Search Results: Humor from Cornish Books

Titan Books, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Mahoney, Roger. Colour Cartoon stories. 11 1/2" Tall. Slight ripple to top & botto of pages. No inscriptions. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1981. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Entertaining selection of events.from the Peterborough column of The Daily Telegraph. 321 Pages, Illustrated with a few cartoon drawings. 8 3/4" Tall. Dark blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. No inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Armada, 1987. Mass Market Paperback. Near Very Good. Ian Dicks. An Outrageous New Look At The English Language." Illustrated with cartoons. Pages clean, a little darkened with age. Very light paperback so there will be a postage discount. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New York: Bell, 1980-04-23. Cloth. Near Very Good/Very Good. Lindi. Riddles, Verse, Songs, Graffiti, Parodies, Limericks. Musical notation by Esther Botwin. 475 Pages. Black cloth cover. Front free endpaper removed otherwise in very good "clean" condition. Dustjacket creased on inner fold & price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Reader's Digest, 1984. Cloth Spine and Boards. Very Good +/No Jacket. James Herriot's own selection from his original books, with additional material by Reader's Digest Editors." Grey cloth spine with gilt lines & lettering. Pictorial boards show fields & sheep on front and Herriot with his dog on the back. No inscriptions. 10 1/4" Tall. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

London: Reader's Digest, 1982. Cloth Spine and Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. James Herriot's own selection from his original books, with additional material by Reader's Digest Editors." Grey cloth spine with gilt lines & lettering. Pictorial boards show fields & sheep on front and Herriot with his dog on the back. No inscriptions. 10 1/4" Tall. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

LONDON: Leslie Frewin, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Good/No Jacket. Political Humour from the Mid 1960's. All Pages except the Title have large B&W Photographs of Harold Wilson, Edward Heath etc with Satirical Captions. Pages in very good condition, some wear to edges of cover, Spine is partly detached. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1932. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Morrow, George. Humerous Illustrated stories about the Birdikin Family, first Published in "Punch" and collected here in a single volume. Frontis is a B&W Illustration. Pictorial Endpapers. 133 Pages with B&W In Text Illustrations. Previous owner's inscription on corner of endpaper. Pages in very good condition. Blue cloth cover with Illustration of the family on front. Spine tanned and has cloth peeling along its rear edge, Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1889. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Doyle, Leech & Crowquill. Fifteenth Edition. Ballads Illustrated with many Humerous Drawings. Frontish is a Full Page Comic Illustration of a seated Writer wearing a Fez. 292 Pages + Publisher's adverts. Red cloth Cover with Bright Gilt Figure (as on Frontis) on Front with black lettering. Another humerous Gilt figure in a Turban with gilt lettering on spine. Bevelled Edges. Brown endpapers. Pages in very nice, clean condition, only a penciled 2/6 on endpaper. Very slight wear to cover, ends bumped. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd, 1890. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 3 Books in one volume: The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Poet at the Breakfast Table. Frontis is a Portrait of the author, protected by Tissue Guard. Green cloth cover with "Routledge's Popular Library" in gilt letters on the front.Gilt lettering to spine. 223 Pages. Some wear to cover, mainly at spine ends and corners. Front free endpaper partly cut away to remove previous owner's inscription. Front hinge cracked. A few small ticks and marginal marks on a few pages. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Michegan: Monarch Books, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. An A-Z of the Wittiest and Most Memorable Stories, Proverbs and Observations." 224 Pages. Illustrated with some B&W Drawings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

3 York Street, london: Herbet Jenkins 0. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Hilarious story of George Bliss marooned on an island. Blue cloth cover with darker blue title & border to front, & lettering to spine. 7 1/8" Tall. Front hinge cracked & reinforced with archive tape. No inscriptions. Some wear to cover, mainly at spine ends and tips of corners. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1949. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 215 Pages, some foxing to some pages. Cover is sun faded at spine and around edges Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1956. Card Covers. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Delightful Celebration of PUNCH Wit and Humorous Drawings. Artists include Du Maurier, John Leech etc. Red cloth cover with Hilt lettring on black ground to front & spine. 351 Pages, 11 1/4" Tall. Previous owner's name on free endpaper. Spine leaning a little. Weighs 1.4 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good. John Leech. Undated, 19th Century. Humerous Satire on Roman History in the PUNCH style. Illustrated with 10 Full Page Engraved, Hand Coloured Plates by John Leech + Many other B&W Humerous Drawings. 308 Pages. All Page edges Gilt.Red cloth with blind stamped border and Gilt Comic Illustrations to Front and spine. Some wear to cover, Pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Fourth Estate, 2001. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Entertaining & meticulously researched account of the show's history. Illustrated with some B&W Photos. Green cloth cover with silver lettering to spine. 292 Pages, 650g, 9 1/2" Tall. Slight bump tp top corner. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

62 St Martins Lane, London: Thornton Butterworth, 1919. Decorative Cloth. Near Good/No Jacket. POY. Gentle Political humour Illustrated with B&W Comical Drawings.(First Published in the Daily Mail and London Evening News). Light Blue cloth cover Illustrated in Black with 2 Gentlemen, Dilly & Dally, on the front. Portrait of Dilly on the spine and Fry's Cocoa ad on the back. 156 Pages, 170g, 6 3/4" Tall. Backstrip reinforced with clear tape. Front free endpaper missing. Hinges cracked. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: Dennis Dobson, 1949. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Laurence Scarfe. 2nd Impression. Book of humour Illiustrated with B&W In Text Cartoon Drawings by Scarfe. 126 Pages. Blue cloth boards with darker blue cloth spine decorated with faded gilt picture of the pig & lettering. Corners bumped. Only a little browning. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Private Eye, 2007. Soft cover. Near Fine. Grizelda. Real Contestants, Real Quiz Shows, Real Answers, Real Dumb!" 95 Pages. No inscriptions Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: Dent, 1970. Paperback. Good+. Hilarious stories of Irish Life. Lovely Thelwell DRawing on front cover. Spine lightly creased and a little age darkening to back of cover. 7" Tall. No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall