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Make 'em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

By: MASLON, Laurence; KANTOR, Michael

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Twelve: 2008

Seller ID: 044539

ISBN: 0446505315

Binding: Boards

Condition: As New

An illuminating look back at the last century of American comedy and the greats who have shaped it. The companion to the five-part PBS documentary. A lighthearted survey of American comedy from the past century and the achievements of its top contributors includes interviews with such figures as Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby, and Ellen DeGeneres. "The companion to the PBS series". 383 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Book is bright, fresh and unmarked, about 'as new'. Unclipped dustjacket is very nearly similar. Very heavy to ship weighing 2.19kg.
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Now We Are Sixty

By: MATTHEW, Christopher

Price: $7.95

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1999

Seller ID: 1908

ISBN: 0719559790

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

Humorous, poetic observations on aging and on turning 60. In the style of A. A. Milne. 111pp, decorations by David Eccles. Bright, clean interior. Small gift inscription top the htp otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 222g.
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Phil May's Gutter-Snipes : 50 Original Sketches in Pen & Ink

By: MAY, Phil

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, R.H. Russel: 1899

Seller ID: 038784

Binding: Hard Boards, Cloth Spine

Condition: Very Good

"Copyright, 1896, by the Leadenhall Press; copyright, 1898, by Robert Howard Russell"--Title page verso. Front board illustrated. [56] leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 31 cm. Interior of the book is bright white and unmarked, excepting a neat name in ink to the ffep. Very slight foxing to the front endpapers. Very tight, square binding, pages not loosening. Front board titles and illustration are in gilt and have faded - still visible nut weak. Minor soiling and general darkening to the brown paper covering the stiff, multi-layered card boards. Sound cloth spine. Weight, 960g.
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The Whimsical World of Brother Juniper

By: McCARTHY, Father Justin

Price: $8.00

Publisher: USA, Pocket Books: 1963

Seller ID: 054436

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: Very Good

'A new collection of mischievous and nerry cartoons - and funnier than ever' - dedicated to the Franciscan Family. Pocket Book Edition 6216. First published by Doubleday. 96pp, full-page cartoons. Clean, unmarked interior.Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Slight age-soil to wrappers. Eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates within Canada, slightly more to the USA and other Countries.
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Comic Postcards by Artist Donald McGill; Lot of 10 Different

By: McGILL, Donald

Price: $15.00

Publisher: United Kingdom, Various Publishers:

Seller ID: 055210

Condition: Mostly Fine

These 10 different, colour postcards, were published from the 1930s to the early 1960s. They are all of the 'Saucy Seaside' variety, mildly risque by today's standards. Some were 'Banned' in the UK at one time. Eight of the ten are unused, two used. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $4.50 depending on location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations.
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The Second Book of Insults

By: McPHEE, Nancy

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Toronto, Van Nostrand: 1981

Seller ID: 036552

ISBN: 044296681

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

A collection of invective, imprecation and castigation. 1st, 8vo, 132pp, illustrated. Hardcover with unclipped dustjacket. Bright, clean and unmarked. Weight, 370g.
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The Second Book of Insults

By: McPHEE, Nancy

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Toronto, Van Nostrand: 1981

Seller ID: 039009

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Invective, imprecation and castigation from a wide range of sources, with a cross-referenced index. 1st printing, 8vo, 132pp, illustrated by Graham Pilsworth. Hardcover with price-clipped dustjacket. Very clean, tight copy. Fine/VG+. Weight, 366g.
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Cartoons & Gags: September, 1974

By: MENDE, Robert - Editor

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Magazine Management: 1974

Seller ID: 039123

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: Very Good

Single issue of a cartoon and joke book for adults. Features jokes, humor, cartoons etc by well-known artists in the genre such as Engelman, Zahn, Trogdon, Tupper, Orehek, , Flynn, Stanfield, Mooney and many others. 'Sexy Date' - 2pp comic; All Balled Up! - 2pp comic; & 'The Sexy Athlete' - 2pp comic - by Mende & Orehek. 'Pussycat', 4pp comics byLieber 7 Mooney[48pp], b&w illustration, color wrappers. Clean, unmarked copy with a sound, stapled binding. Weight, 112g.
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Cartoons and Gags; October, 1973

By: MENDE, Robert - Editor

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, Magazine Management: 1973

Seller ID: 055326

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Good

Risque cartoons, jokes etc. Cartoons by well-know artists such as - Trogdon, Zahn, Hagglund, Dare, Orehek, Ali, , Wenzel, Dawson, plus a 4pp Pussycat cartoon a 6pp sexy cartoon comic by Trogdon and Mende, two 2pp sexy comic/cartoons by Mende & Ohrhek. [64pp], cartoons, photo illustrations. Bright, clean and unmarked. Some light surface wear to the wrappers. Sound, stapled binding. Unpacked weight, 107g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwi...
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Cartoon Capers; August, 1969

By: MENDE, Robert - Editor

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Magazine Management: 1969

Seller ID: 039125

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Single issue of a cartoon and joke book for adults. Features jokes, humor, cartoons etc by well-known artists in the genre such as Engelman, Zahn, Trogdon, Tupper, Orehek, Flynn, Stanfield, Mooney and many others. [66pp], b&w illustration, color wrappers. Clean copy with a sound, stapled binding. Would be Fine b for a ssmall ink drawing to the rear panel. Weight, 116g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations
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South Sea Cartoons

By: MEYERS, Harold - Compiler

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Avon Books 643: 1955

Seller ID: 53

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: Good to Very Good

Desert Island guys, gals and gags! Cartoons by various artists with a 'risque' theme. Interior is clean and unmarked, pages lightly tanned. Binding is tight and square. Faint spine creases. Some light wear here and here and an fore-edge tear to the rear panel. Still, displays quite well. Unpacked weight, 51g. We ship from both Canada and the United States with very competitive rates. Weight, Inexpensive Lettermail rates may apply. Image available.
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Musical Bumps

By: MIALL, Antony

Price: $12.50

Publisher: London, J. M. Dent & Sons: 1981

Seller ID: 11487

ISBN: 0-460-04541-5

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

Humorous musical anecdotes of conductors, orchestras, choirs, singers etc. 83pp, illustrated by ken Pyne. Bright copy with a sound binding and a like dustjacket.
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RV Chuckles and Chuckholes: The Confessions of Happy Campers

By: MILLER, Darlene

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A., Publication Consultants: 2005

Seller ID: 041394

ISBN: 0977299708

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About Fine

A delightful tale of eight years of full-time RVing. Dedicated inscription in the hand of the author to the tp. 98pp. Publisher's bookmark for this title, laid-in. Bright, clean and unmarked. Weight, 151g.
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Spike Milligan: A Celebration

By: MILLIGAN, Spike

Price: $8.50

Publisher: London, Virgin Books: 1995

Seller ID: 10706

ISBN: 1-85227-561-8

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Fine

The Best of Spike Milligan - compiled by Roger Sawyer. 160pp, photo illustrated. Bright, fresh copy - near new.
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The Q Annual

By: MILLIGAN, Spike

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Harmondsworth, UK, Penguin: 1980

Seller ID: 13342

ISBN: 0140056491

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Book features scripts from Spike Milligan's B.B.C. TV's Q Series. 128 p. : photos ; 25 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Slight top corner-tip crease to front wrapper. Weight, 292g.
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The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon

By: MITCHELL, W. O.

Price: $8.95

Publisher: U.S.A., McClelland & Stewart: 1994

Seller ID: 29805

ISBN: 0771060815

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

The humorous tale of curling star Willie MacCrimmon's pact with the Devil. He will curl in hell against the Devil's team--which includes Judas and Macbeth--and if he wins, he is guaranteed victory in the national championships. If he loses, his soul belongs to the Devil. An expanded and adapted version of a short story that was later adapted as a radio play and a stage play. "A Douglas Gibson book." 135 pages : illustrations by Wesley W. Bates ; 20 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked in an unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 253g.
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The Pawky Scot

By: MOFFAT, Graham

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Dundee, Valentine & Sons: 1928

Seller ID: 31653

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: Good Very Good

A collection of humorous stories on the Scottish character. 36pp, illustrated by Arthur Moreland, tipped-in frontis portrait. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Fresh pages. Slight foxing to first/last pages. Sound, stapled binding. An above average copy. Weight, 110g.
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An Irreverent and Almost Complete Social History of the Bathroom

By: MUIR, Frank

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, Stein and Day: 1983

Seller ID: 28399

ISBN: 0812829123

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Social history of the Bathroom. 164pp, a few illustrations, includes music & lyrics to a song by Flanders and Swann. Bright, fresh interior. Tight, square binding. No wear to cloth. Very nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket Attractive copy. Weight, 414g.
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The Private Dining Room, and other new Verses

By: NASH, Ogden [1902-1971]

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Co: 1953

Seller ID: 441

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

"Nash belongs to none of the 20th century's poetic movements though he borrowed from all of them. He published his first collection during the height of High Modernism and his last in the early 70s with the Language poets and Second New York School bubbling around him. 'The Private Dining Room' pops and fizzes on the level of sound poetry, both a sendup to the form and to 1950s propriety and etiquette guides." xiii, 169 pages ; 20 cm. Includes index.Book is very bright and clean and is unmarked. Tight, square binding, flawless rec cloth boards. The unclipped dustjacket is almost simila...
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Tambo : His Jokes and Funny Sayings : With Which is Incorporated Hints to the Amateur Minstrel

By: NEWCOMB, Bobby

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, Wehman Bros: 1882

Seller ID: 051107

Binding: Wrappers

Condition: Good

'Hints to the minstrel stage - Tambo's jokes and funny sayings'. 60 pages ; [4PP] adverts, 18 cm. Not llustrated except from front wrapper. Inside adverts to both wrappers printed upside-down. Wrappers are bright yellow with an illustration of an African-American minstrel on a chait with a tambourine. Scan available. Text-bloc is tight and square, pages uniformly browned. A few pencil & ink 'check' marks noted otherwise unmarked. Rear wrapper has lost a small piuece next tothe foot of the spine. Front wrapper has lost a tiny piece next to the foot of the apine and the very tip pf the lower fo...
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Category: Humour