Search Results: Humor from Riverwood's Books

Toronto: Collins. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002168189 . HC/DJ - fine/VG+. Hardcover is clean and umarked, wear is minimal. B/w illustrations. Jacket has light edgwear and back flap is corner clipped. A collection of the funniest moments from CBC's top-rated comedy show, from inspired madness to just plain happy silliness. Includes the memorable exploits of Broadfoot's Sergeant Renfre of the Mounted (in radio script form) and stumbling dialogues with dim-witted hockey superstar Big Bobby Clobber, etc. (osl-300); 8vo .

Toronto: Stoddart Publishing. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0773757651 . Ex-library book, still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages clean and intact, light corner wear to cover, minor soiling outer edge of pages. "For years, Black has had his say on the popular CBC radio show 'Basic Black', now it's his listener's turn to do the talking & writing. " Three of Black's previous books have been nomimated for the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. (330os) ; 8vo .

Corgi. Very Good+. 1975. Softcover. 0552999563 . Cover has light wear to edges and corners, slight corner curling. Pages intact and clean other than one small light edge stain affecting top edge first 3-4 pages. B/w photos and illustrations. 144 pages. Take one Peter Sellers, a round measure of Harry Secombe and a large helping of Spike Milligan and you've got a tried and true recipe for lunacy and laughter, commonly known as the Goons. Incorporating Spike Milligan's Goon Show Scripts-Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan. Photos by Lord Snowdon and drawings by the Goons. 144pp, illustrated. Foreword by Ned of Wales. Introduction by Peter Eton (producer of the Goon Shows). [350-osl]; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall .

Henry Holt. Good. 1997. First Edtiion. Softcover. 0805050833 . Good condition - ex-library, with laminated cover and usual stamps & stickers. Light edgewear, light soiling outer edge of pages, rear cover has a few scratches. Interior pages clean & tight for the most part - a few pages seen with slight soiling and occasional light wrinkling. b/w illus.Below the surface of the mainstream lies the eccentric world of zines - homemade magazines created for fun rather than profit. Distributed largely through word of mouth - zines touch on everything from sex, music, politics, dating, movies, work, food, drugs etc. The Book of Zines collects for the first time, the best writing on pop culture from more than 60 choice zines.....(*Shipping may be reduced, depending on your location).; 001099; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

McArthur & Company Publishing, Ltd.. Fine. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 1552782727 . Excellent condition, clean and unmarked. Overall wear is very light. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 200 pages; Folk sayings are passed by word of mouth in communities where life and work are shared, and Bill Casselman has collected 1,000 absolute beauties in this all new edition. [155-osl] .

MacMillan Canada. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0771599838 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Great condition - hardcover clean & unmarked, a little bumping to bottom corners. Jacket has light scuffing and very light edgewear. REEVised and More Expansive. "The tale of how we got from there to here is a tall one, but Charlie Farquharson is equal to the telling. Though the conflagration continues and the mist has not entirely cleared, A Histry of Canda can tell you what's happened so far! "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [383-osl? ] .

Macmillan Canada. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771590644 . Hardcover clean and unmarked. Jacket is fine, with no tears, other than a light interior stain which caused light wrinkling to two edges (quite minor) , not clipped. "In Charlie's a Broad, Charlie Farquharson, dogged Canadian farmer and man of parts, confronts the essential question (after the meaning of life) : what would you do if you won the lottery? Really, what would you do? Valeda's Christmas gift of a 'Lotto Sex-Afore-Nine' ticket made Charlie a quarter of a malted-millyunair and while Charlie planned to plough the money back into the land, Valeda felt it was time to move on to other pastures..... . Join the Farquharsons as they embark on their Grand Tour from Blarney's Stone to the Eiffel Tower to the great pyramid of Cheops -- in travels that left no cultural or gastronomic experience untried..... ". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Contemporary Books. Very Good. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. 0809237741 . Light wear to covers, light soiling, a little corner curling, pages clean and all intact. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Rock Climbing, River Running, Paragliding, and Other Terrifying, Near-Death Activities"If you think climbing the sheer face of a frozen waterfall sounds liks fun, if you consider yellow fever a seasonal inconvenience, and if you believe the only slopes worth skiing are in uncut forests, you need this book. It'll take you on a white-knuckle ride to the cutting edge of adventure sports, where the line between terror and panic is razor thin and even a grown man might cry out for his mommy. " This tongue-in-cheek guide includes hundreds of practical tips on how to survive the outdoors while looking fully suave..." (280osl) .

Halifax, NS: Fleetwood Publications. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 096945130x . Hardcover clean & unmarked, one page has a crease. Jacket has light edgewear, tiny edge tears to spine ends & some light wrinkling/scuffing, crease to rear flap. A fascinating insight into life in Queen Elizabeth II's court, from the Queen's most senior advisors down to the most humble staff....including a litany of corruption, sexual perversion and gross disloyalty... [487]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .

Toronto: Macmillan. Very Good. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0771599854 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages are clean and intact, light edgewear to cover and light soiling to outer edge of pages. B/w illus. & photos. Charlie Farquharson, after studying up on the subject at the local community college, set out to edumacate the rest of us, on the laws of the unyverse. Includes such enlightening subjects as: Yer Early Pastronomy 'n Primtiff Scients; Yer Modren Facks of Life; Yer Gran Toor; Sum Liter Reedin; Erly Time 'n Re-most Incesters; From Yer G. U. T. S to Yer T. O. E. S. And Fall on Yer Fathe..... [osl-393] ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 134 pages .

Nyc: Dell Books. Near Fine. 1986. First Edition. Softcover. 0440113539 . Very nice condition. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings. Cover has light wear to edges, small taped tear to spine bottom and light scuffing and a few small indents on rear. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Alberta Report. Fine. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Letters from the Publisher, Alberta Report Between 1979 and 1982. Nn jacket as issued. Clean & unmarked. 224 pages. Ted Byfield's often humorous take on Canadian affairs as published in the Alberta Report from 1979 - 1982. "The American columnist George Will once said that before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, before there was Goldwater there was National Review, and before there was National Review there was William F. Buckley. The Canadian equivalent may go like this: before there was the Reform Party there was Alberta Report, before there was Alberta Report there was Ted Byfield. But that would not be entirely fair to Byfield who, in this collection of letters, doesn't abandon principles in exchange for popularity. " (400) ; 8vo .

Destiny Books. Very Good. 1989. First Edition. Softcover. 0892812532 . Pages clean and unmarked other than inscription inside front cover. Last 3 pages have a small edge tear. Cover has light wear at corners, light scuffing and a crease down front. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages; Swami Beyondananda, whose syndicated column, hilarious tapes, and live performances have delighted millions, has collected his crazy wisdom in book form. Readers will learn about FUNdamentalism, Non-Judgment Day, groups like Feels on Wheels and Oms for the Omless. [166-osl] .

London: Unwin Books. Very Good. 1980. Softcover. 0048270180 . Light edge & corner wear, light creasing, tiny peels to upper corner. Interior pages clean & unmarked, age tanning to page edges. 96 pages. The emphasis in this collection is on the humorous, but sexual, political and literary graffiti have been given a degree of permanence by their inclusion. The urge to scribble on walls is universal and the sites for graffiti writers represented here range from the Bodleian Library via Alaska to the ladies in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Few are the places where Kilroy hasn't been! (*shipping will be reduced on this lighter book) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Penguin. Very Good. 1968. Softcover. Paperback 12mo (7" tall). Light wear to covers, light soiling, moreso to rear. Pages all intact, occasional small spot. B/w illustrations." .....The author found in 1959 that he had been in England for 21 years, and was now well qualified to instruct the English themselves in how to be inimitably English....This is the result. When you're feeling down-at-heel, Englishmen, imbibe a few a pages and you will crush your next opponent, inimitably and irefutably (provided you can keep a straight face)....: (90os) ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

Toronto: Sound and Vision Publishing. Near Fine. 1996. Softcover. 0920151205 . Excellent condition - light corner wear to covers. Pages clean and unmarked. B/w illustrations. 122 pages. Ingram: "Walden pulls out the plugs, takes a lidd off propriety, and says "laugh till it hurts" in this farcical look at a music professor and his mentor. Walden was the original Old Deuteronomy in Cats and the innkeeper in Les Miserables. " b&w illustrations. (300 -osl) ; 8vo .

Calgary, AB: Brindle & Glass. New. 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 0973248157 . Large softcover is new, with no markings. 260 pages. B/w illus. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Robert Chambers Edwards (1860-1922) delighted discerning readers, scandalized prudes, and shattered the conventions of journalism with his series of self-published one-man newspapers. This is the first collection of his writings in over 25 years......An incendiary wordsmith, Edwards' exquisite pasquinades blend fact and fiction with mischievous abandon. The spiritual forefather of The Onion? ? ..." Edwards was ruthlessly honest, ruggedly independent, and totally fearless. More than that, he was very funny." --Pierre Berton, 1999"Edwards is a 'four flusher', a tin-horn, and a Welcher, where poker debts are concerned....[He] is a libeller, a character thief, a coward, a liar, a drunkard, a dope-fiend and a degenerate..." --Daniel McGillicuddy, 1908. (408-osl? ) .

Simon & Schuster. Near Fine. 1995. Softcover. 0684800578 . Very nice condition. Pages clean and unmarked, small remainder mark spine end bottom. Cover has slight wear at corners and slight edge rubbing. Illustrated. 256 pages. "Do the holidays make your heart sing, or do they send your blood pressure skyrocketing? Do you smile when you hear the strains of "Jingle Bells, " or do you just hear ringing in your ears? Do you want to deck the halls with boughs of holly, or do you want to deck the man in the Santa suit? Whether you treasure Christmas and all the trimmings or you have a bad case of holiday humbug, "Just Say Noel!" is filled with enough gold, frankincense, and myrrthful nonsense to make anyone burst into fa-la-la-la-las and chim-chim-cheries. .." (*os305) ; 8vo .

Pocket Books. Good. 1973. Softcover. 0671780580 . Cover has light edge/corner wear, light soiling, spine creasing. Pages have light age tanning, previous owner's name written first page and a small amount of writing on last blank endpage. In this book, his first, Tom Wolfe took a fresh look at the American scene of the early 1960s and zeroed in on the more exotic forms of status-seeking then in vogue from New York to Los Angeles. In the Twist, bouffant hairdos, stock-car racing and rock concerts Wolfe found a unique American energy. In the title piece he eulogizes the flamboyant kustomized kars California teens constructed with artistic dedication. "New forces excited the old guard, and Wolfe takes special pleasure in stories of these encounters. Whether in fashion, nightlife, child rearing or art worship, the old guard fought to preserve its status. " (140noto) ; 8vo .

Penguin Books. Good+. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0140143459 . Cover has light edgewear, light soiling, small tear spine bottom, a little age tanning to edges. Pages clean & tight, age tanning to edges, couple tiny edge tears seen. Synopsis: What does it take to make it in the high-stress, ethically-questionable world of junk bond selling? Lewis's account of life from his tenure at Salomon Brothers provides a humorous and candid profile of 1980s cutthroat business. LIAR'S POKER airs all the bad laundry of this once powerful brokerage house as it slowly collapses under the weight of its own greed. (osl) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .