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WHERE HAVE ALL THE BULLETS GONE?.

Milligan, Spike, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, reprint, paperback, 283pp, 2 maps, numerous half tone photo ills. and facsimiles in text, [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, the author's fifth volume of war memoirs, covering his time in Italy from early 1944, sl. slant to spine with numerous l...

THE BIBLE - The Old Testment According to Spike Milligan.

Milligan, Spike, · 0

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND, reprint, paperback, [iv], 186pp, pictorial upper wrapper by David Senior, an hilarious and irreverent re-writing of the Old Testament, lightly rubbed at tips, sl. bump upper edge lower wrapper, very good plus,

HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR.

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

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Woburn Press, 1974, 1st edn., 136pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial laminated boards, the scripts of five shows from 1960/61: 'The Missing Page', The Reunion Party', 'Hancock Alone', 'The Bowmans' and 'The Blood Donor', illustrated with blow-ups fr...

THE VERY NICE JEWISH QUIZ BOOK (originally published as The Jewish Quiz Book).

Carlinsky, Dan, · 1987

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Bell Publishing, New York, 1987, 1st edn. thus, viii, 123pp, in text line drawings, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured lettered dustwrapper, a fun book of more than eleven hundred questions and answers about who's Jewish and what's J...

THE BIRDIKIN FAMILY.

Marshall, Archibald (ill. George Morrow), · 1932

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J. M. Dent, London, 1932, 1st edn., [vi], 154pp, frontis and numerous in text line drawings by George Morrow, pictorial endpapers, brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, decorated in black at upper board, upper edge coloured, a collection of twenty-four storie...

SIMPLE PEOPLE.

Marshall, Archibald (ill. George Morrow), · 1928

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George G. Harrap, London, 1928, 1st edn., 160pp, numerous in text line drawings by George Morrow, pictorial endpapers, dark blue cloth over bevelled edge boards, lettered and decorated in gilt at spine and upper board, upper edge gilt, a collection of twenty-three stories, so...

SOMETHING IN THE CELLAR... Ronald Searle's Wonderful World of Wine.

Searle, Ronald, · 1986

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Souvenir Press, London, 1986, 1st thus, unpaginated [80pp], col'd frontis and illustrated throughout mainly in colour with some drawings in line, coloured endpapers, large format about 12 x 9 inches, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a c...

THE GOODIES BOOK OF CRIMINAL RECORDS.

Oddie, Bill; Brooke-Taylor, Tim; Garden, Graeme, · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, ND (copyright 1975), 1st edn., unpaginated (96pp), illustrated in colour, half tone and line throughout, large format (approx 11 x 8 inches) laminated pictorial boards, spin-off from The Goodies TV series, very lightly bumped at tips upper boa...

THE GOODIES FILE.

Oddie, Bill; Brooke-Taylor, Tim; Garden, Graeme, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, ND (copyright 1974), 1st edn., unpaginated (96pp), illustrated in colour, half tone and line throughout, large format (approx 11 x 8 inches) laminated pictorial boards, spin-off from The Goodies TV series, lightly bumped at spine ends, no dust...

FRANKENSTEIN according to Spike Milligan.

Milligan, Spike, · 1998

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Virgin, London, 1998, paperback, xiii, 127pp, photo pictorial upper wrapper, Spike Milligan's zany interpretation of the classic story, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

BLACK BEAUTY according to Spike Milligan.

Milligan, Spike, · 1997

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Virgin, London, 1997, 1st paperback edn., [iv], 156pp, paperback, photo pictorial upper wrapper, Spike Milligan's zany interpretation of the classic story, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE and DOCTOR AT SEA.

Gordon, Richard, · 1955

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The Reprint Society, London, 1955, club edn., 318pp, maroon cloth with black title panel at spine lettered and bordered in gilt, top edge coloured, decorated lettered dustwrapper, very sl. cocked, sl. bloom to cloth with a little loss to dressing lower board, dustwrapper: lig...

THE WIT OF WINSTON CHURCHILL.

Willans, Geoffrey and Roetter, Charles, · 1955

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Max Parrish, London, 1955, 2nd imp., 106pp, frontis cartoons by 'Vicky', numerous cartoons in text, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, cartoon by 'Strube' front endpapers, cartoon dustwrapper by 'Vicky', a selection of Winston S. Churchill's wit and repartee, a little...

DOCTOR ON THE BOIL.

Gordon, Richard, · 1973

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Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 175pp, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Michael Trevithick, the ninth title in the Doctor series, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, ink name inside upper wrapper, good,

ROD, POLE OR PERCH - A Field Guide To Anglers.

Willock, Colin, · 1978

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Andre Deut sch, London, 1978, 1st edn., 109pp, numerous in text ills. by Thelwell, orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, cartoon pictorial dustwrapper by Thelwell, a little rubbed at extrems. and lightly bumped at spine ends, impressed mark top cnr. front free endpaper, fai...

THE PAN BOOK OF LIMERICKS.

Untermeyer, Louis (ed., intro. and commentary by), · 1968

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1968, paperback, 158pp, [ii] ads., numerous in text cartoons by R. Taylorpictorial wrappers, a collection of more than 250 famous and infamous limericks, sl. roll to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

THE GENIUS OF JAMES THURBUR.

Rosen, Michael J. (selection and intro. by), · 2000

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

The Folio Society, London, 2000, 3rd imp., 256pp, numerous in text line ills., silver laminated pictorial boards lettered in black at spine, decorative head and tail bands, col'd endpapers, slipcase, fine in a fine slipcase,

THE LOST GOON SHOWS.

Milligan, Spike (intro. by), · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, frontis and numerous half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, large format 9.25 x 6 inches, photo pictorial wrappers, six Goon Show scripts, five recorded 1956-58 and not broadcast until 1986: Operation C...

THE LOONEY - An Irish Fantasy.

Milligan, Spike, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 198pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Kevin Lyles, tiny bump fore-edge upper wrapper, very good plus,

THE LOONEY - An Irish Fantasy.

Milligan, Spike, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 198pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Kevin Lyles, faint diag. crease lower cnr. upper wrapper, very good plus,