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Toronto: Bell and Cockburn, 1914 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. Previous owners' names. Light foxing to edges and endpapers. The Rival Churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph (Chapter 6) is good for a dozen laughs, and that's only one chapter ! 310 pp..
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Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
by Leacock, Stephen
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Best of Beutel Editorial Cartoons (Signed)
by Beutel, Josh
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Saint John, N.B.: Lanceman Graphics Ltd., 1983 Book. Illus. by Josh Beutel. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Inscribed and Signed By Author. 8x10 Oblong. Original red pictorial card covers. Foreword by the late Dalton Camp. Signed copy in excellent condition. Editorial cartoonist for the Saint John Telegraph-Journal and Evening Times-Globe since 1978. 174 pp..
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Betsey Jane Ward, (Better-Half to Artemus) Hur Book of Goaks with a Hull Akkownt of the Coartship & Maridge to A4said Artemus
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N.Y.: Hurst & Co., 1881 Book. Illus. by Pikturs Drawed By Mrs. B. Jane Ward. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original dark green blindstamped cloth on boards. Arlington Edition. Inside back cover advertises Somer Pianos. 312 pp. of humour..
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The Bomb That Wouldn't Go Off; and Other Fables from Moronia
by Phillips, John
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Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1941 Book. Illus. by W.A. Dwiggins. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original pink patterned cloth backed in gold cloth on boards. "Once upon a time there was a lady Robot that took a sabbatical year. This Robot, whose name was Flossy, escaped from a play by Karel Kapek in the second act and never knew how it came out." This is only one of the zany stories here, illustrated by Dwiggins. The moral of that story - "Robots should mind their own business." 21 wacky stories in all. 81 pp. Previous owner's name with no other writing or damage except chipping to head of DJ..
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Canzoni
by Daly, T.A.
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Philadelphia: Catholic Standard and Times Pub. Co., 1911 Book. Illus. by John Sloan. Near Fine. Hardcover. Eighth Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original dark green cloth on boards. Top edges gilt. No writing or damage. A book of poems by a Catholic newspaperman who was heavily influenced by Italian immigrants in his native Philadelphia. Clever, light-hearted poems written in simple dialect. I got a kick out of these closing lines from "Content" : "I wouldn't be a millionaire fur seven hundred dollars!" 172 pp..
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Cartoons By Beutel
by Beutel, Josh
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Saint John, N.B.: The Telegraph-Journal, 1981 Book. Illus. by Josh Beutel. Good Plus. Soft cover. First ( No Additional printings). 9"x9". Original illustrated soft cover. Ex-library. Beutel's first book of cartoons, with introduction by his editor, Fred Hazel. Political satire at its cleanest and best. Cover creased, with no marks or damage..
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Cartoons By Blaine
by Blaine
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Hamilton, Ontario: Hamilton Spectator, 1970 Book. Illus. by Blaine. Very Good. Pictorial Cover. Signed by Author/Illustrator. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original oblong pictorial(cartoon) cover in black on white cloth, no DJ. Inscribed and signed by the artist author. Clever, astute drawings and gag lines with no smut ! I laughed until I could hardly breathe ! Definitively Canadian, but well-read Americans will enjoy it, too! Cartoons were originally published in the Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario. Minor soil and staining to back cover, still Very Good..
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The Comic Almanack for 1848; An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest
by Mayhew, Horace (Ed.)
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London: David Bogue, 1848 Book. Illus. by George Cruikshank. Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Original 3/4 brown leather on patterned boards, over original light green soft covers (extant). Feather patterned endpapers. Presumed first edition. Racial slurs. Six full-page plates and several small drawings. 128 pp. Hardcover edges worn..
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The Comic History of England (Two-Vol. Set)
by A'Beckett, Gilbert A.
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London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Book. Illus. by John Leech. Very Good Minus. 3/4 Leather on Marbled Board. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blue leather in 3/4 style on marbled boards. No writing. Top edges gilt. Suggestion of shelf wear on bottom corners. Minor waterstaining to the edges of the first few pages of Volume I (not affecting text). Serious and not-so-serious students of English history alike will profit from this lovely set. Fans of John Leech will appreciate his 20 coloured steel engravings as well as his dozens of smaller drawings. Ca. 1850 (A'Beckett died in 1856). Just the ticket for someone who is taking life and history far too seriously ! Very heavy set will need extra postage..
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Cousin Elva
by Trueman, Stuart
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Limited, 1955 Book. Illus. by The Author. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. Previous owner's name and gift note. Will bring pictures of Fawlty Towers to your mind. 224 pp..
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Cousin Elva
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1955 Book. Illus. by The Author. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Printing Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth boards. DJ chipped along top and grubby on back. Said to be the author's first novel, it's "a humorous farcical romp" in the words of an online reviewer. 224 pp..
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Don't Let Them Smell the Lobsters Cooking; the Lighter Side of Growing Up in the Maritimes Long Ago
by Trueman, Stuart
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1982 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original bright red cloth on boards. Inscribed "With warm wishes to Muriel Vesey - and the hope that these pages will bring back some pleasant memories - Stuart Trueman." Two tiny tears in front of DJ. Not price-clipped or damaged otherwise. 178 pp..
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Down with Skool ! A Guide to School Life for Tiny Pupils and Their Parents
by Willans, Geoffrey
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London: Max Parrish, 1954 Book. Illus. by Ronald Searle. Good Plus. Hardcover. Third Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Black cloth on boards. Birthday note to previous owner. No other writing. DJ hand-soiled but complete. Molesworth of St. Custard's first appeared in Punch. 120 drawings. 106 pp..
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Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
by Wodehouse, P. G.
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Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co., 1940 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light orange cloth on boards. Initials inside back cover the only marks. Vintage Wodehouse. Stories are: All's Well with Bingo, Bingo and the Peke Crisis, The Editor Regrets, Sonny Boy, Anselm Gets His Chance, Romance at Droitgate Spa, A Bit of Luck for Mabel, Buttercup Day, and Ukridge and the Old Stepper. "First published 1940" printed on reverse of title. 284 pp..
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Eli Perkins (At Large); His Sayings and Doings
by Landon, Melville D.
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Toronto: Belford Brothers, 1877 Book. Illus. by Uncle Consider. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red pictorial cloth on boards. Grubby edges and two leaves browned by paper insert, but sound and easily readable, with no writing. One gutter strained, so I glued it. This book is full of delightful, inventive nonsense from cover to cover. 248 pp. plus ads..
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Fast Fast Fast Relief
by Berton, Pierre
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1962 Book. Illus. by George Feyer. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright orange cloth on boards. Tiny chips head and foot of DJ. Chapter titles include: All My Own Work, Five Dilemmas of Our Time, The Canadian Way of Life, The Writing Game, Seasonal Reflections of a Country Dweller, and Dreams and Daydreams. This material first appeared in the Toronto Daily Star. 185 pp..
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Finest Kind and Other Shore Lines from Manley and Experience
by Perry, Hattie A.
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Barrington, N.S.: Self Published, 1990 Book. Illus. by A.E. (Al) Wilson. As New. Soft cover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original tan illustrated softcover. Meet Manley and Experience, a loving couple of gulls whose favourite place in Barrington is the Old Woolen Mill. Fly with them as they observe humans in all their manifestations. Empathize with Manley as he visits the library in search of a bird book, only to be shocked by what humans are reading ! Experience consoles him, "Us birds is lucky, we'm don't hav'ta hobnob with humans." 79 pp. MULTIPLE COPIES AVAILABLE..
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Gizmo; Funey Stuf
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Book. Illus. by Jeff Mitchel. Very Good. Soft cover. 8 1/2 x 11 Oblong. Original black and white cartoon softcover, staple-bound, backed in brown cloth tape. Unpaginated, but approx. 46 pp. Cartoons from single panels to four-in-a-series, arranged in two parallel lines. No information found from any source ! Minor cover soil, otherwise clean and sound..
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Go To It
by McHugh, Hugh (George Vere Hobart)
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N.Y.: G. W. Dillingham Company, 1908 Book. Illus. by Gordon H. Grant. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original illustrated beige cloth on boards, showing man in top hat and topcoat with cane. Another in the John Henry series of humourous slang. Some text in rhyme. Frontispiece and five additional drawings by Gordon H. Grant. No synopsis found. Scarce. 113 pp. plus several ads. Gutter crack pp. 110-111 glued..
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A Hind Let Loose
by Montague, C.E.
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London: Methuen, 1923 Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. Fourth and Cheaper Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth with black letters on boards. DJ is heavily taped inside and chipped all aroung. SEE SCAN. All who appreciate humour will be delighted with this brilliant book(So it says on the cover of the DJ !) 185 pp..
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