No date but c. 1920. From the little wonder books series. A tale of a an old man and his horse. Told in verse with 30 colour illustrations by G. E. Shepheard. Small 12mo. Mounted illustration to cover and illustrated end-papers. Rubbing to front joint with [more...]
Satirical children's book mocking Adolf Hitler, by the comic strip writer and his daughter. With sparing colour illustrations. Spotting and toning to covers. Rubbing and tear to front joint. Mild toning to page edges, text-block clean and tight. Good over [more...]
The Guinness Doctor's book for 1961. An annual promotional exercise devised by the agency SH Benson, where humourous pamphlets were sent to Doctors so as, they say, to solicit recommendations that 'Guinness is good for you.' A witty pastiche Gibert and Sull [more...]
Cheeky sketches from English history told in verse by Seccombe. With b/w illustrations throughout plus chromolithographic plate. Oblong 4to. Rubbing to edges with loss to paper coverings. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Humourous poems describing children from all over the world. With 30 colour plates. Quarter cloth. Oblong 4to. Heavy rubbing, toning and spotting to edges of covers. Tanning and spotting to page edges and within. Binding sound. Fair/ [more...]
Fetching gilt and green cloth binding in the 'Cranford series' style. Illustrated throughout by Charles Brock in b/w. All edges gilt. Previous owners name to ffep. Dusty staining to covers and bumping to edges. Occassional light spotting to front matte [more...]
Amusing picture book from the Rummy Tales series by Lawson Wood. With colour illustrations. Some toning to covers, rubbing to spine with small tears to top and tail. Contents sound. Good. [more...]
Interesting, scarce edition of Thackeray's controversial but influential collections of sketches of the various snobberies endemic to Victorian society that appeared in 1848. Printed in double columns and with the original illustrations as it would have appea [more...]
Issues no. 304 to 329 plus christmas issue. Half leather with marbled boards. Rubbing and wear to leather with portion missing from top of spine. Tanning to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
'Being a series of unmethodical explorations of the county, illustrated in line and colour by the author'. Readable, often humourous account of Essex, featuring numerous b/w illustrations and colour plates by Maxwell. Fore edge rough cut. Front joint split. [more...]
Pleasant quarter cloth binding of Hood's humourous poems with b/w illustrations. Marbled boards. rubbing and wear to extremities. Offsetting to endpapers. Contents clean and binding tight. Good. [more...]
No date but c. 1920. From the little wonder books series. A tale of a a boy and his horse. Told in verse with 30 colour illustrations by G. E. Shepheard. Small 12mo. Mounted illustration to cover and illustrated end-papers. Rubbing to joints with loss to t [more...]
Eneas Mackay; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1904
Collection of humourous tales and extracts in various aspects and areas of life in Ireland, with tipped in colour illustrations after paintings by Erskine Nicol. Top edge gilt, fore edge rough cut. Previous owner's name to ffep. Toning and staining to cover [more...]
Account of English fashions and behaviour, through the prism of humourous Punch sketches, with numerous examples in b/w. Rubbing and bumping to edges, with fraying/toning to bottom of spine. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Collections of short stories of O. Henry, american master of the short story. With frontispiece. Faux leather blue cloth. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
More comedic stories of an British ex-army officer, sent to serve as Resident Magistrate in Ireland around the turn of the century. A new edition. With b/w illustrations by E.O Somerville. Rubbing and wear to edges, With some fraying to top of spine. Previo [more...]
Economic wartime edition of Edward Lear's nonsensical verse. With copious b/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Bright and clean. Very good condition. A nice copy. [more...]
Unused diary for 1939, featuring humourous notes for each day and b/w illustrations. Toning to spine. Rubbing to edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Charming take on 'Gentleman Prefer Blondes', told from the perspective of a dog called Remus. With b/w illustrations by Wilma Hickson. Dust jacket is torn with loss to edges. Booksellers label removed with loss. Red cloth boards are sunned to spine. But con [more...]
