Search Results: Humour from Dreadnought Books

Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: R. Osborn. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 126 pp. Binding firm. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges browned. Covers slightly marked. Illustrator: R. Osborn. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; United States; Modern; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 47202. .

Ernest Benn, London, 1927. Collected Essex Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 236 pp. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges browned and marked. Covers slightly marked. Vol. XIX in the collected Essex Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Modern; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43341. .

Doubleday, New York, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: George Herriman. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". xxx + 670pp. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked and worn. Dust jacket torn with some loss. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Previous owner's signature in pencil. Edges browned. Illustrator: George Herriman. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; United States; Modern; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 47204. .

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1984. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. xxvi + 116pp. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Dust jacket has slightly faded spine. Edges slightly foxed. Boards slightly bowed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; France; Humour. ISBN: 0803246617. ISBN/EAN: 9780803246614. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49795. . 9780803246614

University of Chicago Press, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Near Fine. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xiv + 161pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Corners slightly bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; United States; Modern; Humour. ISBN: 0226893952. ISBN/EAN: 9780226893952. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49476. . 9780226893952

Dent, London, 1961. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". x + 240pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, with minor wear to spine. Edges foxed and browned. Everyman's Library, 806. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 46048. .

James Gilbert, London, 1845. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Half Leather). Fair Condition. Size: 18mo <6 1/2". iv + 215pp. Hinges cracked. Spine cocked and worn. Top of front joint 1/2 split with horizontal tear causing top section of spine to come away. Rear joint split at base. Moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner's name ink-stamped and signature in ink. Edges browned. Covers worn. Corners bumped. The publication date given above is an estimate only, there being no date given in the book. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Humour; Children. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 44873. .

Horace Liveright, New York, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 287 pp. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked, faded and worn with chips to ends. Edges browned and marked. Damp staining to margins throughout. Covers marked. Boards bowed. Corners slightly bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; United States; Modern; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 47207. .

Doubleday, New York, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". xii + 314pp. Pencil and ink underlining to early pages. Rear hinge cracked. Spine cocked. Chips to ends. Slight marking front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges browned and marked. Slight damp staining to upper margin of prelims. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Boards slightly bowed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; United States; Modern; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 47206. .

John Camden Hotten, London, No date. Later Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: T. Rowlandson. Size: 8vo. xlviii + 354pp. Hinges cracked. Chips to top and base of spine. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges browned. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Illustrated. Illustrator: T. Rowlandson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; 19th century; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 37319. .

Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1890. Later Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 376 pp. Front hinge cracked. Spine faded. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Corners bumped. From the Chandos Classics series. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; 19th century; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 39552. .

East End Offset (printers), London, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: Folio <19". Illustrated. Somewhat browned and creased with chips to page edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Humour; 1980s; Comics & Graphic Novels. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 46272. .

Cynicus / Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, London, 1894. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 96 pp. Binding firm. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; 19th century; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 39545. .

Hutchinson, London, 1985. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 255 pp. Binding firm. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket slightly marked, with one tear. Edges foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; United States; Modern; Humour. ISBN: 0091586909. ISBN/EAN: 9780091586904. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 39582. . 9780091586904

Lika Joko, London, 1895. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 4to - between 9¾ - 12" tall. 520 pp. 26-volume set (complete). Binding firm. This set is published over the period 1894 - 1895. Complete run of al 26 issues of Lika Joko in original paper covers. Some marking and creasing to covers. Staples rusted. Bindings firm. A couple of issues have the odd small tear to covers. Edges foxed and browned. Some foxing internally. Furniss left Punch in 1894 when its owners discovered that he had sold one of his 'Punch' drawings to Pears Soap for use in an advertising campaign. He then brought out his own humorous magazine Lika Joko, which had limited success at the time. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-5 kilos. Category: Art & Design; 19th century; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24481. .

Hulton, London, No date. First Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 309-412pp. Spine worn. Central pages loose. One of which is chipped at margin. Marking front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges browned. Staples rusted. Covers marked and creased, with one tear and some loss. C. 1940s. Includes "Retreat: A Story from Spain", by Ernest Hemingway. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Fiction; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 41682. .

Hulton, London, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 108 pp. Binding firm, spine worn. Edges browned. Staples rusted. Covers marked and worn. Contains The Men in the Flying Saucer by Arthur C. Clarke. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Fiction; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 41681. .

Dover, New York, 1971. Later Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 4to <12". 119 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine faded. Edges foxed and browned. Covers marked and creased. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Modern; Humour. ISBN: 0486226751. ISBN/EAN: 9780486226750. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 48407. . 9780486226750

Herbert Jenkins, London, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Batchelor. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 96 pp. Front hinge cracked. Spine faded. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges browned. Covers marked. Illustrator: Batchelor. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45963. .

Hammond, Hammond & Co, London, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 224 pp. Binding firm, spine cocked. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket creased and chipped, with a couple of larger tears. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Corners bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Medicine & Health; United States; Modern; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40391. .