Comedy from Minotavros Books

London: Samuel French, 1935. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 18mo. French's Acting Edition, No. 1779. Orig. green wrappers. 102 pp, [4] pp. B&W line drawings of set layouts. Slight sunning to spine and edges of wrappers. Otherwise about fine.

London: Allan Wingate, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Langdon, David. 16mo. Orig. blue cloth. 144 pp. B&W illustration. Light chafing to extremities. Light foxing to endpapers. Dust jacket is age toned, foxed to reverse, chipped to spine ends and corners.

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo (medium). 5th Printing. Tan cloth binding. vii, [5], 338 pp. Light bruising to extremities. Spine a little cocked. Dust jacket is chipped to extremities, worn to spine head, a few short tears and some creasing. Same as third printing jacket with Chicago Sun-Times blurb.… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 96 pp. B&W illustrations. Some toning to covers, else fine.

No Binding. Near Fine. 10" x 8" N.d. 10" x 8" signed photo. A few small stains to tail edge, else fine. 0.

Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Augustan Reprint Society Number 223. Orig. tan card wrappers, stapled binding. xiv, 52 pp. Fine.

Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles, 1989. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Augustan Reprint Society Number 258. Orig. tan card wrappers, sewn and glued. xiv, [4], 40. Fine.

Philadelphia: Running Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 9" x 8" Oblong soft cover. Unpaged, [40 pp.]. Fully illustrated in colour with photographs by the author. Rubbed to extremities, some rubbing and scuffing to covers. Chipping to spine ends. Record included.

New York: Random House, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Full blue paper boards. Boards are stained. First signature loose with separation to inner hinge at p. 21. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, edge worn.

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2012. First Ediition. Soft cover. Fine. Gottfried, Gilbert. 8vo (small). SIGNED with inscription to title page. vii, 272 pp. With illustrations and Clip n' Save jokes throughout. Covers and interior clean. A fine copy. Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor. This book highlights Gottfried's life and career… Read more about this item

New York: A.L. Burt Company. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo. N.d., [ca. 1920s-30s?]. Full burgundy cloth. T.E.G. 458 pp. Spine slightly shaken. Spine faded, rubbing to spine ends and corners. Light staining to cloth. Ink ownership inscription and pencil drawing to ffep, pencil notation to rfep. 0.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1995. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription to half-title. Soft cover. 214 pp. With additional scenes by Jonathan Rix and decor by David Drummond. B&W photos and illustrations. Light sunning to spine and a few creases to covers, else fine. For over thirty years Brian Rix was the most prominent actor-manager of farce in… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow, 2020. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Quarter black paper, blue paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. 271 pp. Fine.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Orig. red cloth. 276 pp. Spine tilted. Bookplate to ffep. Dust jacket is bumped to extremities, lightly soiled to rear, chipped to spine ends, perforations to front fore edge. This Laugh Is On Me is more than an honest, sometimes painful account of teh private… Read more about this item

New York: 37INK, 2018. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full yellow paper boards. vii, 386 pp. Fine condition. A scrupulously researched, thoroughly reported, and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the trailblazing sketch comedy show that upended television, launched the careers of some of Hollywood's biggest stars, and changed the way we talk, think, and laugh about race: In Living… Read more about this item

New York: Warner Books, 1977. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4" x 7" Paperback. Unpaginated. B&W illustrations. Light wear to joints and bumping to corners. Age toning to pages.

London: Top Sllers Ltd. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo. [n.d., ca. 198-?] A Funny Half-Hour Book. Paperback. 130 pp. B&W illustrations. Some creasing to spine and covers. Pencil notations to inside rear cover.

Greenwhich, Conneticut: Fawcett Publications, 1956. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo. Paperback. 128 pp. B&W illustrations. Light wear to joints, bumping to corners. 200 triple-X charges of high-explosive humor!

Toronto: Penguin Books, 1996. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo. First paperback edition. 278 pp. [12] pp. B&W photos. Fine condition. Funny, gentle, soft-hearted and affable, John Candy was loved by millions of movie fans for playing characters who almost always conveyed much of the real man. Whether as the irrepressible bon vivant in Splash, the warm-hearted slob in Uncle… Read more about this item

s.l.: Brownie. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Wight, Drew. 16mo. [N.d., ca. 1970]. Pictorial paper boards. Unpaginated, [17] pp. Vibrant colour cartoon illustrations of jokes. As we all know, one of the most sickening things about being sick is all the dumb questions people ask. But now you don't have to take that lying down! Fight back by giving… Read more about this item