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ADOLF HITLER - My Part in his Downfall.

Milligan, Spike, · 1972

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 144pp, half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, pictorial upper wrapper, the author's recollections of his WW2 service in the Royal Artillery from enlistment until he landed at Algiers in 1943, said in the text ...

CRACKS IN THE CLOISTER.

Brother Choleric, · 1956

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sheed and Ward, London, 1956, 3rd imp., unpaginated [60pp], coloured and half tone ills. throughout, line drawings at endpapers, orange cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the sardonic humour of Brother Choleric as he surveys his ecclesiastical world wit...

LES FRUSTRES 3.

Bretecher, Claire, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Mohn-Éridé, Barcelona, 1978, paperback, 71pp, [i] blank, line drawings throughout, large format (11.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, cartoon strip stories mainly one per page with captions in french (en français), lightly rubbed at tips, faint creasi...

ALBUM - Jubiläumsausgabe mit 1700 farbigen Bildern.

Busch, Wilhelm, · 1979

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Falken Verlag, Germany, 1979, 405pp, [iii] blank, coloured frontis portrait, coloured strip cartoons throughout, large heavy format (11.5 x 9 inches approx.), yellow cloth lettered in maroon at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, anniversary...

HENRIETTA'S WAR: News From The Home Front 1939-1942.

Dennys, Joyce, · 1987

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1987, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 167pp, title and numerous in text line drawings by the author, [viii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a humourus fictional account in the form of letters about life on the rural Home Front, first published...

THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.

Sutherland, Douglas, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Debrett's Peerage, London, ND (copyright 1978), 1st edn., xii, 77pp, in text line drawings by Timothy Jaques, tall format about 8 x 5 inches, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated in gilt upper board, pictorial dustwrapper, a guide, for those who need to be taught, o...

TICKNER'S ROUGH SHOOTING.

Tickner, John, · 1964

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Putnam, London, 1964, 1st edn., 92pp, in text line ills. by the author, orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at tiped, a little bumped at head of spine, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, heavy foxing to lower panel, very go...

HORSE NONSENSE.

Sellar, W. C. and Yeatman, R. J., · 1999

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Methuen, London, 1999, reissue, paperback, [x], 127pp, frontis and in text line drawings by John Reynolds, pictorial panel upper wrapper, the joys of horses and riding by the authors of '1066 and all that', edges tanned, near fine,

GARDEN RUBBISH : and other country bumps.

Sellar, W. C. and Yeatman, R. J., · 1999

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Methuen, London, 1999, reissue, paperback, xii, 125pp, frontis, title and in text line drawings by Stephen Dowling, pictorial panel upper wrapper, the joys of gardens and gardening as described by the author's of '1066 and all that', slight sunning to spine, edges tanned, nea...

FUNNY HO HO AND FUNNY FANTASTIC.

Parsons, Denys, · 1968

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1968, reprint, paperback, 139pp, [v] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, a sequel to his Funny Ha Ha and Funny Peculiar, ;lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

THE HOFFNUNG MUSIC FESTIVAL.

Hoffnung, Gerard, · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dobson and Putnam, London, 1957, reprint, 56pp, decorative half title and tile, cartoons in line throughout, small format (4.5 x 7ins, approx.) grey paper covered boards lettered and decorated in black and white, matching dustwrapper, a collection of musical cartoons, lightly...

THE HOFFNUNG COMPANION TO MUSIC.

Hoffnung, Gerard, · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Dobson and Putnam, London, 1959, 3rd imp., unpaginated, [56pp], decorative title, cartoons in line throughout, small format (4.5 x 7ins, approx.) green paper covered boards lettered and decorated in black and white, a collection of musical cartoons, lightly bumped at upper ...

STATELY AS A GALLEON.

Grenfell, Joyce, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macmillan, London, 1978, 1st edn., 96pp, title and numerous in text ills. by John Ward, turquoise/dark blue dichromatic cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a collection of the author's well-loved sketches and songs, faint bump lower edge upper b...

HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR.

Galton, Ray and Simpson, Alan (intro. by Peter Black), · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Woburn Press, London, 1974, 1st edn., 136pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), coloured pictorial laminated boards, the scripts of five shows from 1960/61: 'The Missing Page', The Reunion Party', 'Hancock Alone', 'The Bowmans' and '...

SNOOPY FEATURES AS THE FITNESS FANATIC.

Schulz, Charles M., · 2000

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Ravette Publishing, Partridge Gree - West Sussex, ND (copyright 2000), paperback, unpaginated [126pp], [ii] ads., pictorial cartoon wrappers, lightly rubbed at extrems., crease at upper hinge, edges tanned, very good,

SYKES OF SEBASTOPOL TERRACE.

Sykes, Eric, · 2000

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Virgin, London, 2000, 1st thus, 160pp, half tone photo frontis, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, tv tie-in, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, a selection of seven scripts of the long running TV comedy show starring Eric...

WUTHERING HEIGHTS according to Spike Milligan.

Milligan, Spike, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Micheal Joseph, London, 1994, 1st edn., [vi], 118pp, decorated title, 3 in text line drawings, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, Spike Milligan's zany interpretation of the classic story, ink inscr. top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: pr...

THE BOOK OF THE GOONS.

Milligan, Spike, Sellers, Peter and Secombe, Harry, · 1981

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Book Club Associates, London, 1981, club edn., 144pp, with numerous in text line drawings and half tone photo ills., (large format 10 x 7 inches approx.), pictorial laminated boards, a further selection of Goon Show scripts: The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fumanchu (1955), The G...

WIENER DOG ART - A Far Side Collection.

Larson, Gary, · 1993

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Warner, London, 1993, reprint, paperback, 111pp, illustrated throughout in line, half tone and colour (8 plates), [i] ads., large format (8 x 8 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, a collection of cartoons, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

TURN RIGHT AT THE SPOTTED DOG And Other Diversions.

Cooper, Jilly, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Methuen, London, 1988, reprint, paperback, 176pp, pictorial upper wrapper by Susan Hellard, sl. slant to spine, light creasing vertically at spine and at upper hinge and lower cnr. upper wrapper, good plus,