CHILTON BOOKS

Muse in Chains. A Study in Education.

POTTER, STEPHEN. · 1937

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. 1st edition. A humorous satire on the academic teaching of English literature. Pp.287, owner's name to inside front board. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, slightly cocked, minor rubbing to boards with wear to corner tips. G+.** Stephen Meredith P...

The Natural History Of Humbugs. By Angus B. Reach. Iillustrated By A. Henning .

REACH, ANGUS B. (ANGUS BETHUNE REACH 1821-1856 ) / HENNING, A. (ILLUSTRATOR) . · 1856

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London: Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue), 86, Fleet Street, [no date - c. 1856] . 0. A very good quarter leather binding. 16mo. pp.vii/[1p.]/[pp.9] - pp.126 . Red morocco spine over grey papered boards. Top and tail opf spine carefully strengthened. Clear gilt title to spine. Clean ...

You're Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children, 1986.

SEUSS, DR. · 1986

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Glasgow: Fontana / Collins, 1986. 0006371221. 1st Fontana edition. "Is this a children's book? Well..not immediately. You buy a copy for your child now and you give it to him on his 70th birthday..In this, his frst adult book, Dr Seuss illuminates the medical checkup with his ...

The Twelve Days of Christmas (Correspondence). Illustrated by Quentin Blake. (signed).

NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS. · 1998

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Doubleday, 1998. 038541028X. 1st edition. "Everyone knows 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', but not as re-written by John Julius Norwich in this delightful correspondence, which records the daily thank-you letters from one increasingly bemused young lady to her unseen ad...

The Twelve Days of Christmas (Correspondence). Illustrated by Quentin Blake.

NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS. · 1999

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Doubleday, 1999. 038541028X. Reissued. "Everyone knows 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', but not as re-written by John Julius Norwich in this delightful correspondence, which records the daily thank-you letters from one increasingly bemused young lady to her unseen admir...

Fresh Howlers.

HUNT, H. CECIL. · 1930

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1930. 1st edition. A collection of humorous (?) mistakes and blunders. Pp.127, occasional minor spots. Yellow illustrated stiff card cover, toned with wear to spine. Good.

The Little Limerick Book.

VARIOUS. · 1955

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

New York: The Peter Pauper Press, 1955. 1st edition. Following the publishing of "World's Best Limericks", dozens of people from all over the world sent in more examples from people such as: W.D.Lewis, Frank Miller, G.S.Myers, Harry Pollak, Arthur Rosenblum, James W.Sales, Joh...

Laundered Limericks from Wicked Pens.

VARIOUS. · 1960

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York: The Peter Pauper Press, 1960. 1st edition. "The reader should be warned that although many of these limericks are laundered and thus printable, there are many that are still not entirely clean!" Pp.59, occasional cartoon illustrations byHenry R. Martin, minor spottin...

Rowdy Rhymes and Bibulous Ballads.

VARIOUS. · 1952

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

New York: The Peter Pauper Press, 1952. 1st edition. "Gathered from many Gay Minstrels" Humorous verse. Pp.62, cartoon illustrations in tan by Henry R. Martin, small chip to lower edge of pp.13/14, a few light spots. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Matching dustwrapper a lit...

101 Things to Do with a Dull Church. Illustrated by Simon Jenkins.

WROE, MARTIN & REITH, ADRIAN. · 1989

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Eastbourne: Minstrel (Imprint of Monarch Pub. Ltd.),1989. 1st ed. "The Complete Guide for the Bored Again Christian". Pp. 124/2(ads) b/w cartoons throughout Paperback, sunning to spine. G+.

Car...Toons. Including Auto-Suggestions and Car-icatures.

SINÉ. · 1964

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Max Reinhardt, 1964. 2nd impression. A collection of Cars..Cart-toons, Auto-suggesions and Car-icatures.. by Siné, the famous French cartoonist who drew 'Scatty'. 13.5cms x 11cms x 1cm. Unpaginated. Paperback, matching dustwrapper is toned with small spots. G+.

Comic Snap Shots from Early English History.

WIL. THE. PARKES. [WILLIAM THEODORE PARKES]. · 1904

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Ernest Nister. nd. (c.1904). Printed in Bavaria. 1153. Cartoon illustrations of 'events' in early English history. Unpaginated, colour cartoon illustrations throughout, small tear to base of front free endpaper. Red cloth spine, illustrated laminated boards, edge wear ...

My Missus was a Rolling-News Junkie.

MCCARTNEY, ROGER. · 2011

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Privately published / Lulu, nd. (c.2011). "Roger McCartney is the creator of the new ron-con genre..His observational ironic-comedy fools you into a false sense of security and then - bang - he hits you with the absurd.." 23cms x 15cms. Unpaginated. 20 chapters. Inscribed by t...

Dressing Gowns and Glue. (Illustrations by John Nash).

SIEVEKING, CAPT. L. DE / NASH, PAUL (EDITOR). · 1919

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Cecil Palmer & Hayward, 1919. Second edition. With an Introduction about the Verses by G.K.Chesterton and an Introduction about the Drawings by Max Beerbohm and something about all concerned by Cecil Palmer. 25cms x 18.5cms. Pp.48, humourous verse and cartoons througho...

Hamlet. (With illustrations by Anthony Masters).

CORTEZ, LEON SHAKESPEARE. · 1946

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: The Lochend Printing Co.Ltd, nd. (c.1946). One of a series of humourous cockney parodies. 16.5cms x 12.5cms. Pp.47, inscribed by the author to inside front cover (To Peter Marshall with best wishes & good luck. Leon Cortez), accompanying cartoon illustrations by Anthon...

We Irish talk Like That. (signed).

ROACH, HAL. · 0

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Unknown. Hal Roach "Ireland's international Comedian; Star of Jury's Irish Cabaret, Dublin, Ireland". Book of Irish humour and jokes. Pp.133, inscribed by the author "To Maggie, a special lady! Love Hal Roach" to title page. Paperback, scuffs to front. G+.

A Letter to the Editor.

RUBINSTEIN, STANLEY. · 1952

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Allan Wingate, 1952. 1st edition. Why do people feel the irresistible urge to write a Letter to the Editor? "When Stanley Rubinstein, known as lawyer and friend to generations of literary people, posed this innocent question in a letter to The Sunday Times, he did not ...

How to Scrape Skies. The United States Explored, Rediscovered and Explained. (Signed).

MIKES, GEORGE. · 1952

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Wingate, 1952. 6th impression. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley. Pp.127, cartoon illustrations by Nicolas Bentley, inscribed by the author "To Margaret & Douglas with love and many thanks for their kindness, May,1952. George Mikes" to front free endpaper. Red cloth, spin...

John Glashan's World.

GLASHAN, JOHN. · 1991

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London: Robinson Publishing, 1991. 1854871048. 1st edition. "The inhabitants of this world include Lord Doberman, the richest man in the world; Anode Enzyme, genius and inventor; Cedilla the deb; Methylated Jim; Dr de Range, the asylum proprietor; and assorted bankers, art dea...

Parish Notices.

BRAYTON, HOWARD. · 1991

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Witney; The Alden Press, 1991. 0951688103. A booklet of humorous parish notices, with quiet chuckles coming from mistakes, unintended words slipping in, or double meanings. Pp.61. Paperback, minor light marks to covers. VG.