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In three volumes, illustrated by John Leech. Pp. xx+432+xvi+416+xviii+418, 30 hand coloured plates (10 each volume), black & white title page vignette, text illustrations and decorative initials, the title pages printed in red & black, indices; roy. 8vo; dark blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, light brown cloth boards, the..... More
Illustrated by Richard Baker. Foreword by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. Pp. viii+156, text illustrations, glossary; small square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower wrapper slightly creased; a few leaves faintly creased; JAR Partnership, Abington Vale, Northampton, 2000. *Humorous sea-faring tales, many to do with the New..... More
Pp. viii+424, 9 plates, list of works, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn; Oxford University Press, London, 1936. First edition. *Autobiography of the nineteenth century humorist. More
Illustrated by the author. Pp. 208, title page vignette, text illustrations; bottom edge of boards slightly bumped; price-clipped dust wrapper, back panel a trifle soiled; a little faint foxing; Michael Joseph , London, 1946. First edition. *Satirist's autobiography. More
Pp. 166(last blank), 24 plates; demy 8vo; purple boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle marked, light bruise to top edge of upper board near spine; top edges purple; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, large piece torn from top edge of back..... More
Pp. 160; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Robson Books, London, 1977. First edition. More
Pp. 150, a few text illustrations; a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Robson Books, London, 1979. First edition. More
Pp. 112, illustrated throughout; small cr. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, flaps browned; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hutchinson of London, London, 1974. Third impression. [Donovan & Murdoch 50010]. More
Pictures by Caroline Holden. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; small demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Methuen Children's Books, London, 1980. *Sequel to The Lion and Albert, Marriott Edgar's famous monologue, immortalised by Stanley Holloway. More
With drawings by Timothy. Pp. 64, title page vignette, plus numerous text illustrations; demy 8vo; pictorial red cloth, lettered and decorated in black; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Oliver & Boyd, London, 1962. First edition. *Humorous verse, including Mulga Bill's Bicycle. by A. B. Paterson, and Ninth Wicket..... More
Cartoons and drawings by Andre Francois. Pp. [vi]+154, numerous illustrations, some with brief captions; pictorial boards; top edges blue; dust wrapper, soiled, worn and lightly browned, lightly creased along top and bottom edges; free endpapers offset; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958. First U.S. edition. More
Pp. 208, title page decoration; boards slightly sprung, the fore-corners bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled and foxed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, inked gift inscription (dated 1955) on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing;..... More
Pp. 174(last blank); top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, the front flap slightly creased; Michael Joseph, London, 1985. First edition. More
Suburbia Observed. Pp. [viii]+88(last blank), bibliography; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; small inked acquisition inscription on upper free endpaper; Heinemann, London, 1976. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. More
Pp. 192, boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; a couple of spots of foxing; Heinemann, London, 1984. First edition. More
With Foreword by Henry Longhurst. Pp. 126, pictorial half-title page plus numerous text illustrations; boards a trifle canted; price-clipped dust wrapper, worn and slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a few small chips, the backstrip slightly faded; a little light foxing; Stanley Paul, London, 1965. First edition. Donovan &..... More
Illustrations by Anne Drew. Pp. [viii]+48, pictorial title page, text illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers with flap folds, slightly soiled, edges rubbed; a little light foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1943. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on verso of half-title page. Kay Grant was the pseudonym of Nelle..... More
Introduced by Bernard Darwin. Illustrated by Bert Thomas. Pp. 125(including recto of lower free endpaper), pictorial title page, text illustrations (mostly full page); f'cap. 4to; cloth backed pictorial cream papered boards, lettered and decorated in red & black, slightly soiled, corners a trifle worn, a couple of snags to head..... More
Told by his Merry Men and illustrated by Phil May, George Du Maurier, L. Raven-Hill, F. H. Townsend, Harry Furniss, E. T. Reed, Bernard Partridge, F. Pegram, A. S. Boyd, A. T. Smith, A.Wallis Mills, David Wilson, C. E. Brock, Gunning King, C. Harrison, G. L. Stampa, Tom Browne and..... More
Pp. 74; cr. 8vo; yellow cloth, spine lettered in blue, the boards a trifle foxed, top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, backstrip browned, edges lightly rubbed and split; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, issued without lower free endpaper, outer leaves..... More
Pp. [80], printed in red, blue & black, with 35 full page tinted illustrations; small square 4to; blue glazed papered boars lettered in yellow, faintly scuffed; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Rizzoli, New York, 1993. *A parody of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, first published in 1904. 'Oliver Herford (1863-1935) was..... More
Illustrations by Richard Smith. Pp. 160(last blank), title page vignette, text illustrations; narrow demy 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; fore-edges of leaves a trifle foxed; W. H. Allen, London, 1986. First edition. *'From anxious authors to parsimonious publishers, from the horrors..... More
The 10th Anniversary Collection. Pp. 256, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, mostly in comic strip format; demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle soiled and rubbed, fore-corners slightly creased; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Andrews and McMeel, Kansas City, 1989. More
Long single sheet, folded accordion-style to form 18 pages printed on rectos only, with brief text and numerous illustrations; oblong 8vo; pictorial papered boards, no spine (as issued), slightly soiled and foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper board, the lower pastedown slightly bubbled and with..... More
Chosen by Cecil Mann. Pp. viii+186; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; name stamp on upper endpaper and title page, upper free endpaper faintly offset, both free endpapers slightly tape marked, tiny stain affecting one word of text on page 144; Angus &..... More
