HUMOUR & CARTOONS from Fortuna Books

1946 12 parts, complete year of 1946, staples rusting, rubbed spine fold, generally VG, includes issue with Aleister Crowley; How to tell and Englishman from an American, the first printing of this short piece by him, sold as the year set, (2000 gram rate =2kg) . First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.… Read more about this item

London: Hobbs & Michael Joseph, 1974 unclipped DW lightly rubbed to spine ends, small tear at head of lower joint tape repaired to verso, faint watermark at heel of reverse of DW, book tidy, 47pp with Spike's drawings and hand written text. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Spike Milligan. 4to - over 9? - 12"… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury Agnew & Co undated but pre 1900. blue cloth dec in gilt and black and red with horse and hounds design, gilt titled spine includes 'Jorrock's edition' and 'John Leech'. half title has been neatly removed, cloth rubbed to tips and small splits at ends of spine joints, front hinge cracked, former owner HENRY HEARN… Read more about this item

London: Hamilton, 1955 near fine copy just very minimal rubbing to extreme corner tips (not bumped), one small spot of surface rubbing to white part of cover, approx 40pp of cartoons by Thurber, scarce edition, issued without dust jacket, reduced postage outide of New Zealand. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by James Thurber. Landscape 16mo.

London: Heinemann, 1951 lacks dust jacket, rubbed to joints, light soiling to black boards, name in pen to fep, closed edges dusty, 326pp + plates.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Reinhardt, 1956 Two books; Model Oddlies 1956 small chip head of dust jacket spine, small scuff at tail, unclipped, book clean, 155pp, line illustrations and Oodles of Oddlies, 1963 first edition, price clipped dust jacket, book spine leans, book clean, 169pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Haro Hodson. 12mo - over 6? -… Read more about this item

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952 booksellers pencil to fep, minor scattered spots of foxing to closed edges, offsetting to feps, lacks DW, tidy first edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Garden City: Blue Ribbon, 1947 boards edge and corner wear, DW sunned and faded spine, and with short tears at edges, minor chipping to corners. small patch label lifted from tail of spine. , unclipped. A rubber stamp of a small star to front DW flap and paste down. name on FEP end paper and first few prelims have a… Read more about this item

London: Reinhardt & Evans , 1950 hardback cloth is mottled slightly with light spotting, foxing just starting on endpapers, front endpaper trimmed top 20mm with the remains of the owners name descenders just showing. dustwrapper not price clipped, but worn to edges and with some tears leading in from the spine ends and some chipping loss to head of… Read more about this item

London: Bodley Head, 1917 green cloth blind panelled with pale blue title to cover and spine, spine sunned, edges lightly rubbed, lacks fep, xi 234pp + col frontis and b&w plates, adverts at rear, untrimmed, Canadian humour. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A H Fish. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Heinemann, 1951 omnibus collection of three works, green cloth rubbed to edges with some small holes along the joints and the fore edges from insect damage. 3 line ink inscription to fep, text block tidy and clean ,384pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Stanley Paul unclipped dust jacket under mylar sleeve has some closed tears and chipping to spine head, under the mylar it looks better than the scan shows, book has some light foxing to the closed edges and very minor to endpapers, 256pp, undated, assumed first as carries same 9s 6d price to flap, (500 gram rate). First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Eyre Methuen VG in same DW although a few finger marks to the DW, and the price on the fold in flap has been clipped. the book boards have a "tits'n'bums'pictorial cover, approx 100pp of laughs and cartoons etc front endpaper should have a 'fake' library plate but this is missing otherwise a VG copy. assumed first edition.. First… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1957 scattered foxing to prelims and the DW, DW unclipped and VG under plastic sleeve, spine a little browned, 190pp, US journalist anecdotes on European morals, humorous. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Stanley Paul, 1957 (500 gram rate) lacks fep, stationer's stamp foot of paste down, book is tidy but used, has some light foxing to the closed edges and minor to endpapers, minor handling soiling to boards, 200pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

New York: Pocket Books, 1953 Pocket Book 948, light handling wear or soiling, collection of gags and some cartoons, all on the theme of the 'war of the sexes' etc, 252pp + adverts, (200 gram rate). Second Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Barye Phillips. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1956 Pyramid Books 205, small nick to spine, price marked over in ball pen, light handling wear or soiling, collection of gags and some cartoons, all on the theme of the 'playgirl' etc, 125pp + advert (200 gram rate) . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bruce Dolan. 16mo - over 5? -… Read more about this item

London: Perpetua, 1955 second impression before publication October. cloth rubbed at bottom edge, 120pp, nice red endpapers. DWunclipped, intact but rubbed and chipped to the edges, short edge tears, bottom 20mm of spine strip missing. pencil name to fep. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Ronald Searle. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Methuen, 1924 spine faintly faded, starting to fray at spine corners and just starting to split at ends of joints, fore edge mottled slightly along the edge, small rubber name stamp to head of contents page, faint foxing to closed edges, 296pp + 8pp adverts, Second Edition printed in same month as the first. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1970 A dream-house hunters nightmare, VG/ VG minor tape residue oxide to paste down and edge of DW flap. small inscr fep, bookseller label paste down, DW under plastic cover so VG 128pp DW a little sunned to spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Thelwell. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.