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The Unicorn

Iris Murdoch · 1961

£75.00 (€89.83 | $100.88 | ¥15,939)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1961. Paperback. This is an uncorrected proof copy of Iris Murdoch's novel The Unicorn. Iris Murdoch was an Irish-born author and philosopher best known for her novels and good and evil, sexual relationships, morality and the power of the unconsci...

The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. Containing His View of the Lancashire Dialect, with Large Additions and Improvements: Also, His Poem of the Flying Dragon, and the Man of Heaton; Together with Other Whimsical Amusements in Prose and Verse. With Plebeian Politics

John Collier · 1708

£318.00 (€380.88 | $427.73 | ¥67,581)

London, Cowdroy and Slack, 182. Leather. A humorous collection of works from satirist John Collier. Bound in half leather with gilt lettering and spine decoration. This copy has been professionally rebacked, with the original spine laid down. With twenty-seven illustrative pla...

The Festival of Wit; or, the Small Talker. Consisting of Flighs of Humour and Genius, Selected from a Voluminous Work, in the Possession of G***** K***, Summer Resident at W-. With the Life of the Author and Compiler, Written by Himself.

G. K. George King · 1783

£1,100.00 (€1,317.51 | $1,479.57 | ¥233,771)

London, M. Smith, 1783. Leather. A leather bound copy of The Festival of Wit, a humourous work. Supposedly written by King George - the George King of the G. K. Very scarce. Only held in a few institutions. Reviewed in a series of advertisements as 'not a delicate Morceau...

Apology Addressed to the Travellers Club or Anecdotes of Monkeys

William Stewart Rose · 1825

£295.00 (€353.33 | $396.79 | ¥62,693)

London, John Murray, 1825. Leather. The first edition of William Stewart Rose's satirical work, a humorous critique of British colonial and social attitudes. First edition. Bound in half calf, with marbled paper covered boards, sympathetically rebacked and recornered. Bo...

Paris Enragãƒâ©

Henry Buguet; Edmond Benjamin · 1886

£75.00 (€89.83 | $100.88 | ¥15,939)

Paris, Jules Levy, 1886 . Paperback. A striking first edition of this satire of Parisian unrest, offering Buguet and Benjamin"s sharp commentary with Choubrac"s caricatural illustrations. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. First edition. A vividly illustra...

Jokeby, a Burlesque on Rokeby

An Amateur of Fashion [Robert Coates] · 1813

£40.00 (€47.91 | $53.80 | ¥8,501)

London, Thomas Tegg, 1813. Hardback. The fifth and enlarged edition of Robert Coates's nonsensical poem, showcasing his idiosyncratic humour and style. The fifth and enlarged edition of Jokeby, A Burlesque on Rokeby, A Poem in Six Cantos, by eccentric actor Robert Coates ...

Love Among the Chickens

P. G. Wodehouse · 1909

£190.00 (€227.57 | $255.56 | ¥40,379)

London, The Circle Publishing Company, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of P. G. Wodehouse's humorous novel about two friends attempting to run a chicken ranch, illustrated by Armand Both. The first US edition, first printing. Published three years after ...

Mado Ou Les Mille Joies Du Menage

Maurice Level · 0

£49.00 (€58.69 | $65.91 | ¥10,413)

Paris, Editions et Librairie, c1920. Hardback. A smartly bound copy of this uncommon collection of humorous sketches, in the original French. French. Uncommon work. A collection of humorous sketches from Maurice Level, a French writer of fiction and drama who specialized in sh...

A Book of Caricatures

Max Beerbohm · 1907

£240.00 (€287.46 | $322.82 | ¥51,005)

London, Methuen & Co. 1907 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful and humorous collection of forty-nine striking caricatures from English humorist Max Beerbohm, the first edition of this uncommon work. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's red quarter cloth and boards.Â...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens · 1874

£140.00 (€167.68 | $188.31 | ¥29,753)

London, Chapman and Hall, [1874]. Leather. A neatly bound copy of the Household Edition of Charles Dicken's first novel, wonderfully illustrated throughout by Phiz, this edition being the first since Dickens' death. Household edition.Dated using Jisc, from copies of ...

Histoire Amoureuse Des Gaules

Bussi Rabutin [Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy; Bussy-Rabutin] · 1780

£395.00 (€473.11 | $531.30 | ¥83,945)

A Londres, Not Stated, 1780 . Leather. A charmingly bound six volume edition of Bussy-Rabutin's satirical novel about the morality of the French court. In the original French.First published in 1665, this 1780 edition is complete in six volumes.The work of Count Roger de ...

Sip! Swallow!

A. P. Herbert · 1937

£34.00 (€40.72 | $45.73 | ¥7,226)

London, Methuen and Co, 1937. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of these satirical commentaries from English humourist and law reformist, A. P. Herbert. The first edition, first impression. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. A delightful series of witty...

Mulliner Omnibus

P. G. Wodehouse · 1935

£95.00 (€113.78 | $127.78 | ¥20,189)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An omnibus of thirty-two 'Mr Mulliner' stories by P. G. Wodehouse, the first edition of this collection. The first edition of this impressive omnibus, containing thirty-two of P. G. Wodehouse's Mr Mull...

You&Apos;Re Only Old Once!

Dr. Seuss · 1991

£30.00 (€35.93 | $40.35 | ¥6,376)

New York, Random House, c1991. Cloth. An early edition of this colourful comical Dr. Seuss tale for adults. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.'You're Only Old Once!' is a comical Dr. Seuss volume for adults, published upon his 82nd birthday.The tale fol...

Exeter Change for the British Lions

Snug the Joiner [William Brough] · 1869

£150.00 (€179.66 | $201.76 | ¥31,878)

London, Benjamin Pardon & Son , 1869 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally scarce, humorous work published during the Exeter meeting of the British Association in 1869. The first edition. Bound in half calf with cloth boards. With one page of advertisements to the front a...

Souls in Torment

Ronald Searle; C. Day Lewis · 1953

£38.00 (€45.51 | $51.11 | ¥8,076)

London, Perpetua, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of illustrations of "souls in torment" from English artist Ronald Searle. First edition. A collection of one hundred drawings from Ronald Searle, an English artist and satirical cartoonist, ...

Wilt

Tom Sharpe · 1976

£75.00 (€89.83 | $100.88 | ¥15,939)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this comedic novel from English author Tom Sharpe. First edition. Years of harassment by his physically powerful but emotionally immature wife Eva, have left Henry Wilt with dreams of killing her in...

Mr. Jorrocks&Apos; Lectors from Handley Cross

R. S. Surtees · 1910

£55.00 (€65.88 | $73.98 | ¥11,689)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this humorous work by R.S. Surtees, featuring his well-known Cockney character, Mr. Jorrocks. First thus. Illustrated with a colour tipped-in frontispiece and twenty-four tipped in colour plates....

Des Bonshommes, Des Bonshommes (2nd Serie), P&Apos;Tites Femmes and Memoires D&Apos;Une Glace

Albert Guillaume; Francis Chevassu [preface] · 1893

£195.00 (€233.56 | $262.29 | ¥41,441)

Paris, H. Simonis Empis , 18936. Hardback. A wonderfully rich collection of French caricaturist Albert Guillaume's satirical drawings divided into four albums. A richly illustrated work, with coloured title pages to each album. Bound in the publisher's quarter cloth...

A Pinch - of Snuff: Composed of Curious Particulars and Original Anecdotes of Snuff Taking

Dean Snift; [Benson Earle Hill] · 1840

£89.00 (€106.60 | $119.71 | ¥18,914)

London, Robert Tyas, 1840. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon volume discussing snuff, a comical and illustrated work, the first edition. The first edition of this uncommon work.A comical work on snuff.This satirical work explores the world of snuff taking, reviewing different ...