1498. Addams, Chas: My Crowd

Published by Tom Stacey Ltd, 1971

Hardback 1st UK edition. Enlarged on the US edition. Previous owner name & address scribbled out on front pastedown otherwise nr fine in a very good unclipped d/w. Jacket spine is a little rubbed with some edge wear. Almost 200 classic cartoons in this collection, they offer a darkly humorous look at family life, pets, children, crooks, fairy tales, the holidays, school, scientists, and computers many featuring his greatest creation "the Addams family"

1499. Addams, Chas: Drawn and Quartered: The Return of a Classic

Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1962

Hardback, second printing. No dust wrapper. Previous owner name to the front endpaper. A mark, possibly a faint name, on the title page otherwise the contents are clean. The boards are pretty good too, only slightly marked, a small chip at the bottom of the front board and a bump to the front, bottom corner. Slight sun fading at the spine but the silver titles are still bright. Overall very good. 111 classic cartoons in this collection all of which appeared in the pages of The New Yorker magazine between 1935 and 1942.

2241. Baring-Gould, William S.: The Lure of the Limerick: An Uninhibited History

Published by Granada, London. 1983

Paperback edition, reissued, in very good condition. Only slightly rubbed with some light foxing inside both front and rear covers. The Lure of the Limerick is naughty but nice! This bawdy feast for the unshockable is a delight of wit and is lavishly illustrated with drawings by Aubrey Beardsley, André Domin and Edward Lear.

1500. Baxendale, Leo: Thrrp!

Published by Knockabout Publications, London. 1987

Very scarce 1st edition paperback in near fine condition, there are no previous owner names or other marks. Tight and clean, possibly unread. Only very slightly rubbed and chipped at the edges and corners. There are some minor surface marks to the cover. Adults Only.

Hardback 1st edition. Very good+ book and unclipped d/w. Life for Michael Bentine has been one long banana skin - always waiting around the corner for his to step on it. An Old Etonian, the only Peruvian to be born in Watford (into a wonderfully eccentric family), a founder member of the Goons and with his own manic style of comedy, Michael could hardly help being incident prone. Illustrated.  

1502. Brockbank, Russel: Over The Line

Published by Temple Press, 1955

Hardback 1st edition, slight nicks & edge wear to d/w. Foxing to endpaper's. 1/2" closed tear to base front hinge, small bump to bottom of pictorial boards, otherwise near fine. Here, for those happy followers of the fortunes, and more frequent misfortunes, of Major Upsett and his fellow enthusiasts of the racing circuits, is a further collection of Brockbank's inimitable work, reproduced from the pages of The Motor and other journals.

1503. Butler, Peter: The Wit of Prince Philip

Published by Leslie Frewin, 1965

1st edition hardback, very good in a very good dust wrapper. HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Famous for his so-called "gaffes", Prince Philip is, quite simply, a national treasure: a man whose immense contribution to Britain (and the world) is not always fully appreciated. For nearly 60 years he has been not only at the Queen's side, but often several paces behind her! This cannot have been easy for a tough, no-nonsense ex-naval officer who distinguished himself in World War II. However, armed with a down-to-earth view on life and a magnificent sense of humour, he has carved out a unique role as Royal Consort. On Foreign Relations; on travel and adventure; on industry and science; on the Commonwealth; on medicine; on sport etc. Illustrated with black and white photographs and cartoons by Giles.

1504. Chapman, Graham: A Liar's Autobiography

Published by Eyre Methuen, 1980

Hardback reprint, fine in a very good, slightly edge worn dust wrapper. First published in 1980, A Liar's Autobiography, is Graham Chapman's extraordinary and surreal account of his more than eventful life--whether as mountaineer or medical student; actor or alcoholic; heterosexual groupie guzzler or homosexual coming to terms with himself. He was a celebrated member of the Monty Python team and his zany wit became familiar to millions of viewers worldwide in assorted roles as military colonel, policeman and doctor and as the eponymous hero of the Python film The Life of Brian.

145. Conrad, Paul: Pro and Conrad

Published by Neff-Kane, California. 1979.

1st edition hardback in very good condition. The silver boards have one or two slight marks, nothing serious, and the dust wrapper is a little creased and chipped with some small tears. Again, nothing to serious and not price clipped. Biting satire from the Los Angeles Times' editorial cartoonist/artist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; color and b&w; quarto; fabulous stuff, including amazing Nixon sculptures.

1518. Cook, Peter and Dudley Moore: Dud & Pete: The Dagenham Dialogues

Published by Private Eye Book Club, 1972

Hardback, laminated pictorial boards, no dust wrapper. Very good condition. With drawings by Bert Kitchen, photographs by Lewis Morely. "The Dagenham Dialogues" brings together 12 largely improvised comedy routines from the two late masters of British comedy. Originally broadcast in "Not Only...But Also", these sketches preserve the idiot wisdom of Cook and Moore's celebrated, cloth-capped alter-egos, Pete and Dud. Armed only with sandwiches, cups of tea and a copy of the "Encyclopedia of Sexual Knowledge", these two half-informed inhabitants of Beacontree Avenue set the world to rights, meditating on subjects like sex, art, religion, the Renaissance and Dud's aunt Dolly.

315. Cuppy, Will: Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody

Published by Dennis Dobson, 1951

1st UK edition hardback in very good condition, foxing to page edges. The book has no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped and still retains the original 10s.6d. net price. Edited by Fred Feldkamp with drawings by William Steig. No matter what you think you know about many of the most famous characters in history from Nero to Cleo, from Cheops to Columbus, you don't know Jack until you get the low-down from one of America's most witty and sorely missed humorists...this book had been his fun-time project for sixteen years when he passed away.

156. Darrell, Helen: The Memoirs of Mavis

Published by Vista Books, London. 1960.

1st edition hardback with its original dustwrapper. Unfortunately this is an ex-library book however the condition is still very good. The front end paper has been removed and there are the usual stamps but hardly any wear. Nice, clean, tight and tidy. Illustrated by Sprod. Chapters I, II and VIII, originally printed in Punch.

134. Donald, Chris: Rude Kids: The Unfeasible Story of Viz

1507. Drew, Simon: Handel's Warthog Music

Published by Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 1996

Hardback reprint, fine book and dust wrapper. Signed by author. On this occasion he turns his attention to the subject of music and applies his very special talents to the many aspects of this topic in a totally unexpected and entertaining way. Once again the author delights in knocking convention off its pedestal or tilting at the commonplace with a clever and literal use of language linked to his superbly executed drawings. Everybody and everything is fair game in this musical pot-pourri, from the 'Bantam of the Opera' to 'Zadok: The Piste'.

1508. Drew, Simon: Nonsense in Flight

Published by Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 1988

Hardback reprint, fine book and unclipped dust wrapper. Drew sees birds in a different light from most people. He perceives the way that birds have entered our thoughts and our language and he uses both his expert ability as an artist and his superbly inventive humour and verse to show them to us in a way that we would never have seen them for ourselves.  

1509. Drew, Simon: Still Warthogs Run Deep: And Other Free Range Nonsense

Published by Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 1988

Hardback 1st edition. Fine in a very good unclipped dust wrapper which has a small tear at the top of the spine. Simon Drew has compiled a series of poems, drawings and puns in this book that combine a sense of the ridiculous with a definite seriousness regarding our respect, or lack of it, for the countryside. He has always found that he has an irresistible urge to make fun of most things: this applies particularly to language which he sometimes twists in the same way that a crossword compiler does. However, as a keen observer of our environment, whether it is man-made or otherwise, it would have been hard for him to ignore the fact that humans have had a somewhat odd attitude to the animals and plants that we can (or could) find around us. To make his drawings Simon Drew has avoided the pitfalls of resorting to cartoons and makes the animals look like they really are, where possible! The result of this juxtaposition of quirky humour and semi-serious drawings is sometimes hilarious, sometimes provocative and sometimes just warped.

2286. Drew, Simon: Cat with Piano Tuna and other feline nonsense

Published by Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge. 2002

Hardback reprint. Signed by the author/artist on the title page otherwise both book and unclipped dust wrapper are fine. Whether they are strange, wicked, angelic or exotic these cats are always cats and never the little furry humans often depicted elsewhere. Why some of the cats do the things they do is anyone's guess, but in any case this book will intrigue, perplex and enlighten all at the same time. This is Simon Drew's fifth book and is the first to concentrate so strongly on one subject.

1510. Hegley, John: These Were Your Father's

Published by Methuen, 1994

1st edition Hardback, fine book in a very good+ unclipped dust wrapper. Hailed as "comedy's poet laureate", Hegley here offers his fourth volume of comic poems in which he continues to explore his preoccupation with gods, dogs, dads and spectacles. Elsewhere he features buses, trains, Romans and rice grains, and a longer drama concerning life around the camp-fire.

1511. Hobbs, Jack: Milligan's Ark

Published by M & J Hobbs, 1971

Hardback 1st edition. Nr fine price clipped d/w. Book is very good+. A small brown stain to the bottom of the preliminary pages otherwise nr fine. Foreword by HRH, The Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. At Spike Milligan's invitation Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore, Tony Jacklin, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Elizabeth Taylor, Sooty and many other famous people have drawn funny pictures and written verses and cartoons about their favourite animals in aid of the Wildlife Youth Service.

1512. Hollis, Christopher: The Ayes & the Noes

Published by Macdonald, 1957

Hardback 1st edition. Near fine in a very good unclipped d/w. ' Who are our rulers? And why should we not laugh at them?' Cummings's drawings are partnered by Hollis's witty and incisive verses.

1513. Lancaster, Osbert: Drayneflete Revealed

Published by John Murray, 1949

Hardback 1st edition. Very good in a very good slightly edge worn price-clipped d/w. Classic Lancaster, a brilliant blend of painless scholarship, infinite research, and wit. Lavishly illustrated by the author. Not only should this little book kindle the sparks of local patriotism in every Drayneflete breast, but a wider public may well take pride in its record of a little-known but not inglorious portion of our common English heritage.

1514. Lancaster, Osbert: Mixed Notices

Published by John Murray, 1963

Hardback 1st edition. Nr fine in like unclipped d/w. Yellow cloth with red decoration and print. More pocket cartoons 1962-63.

1515. Lancaster, Osbert: Fasten Your Safety Belts

Published by John Murray, 1966

Hardback 1st edition. Small previous owner ex-libris stickers to both, front endpaper and dust wrapper front flap, otherwise very nr fine. Pocket cartoons.

1516. Lancaster, Osbert: Signs of the Times 1939-1961

Published by John Murray, 1961

Hardback reprint. Very good in very good slightly edge worn and chipped d/w. Yellow boards with red print and decoration. Classic Lancaster.

1517. Larson, Gary: There's a Hair in My Dirt: A Worm's Story

Published by Little, Brown, 1998

Hardback 1st edition. Fine book in like unclipped wrapper. Cream wood-grain effect boards with bronze gilt and brown cloth spine. Gary Larson writes: Our story begins with a family of worms who are having dinner one fine evening and Son Worm is unhappy. Unhappy because he's found a hair in his plate of dirt. It's the proverbial straw and it leads him to bemoan his fate as a worm - he's sick and tired of being a worm, tired of being at the bottom of the food chain. His father, upset by his outburst, decides to tell him the tale of a fair human maiden called Harriet. Even with the wonder of satellite television, Harriet loved the Great Outdoors and took many wondrous walks along her favourite woodland trail, adventures filled with mystery and magic. Unfortunately, although Harriet was fair and kind-hearted (to a very dangerous degree) she was also, well, dumb. She didn't quite understand what she was seeing, didn't realise that in Nature, what you see is not necessarily what you get ...