THE OFFICIAL SLOANE RANGER HANDBOOK The First Guide to What Really Matters in Life.
Ebury Press, 1982. 5th printing. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 159, illus with b&w photos and drawings (no inscriptions). More
Humour
A SURVEY
William Heinemann, 1921. Limited numbered 1st edn (123 of 275). Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered purple cloth, all edges gilt (spine and edges of boards rather faded), no dustwrapper. Pp. viii thereafter unpaginated, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates with captioned tissue-guards (small splits at inner hinges; endpapers tanned;..... More
POTTED CHAR AND OTHER DELICACIES
Methuen & Co., 1933. 1st edn. 4to. Original black lettered blue cloth (worn at head and tail of spine), dustwrapper (poor - torn and chipped at edges - in protective cover). Pp. 55, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
THE REVEREND GUPPY'S AQUARIUM From Joseph P Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi How Everyday Items Were Named For Extraordinary People
New York: Gotham Books, 2007. 9781592403479. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered light brown paper quarter laid on cream paper laid boards (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 265 (previous owner's address sticker and neat inscription on front endpaper). More
A. J. WENTWORTH B.A.
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980. 0297777610. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth VG), dustwrapper (a little rubbed - otherwise VG, not price clipped). Pp. 215 (no inscriptions). More
THE TABLE IN A ROAR If You,ve Heard it Try to Stop me
Methuen, 1933. 8vo. Original black lettered brown cloth (nicked at head of spine, a little discloured at spine - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xv + 303, illus with b&w sketches by H.M. Bateman and George Belcher (no inscriptions). More
PTARMIGAN PIE
Golden Galley Press Binnacle Books, 1946. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (edges a little faded - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small tears at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 63, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
THE BOLSTER BOOK A Book for the Bedside Complied from the Occasional Writings of Reginald Drake Biffin
Mills & Boon, 1910. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth with b&w plate inset on upper board (edges lightly rubbed - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xii + 306, illus with b&w frontispiece (some spotting on endpapers; no inscriptions). More
RUTHLESS RHYMES For Heartless Homes.
Edward Arnold, n.d. 32nd imp. Oblong 8vo (5 x 7¼ ins). Original black lettered pictorial brown cloth (boards lightly marked). Pp. 79, illus with full page b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
YARDSTICKS FOR FAILURE Adventures in Friendship and Fluster.
Headline, 2025. 9781035411306. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 311, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
FOOL'S GOLD The Voyage of a Ship of Fools Seeking Gold A Mock-Heroic Poem on Brexit and English Exceptionalism.
O-Books, 2023. 9781789045871. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. xxxi + 474, with b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
NAILING IT! Tales from the Comedy Frontier.
Quercus, 2022. 9781529422436. 1st edn 2nd printing signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. xi + 305 (no other inscriptions). More
GLADY ODDLY
Max Reinhardt, 1958. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. 139, illus with b&w drawings (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
THE TWO TYPES.
British Army Newspaper Unit CMF, c. 1945. Oblong 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softbacks) (covers rather chipped and creased with long tear on lower cover). Unpaginated, illus throughout with b&w cartoons (some pages loose; previous owner's inscription on front endpaper). More
ALL DONE FROM MEMORY
John Murray, 1963. New edn. 8vo. Original black lettered yellow cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 118, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings (page edges lightly spotted; no inscriptions). More
CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES.
John Murray, 1947. Limited numbered 1st edn signed by author (94 of 100). Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered cream cloth-backed marbled paper-laid boards, top edge gilt (small mark on spine and top edge a little discoloured - otherwise bright VG), lacks glassine cover. Pp. 224, illus with coloured plates and..... More
FACADES AND FACES.
John Murray, 1950. 1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo. Original red lettered yellow cloth (VG), dustwrapper (chipped at edges - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 64, illus with b&w drawings (no inscriptions). More
LITTLEHAMPTON BEQUEST
John Murray, 1975. 8vo. Original gilt decorated yellow cloth (VG), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 94, illus with b&w plates (top corner of front endpaper clipped; no inscriptions). More
THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE LESBIAN LINE A Hidden History of Queer Women.
Dialogue Books, 2025. 9780349704616. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original pink lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 400 (no inscriptions). More
OKAY UNIVERSE Chronicles of a Woman in Politics
Drawn and Quarterly, 2020. 9781770464117. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (Fine). Pp. 102, illus throughout with coloured drawings (no inscriptions). More
WHAT ARE U
Andre Deutsch, 1969. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (top edge spotted and dust stained - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (scuffed at head of spine and at corners of upper cover - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 142 (lightly annotated by previous owner in pencil). More
SLIGHTLY FOXED But Still Desirable Ronald Searle's Wicked World of Book Collecting.
Folio Society, 2015. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine in publisher's unopened shrinkwrap). Pp. 128, with coloured illus (no inscriptions). More
STANDING FOR SOMETHING Life in the Awkward Squad
Biteback Publishing, 2011. 9781849541237. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered red cloth (a little bumped at tail of spine - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 258, illus with b&w cartoons by Martin Rowson (no inscriptions). More
ON BEING UNREASONABLE Breaking the Rules and Making Things Better.
Faber and Faber, 2023. 9780571366835. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 342 (no inscriptions). More
NOTHING IS SIMPLE
Phaidon Press, 2006. 0714844837. 4to. Original blue lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 147, illus throughout with b&w cartoons (no inscriptions). More