Humour from

1994. The 25th year of production. Slender 12mo, pp [24], very clean internally, paperback, the covers with the slightest suggestion of fading. [Postage will be reduced].. First Edition thus. Paperback. Very Good.

London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1891. [The "Albion" edition). Eighteen illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech etc, small thick octavo, pp xxiv, 520, marbled edges, a little foxing of the preliminary pages and front and rear blanks, otherwise clean internally, a School Prize inscription before the half title from South Shields High School, full red polished leather, blind-stamped… Read more about this item

Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company, 1976. Illustrated, octavo, pp xiv, 238, endpapers protrude slightly from the fore-edge, otherwise very good internally, pink cloth slightly faded and very lightly worn.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition. Illustrated, small square octavo, pp 78, the very odd faint blemish internally, the endpapers lightly marked from sellotape, pictorial boards with just the slightest signs of use and the tiniest signs wear to the corners.. . First Edition. Boards. Good.

Cambridge at the University Press, 1939. Illustrated by John Hookham, large octavo, pp x, 91, endpapers slightly marked, otherwise clean internally, brown cloth dull and marked, the dustwrapper is price-clipped and rather worn chipped and frayed. [George Gamow, {1904 - 1968}, was a Soviet & American polymath, theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He was an early advocate and developer of Lemaître's… Read more about this item

Cambridge at the University Press, 1939. Illustrated by John Hookham, large octavo, pp x, 91, endpapers slightly marked, otherwise clean internally, brown cloth dull and marked. [ George Gamow, {1904 - 1968}, was a Soviet & American polymath, theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He was an early advocate and developer of Lemaître's Big Bang theory. In his middle and late career,… Read more about this item

London: Pan Books, 1990. Illustrated with drawings by Bert Kitchen, octavo, pp xxx, 146, very clean internally, black cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but is just very slightly worn, with a small closed tear on its lower cover... Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Illus. by Bert Kitchen.

London: T. Werner Laurie Popular edition, not dated (c.1910 ?). Illustrated with cartoon drawings by Chesterton, quarto, not paginated (c.90 pages), a little used and marked internally, soft green cloth, a little used, the rear cover marked.. Soft Cloth. Fair. Illus. by G.K. Chesterton.

London: John Murray, 1978. Well illustrated, slim octavo, pp (48), very clean internally, pink decorated cloth, the dustwrapper is very slightly worn with a slight tear at one corner. [Amusing whimsical portraits, with a different face when turned upside down. From the library of the Cambridge botanist David Coombes, with his signature at both ends.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd, 1969. Small octavo, a very few illustrations, pp (4), 242, (3), the rear blank page has a small mark, a tiny owner's name on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, red cloth in excellent condition, the dustwrapper , by Osbert Lancaster, is price-clipped, slightly age-toned and very slightly worn. But overall still… Read more about this item

New York: Vantage Press, 1999. Small octavo, pp (2), 121, exceptionally clean internally, black cloth in fine condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it has the very faintest fade on the upper cover otherwise very good indeed. SCARCE. [A presentation copy with signed inscription on the title page].. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good.

London: Faber & Faber, 1948. Small octavo, pp 260, clean and sound internally, blue cloth very slightly marked, the dustwrappe is price-clipped, a bit worn and creased with several tiny pieces missing, stretched but now preserved in a removable clear cover.. Cloth. Very Good/Rather worn and frayed.

London: Michael Joseph, 1971. Small octavo, pp 208, very clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper (by Broom Lynne) is price-clipped, slightly rubbed around the edges, the lower cover slightly age-toned. Overall a very pleasing copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly rubbed. Illus. by Broom Lynne.

London: Museum of London & Philip Wilson Publishers, 2006. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 228, paperback, a very brught clean copy throughout, virtually as new. [Includes illustrations from the collection of satirical and caricature images in the Museum of London, it encompasses research and uses historical and literary sources to place the satire of London in the context of English… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1988. Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 232, very clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is a little scuffed on the lower cover but has only the slightest signs of use. A very good copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1893. 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. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1905. 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.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited [Not dated, c.1922]. Octavo, pp 316, slightly age-toned, a couple of pages slightly weak at the inner margin so that they protrude on the fore-edge very slightly, green cloth very slightly worn, upper cover a little dust-marked, very slightly worn at the head and tail of the spine. [The date has been established with two clues.… Read more about this item

Beckenham: Henry Oakeley, 2016. 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… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. 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.. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very Good.