2209. Mellick, Carlton: The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2

Published by Avant Punk, Portland. 2010

1st trade edition US paperback. Top front corner creased otherwise fine and probably unread. Are you ready to play some Dungeons and F*****g Dragons? The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2 is an absurd comedy about a group of adventurers (elf, halfling, bard, dwarf, assassin, thief) going through an existential crisis after having discovered that they are really just pre-rolled characters living inside of a classic AD&D role playing game. While exploring the ruins of Tardis Keep, these 6 characters must deal with their inept Dungeon Master's retarded imagination and resist their horny teenaged players' commands to have sex with everything in sight. Featuring: punk rock elf chicks, death metal orcs, porn-addicted beholders, a goblin/halfling love affair, a gnoll orgy, and a magical dildo that holds the secrets of the universe.

284. Milligan, Spike: Black Beauty: According to Spike Milligan

Published by Virgin, London, 1996

1st edition hardback in fine, as new condition. The book has no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped and still retains the original £9.99 net price. The legend of Black Beauty has spawned (if a horse can be said to spawn; it's more of a frog thing, really) a great many horsey tales on film, tv and in print, but even Anna Sewell's original classic adventure failed to tell it like it really is. Here straight from the Horses mouth, is Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan, revealing what it is really like to be a young foal...

2126. Milligan, Spike: Frankenstein: According to Spike Milligan

Published by Virgin, London, 1997

1st edition hardback in very good condition. The book has no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped and still retains the original £9.99 net price. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was a deeply troubled man, haunted by his conscience over the creature he had created. Spike Milligan's Frankenstein is equally haunted, haunted by the image of his poorly stitched together creation in his poorly stitched together trousers (will they never stay up?) roaming the countryside with it hanging out, terrifying the populace, scrounging fags and desperate for a shag.

1615. Milligan, Spike: The Hound of the Baskervilles: According to Spike Milligan

Published by Virgin, London. 1998

Special 80th birthday edition. Hardback with padded faux leather covered boards. Gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board. No dust wrapper as issued. There are no previous owner names or inscriptions. Pages very slightly darkened otherwise fine. Spike Milligan has written many adaptations of the classics, but none with quite so much pleasure and gusto as the quintessential story of the Baker Street detective. If you're a fan of Sherlock Holmes, prepare to be shocked: your detective hero, the ferocious dog on the moor, and the redoubtable Dr Watson, will never be the same again. The jokes run thick and fast and you'll never see of the violin-playing detective in quite the same light.

2334. Milligan, Spike: Wuthering Heights according to Spike Milligan

Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1994

1st edition hardback. The unclipped dust wrapper is only very slightly sunned at the spine otherwise fine condition. There are no previous owner names. In this third book of his "classics according to" series, Spike Milligan unashamedly lays bare some of the more absurd aspects of "Wuthering Heights" like the more implausible characters, their incomprehensible relationships and the original's gothic passion.

305. Morton, J.B.: Cram Me With Eels - The best of Beachcomber's unpublished humour

Published by Methuen, London, 1994

1st edition hardback in near fine condition, browning to page edges, no previous owner names or inscriptions, dustrapper in very good condition, it has been price clipped. Edited and introduced by Mike Barfield with a preface by Richard Ingrams and drawings by Steven Appleby. A new collection of material from J.B. Morton's legendary Daily Express column.

1519. Parkinson, C. Northcote: The Law or Still In Pursuit

Published by John Murray, 1979

Hardback 1st edition. Very good in a very good price-clipped d/w. Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster formally this book is a work of humour, and C. Northcote Parkinson alternates between genuine and imaginary statistics and examples to back up his arguments. But as the saying goes, many a true word is spoken in jest. Anyone who aspires to a position where he or she will be trusted with responsibility for spending public money should read Parkinson's amusing accounts of how and why money can be wasted and bureaucracy tend to increase.

2424. Pett, Norman: Jane at War

Published by Wolfe Publishing, London. 1976

1st edition. Large format paperback. The book is in very good condition although the page edges are tanned. No dust wrapper as issued. There are no previous owner names. Reproductions of cartoons from the Daily Mirror during the years 1939 - 1945. Hard to realise now quite how popular and well known this series was during WW2.

217. Ridley, Michael: The Book of Gremlins

Published by J.M. Dent, London. 1980.

1st edition hardback in fine condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is not clipped. Full colour illustrations throughout by Bryan Neary. Gremlinology explained. Contents include, What are Gremlins?, Gremlins in history, Gremlin philosophy, Gremlin social behaviour, a guide to Gremlin spotting and much more.

1521. Searle, Ronald: Something in the Cellar

Published by Souvenir Press, 1986

Hardback reprint. Very good book and price clipped d/w. 74 pages of cartoons by the author. A brilliant successor to The Illustrated Winespeak, its outrageously perceptive humour makes it a must for vintners and wine imbibers throughout the world.

148. Searle, Ronald: The Illustrated Winespeak

Published by Souvenir Press, London. 1983.

1st edition hardback. Laminated picture boards without dust wrapper. Slightly browned at the spine but otherwise very good. No previous owner names or marks. Searle's wicked world of winetasting.

2400. Steadman, Ralph: The Grapes of Ralph: Wine According to Ralph Steadman

Published by Ebury Press, London, 1992

UK hardback, 1st edition in very good condition. The book leans a little but there are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is slightly sunned with some of the colours a little faded otherwise also very good. Given the opportunity to travel with experienced wine buyers, Ralph Steadman visited California, France, Australia, Portugal, Germany, Italy and other countries, interviewing winemakers, spending time in the vineyards and meetings some of the wine world's most fascinating characters. This book is the result of his journey of discovery. It combines a text that is both informative and amusing with the eccentric drawings for which Steadman is renowned.

2141. Wardroper, John: Kings, Lords and Wicked Libellers: Satire and Protest, 1760-1837

Published by History Book Club, London. 1973

Hardback edition 1st thus. Both book and the dust wrapper are in very good condition. he author gives a look at this late Georgian Age, quoting widely from the lampoons, ballads, pamphlets, newspapers, letters, speeches and caricatures of the time.

2160. Watkins, Dudley D.: The Broons and Oor Wullie: A Rare Treat

Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd, London. 2001

1st edition hardback in very good condition. The unclipped dust wrapper is also very good. This collection of classic strips which have never appeared in a compilation. The following pages have only previously been seen in The Sunday Post on the date of issue, between the strips' inception in 1936, to the artist Dudley D. Watkins' death in 1969.

1522. Wodehouse, P.G. (editor): A Century of Humour

Published by Hutchinson, 1934

1st edition hardback, no d/w. Orange/yellow cloth boards with black print and jester decoration to upper & spine. Spine and upper board only slightly sunned. A very good copy. "This collection may be considered quite fairly representative. And I think it may be reasonably called a pretty good three-and-sixpence worth. It is not, of course, for women and weaklings, who will be unable to lift it"

2357. Wolfe, Tom: In Our Time

Published by Picador, London. 1980

1st edition UK paperback. Only slightly rubbed and curled at the corners otherwise very good. 119pp, illustrated throughout with B&W drawings by Tom Wolfe, one of the great satirists of his time. This is a most enjoyable collection of his work, including witty essays, portraits and cartoons which combine to provide a delightful cock-eyed view of contemporary America. These works appeared firstly in mainly American journals and newspapers such as: The New York Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph (London), Venture Magazine, Harper's, The American Spectator and other publications. A clever and amusing collection!