The World's Shortest Books
by Calman, Mel
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG+/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0006373607
- ISBN 13
- 9780006373605
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Fontana, 1987-01-01. 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.. Paperback. VG/VG+/ND. 20cm. Box X42 SOFTBACK ""FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENNISKILEN APPEAL FUND,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st .* Date of Publication: 1987* Publisher: Fontana.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated stiff card covers showing a cartoon of a man looking in a mirror. Green, black and red titles to white ground. Green & black titles to spine. No shelf wear to edges, or to head or tail of spine. Slight scar to top quarter of spine. No visible marks. VG+.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, slight tanning throughout especially to page margins and edges. Seems lightly used if at all. VG.* Illustrations: Black and white line drawn cartoons and photos within text throughout.* Pages: Unpaginated text. i pp. list of viewers at rear.* Description:- Four of the world's funniest cartoonists, illustrating hundreds of the world's best on-liners, prove yet again that the British Public have the best sense of humour in the world. All proceeds of the original sale of this books went to the Enniskillen Appeal Fund in Association with TV-AM.* This is a NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st/1st thus. with minor age and wear reducing it to VG.* 0
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10108
- Title
- The World's Shortest Books
- Author
- Calman, Mel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG+/ND
- Edition
- 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0006373607
- ISBN 13
- 9780006373605
- Publisher
- Fontana
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987-01-01
- Size
- 20cm
- Keywords
- Humorous cartoons, Dewey: 827.91408
- X weight
- g
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