gorey.
Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 2136425
Published by Bloomsbury.
1st
1999.
Nearly fine condition.
Small format. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 4.75 x 7". ISBN: 0747541655. Very slight fade mark to edge of front cover/spine.
JOKEBY, BURLESQUE ON ROKEBY
Written by John Roby.
Stock no. 2135877
Published by Thomas Tegg.
1813.
Fair condition.
Leather spine and corners. Blue boards. A Poem, In Six Cantos By An Amateur Of Fashion. 8th edition, corrected and enlarged. Colour frontis. Much of leather spine and corners are chipped away/worn away and missing. Stitching to binding can be seen through spine. Covers are grubby and foxed. Prelims are almost detached. Foxing and page browning. Musty smell to book.
- Categorised in:
- HUMOUR
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
- RHYME
- POETRY
LONDON HUMOROUS READINGS
Written by Henry Lloyd.
Stock no. 2135290
Published by W. Nicholson & Sons.
1st
1890.
Good condition.
Maroon cloth with gilt titles and black decorations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting and other marks to covers. Binding is starting to weaken. Some foxing and browning throughout. Ink stamp to title page.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HUMOUR
- ANTIQUARIAN
MORNINGS AT BOW STREET
Written by John Wight.
Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 2135188
Published by Charles Baldwyn.
1st
1824.
Almost very good condition.
New binding of Brown cloth spine, green boards; white paper title to spine. A Selection of the Most Humourous and Entertaining Reports Which Have Appeared in the Morning Herald. B/w illustrations. Some fading and wear to new spine. New endpapers. Rest of pages have uncut edges; foxing to varying degrees throughout.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HUMOUR
- LAW
- ANTIQUARIAN
THE MAN WHO WAS H.M.BATEMAN
Written by Anthony Anderson.
Illustrated by H.M. Bateman.
Stock no. 1321411
Published by Webb & Bower.
1st
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The author pays tribute to a unique and powerful talent and holds a revealing mirror up to the awkward and complex nature of the man who was H.M.Bateman. Colour and b/w illus throughout. 224 pages. Illustrated brown boards. ISBN: 0906671574. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed, small white spot to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed.