HUMOUR from Augustine Funnell Books

New York: Pocket 1164, 1957. Book. Illus. by N.M. Bodecker. Good to Very Good. Paperback. 1st thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First published in 1956 in hardcover by Crowell, being "The hilarious adventures of a young boy who learned the facts of love by trial and the facts of life mostly by error." 152 pages, cover… Read more about this item

Montreal: Bantam A1983, 1959. Book. Good to Very Good. Paperback. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Canadian paperback printing of a title first published in hardcover in 1958 by Random House. Basis for the MGM movie of the same name, which starred David Niven, Shirley MacLaine and Gig Young. "The outrageously sophisticated story of a… Read more about this item

Orono & Bangor: University of Maine at Orono Press / Bangor Publishing Company, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A collection of cartoons that "brings together Vic Runtz's clever and analytical observations on the social and political happenings of a quarter century as they appeared in The Bangor Daily… Read more about this item

Toronto: Bell & Cockburn, 1891. Book. Illus. by John Duncan. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. Small octavo. No date (1891?). Ford ends his preface with "Essentially a book of humour, it is hoped that the reader will find it to be something more than a merely funny book. If he does not, the writer will have failed to… Read more about this item

London : New English Library / NEL 25691, 1971. Book. About Very Good. Paperback. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Newman's first novel, originally published in hardcover in 1970, and giving us the story of DCI Terry Sneed, whose "Seven years of lies, violence, deceit and bribery had taken him to the top" (sorta like American politics).… Read more about this item

Fredericton: The Mortuary Press, 1968. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ferrari's uncommon first book of poetry ("A Bundle of Scurrilous Verse Scribbled in the Back of a Hearse"), with a foreword by Al Pittman. Typescript, 56 pages. General handling wear..

Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Omnibus volume containing seven stories, three of them featuring the irrepressible Ada Harris. Blue faux leather w/gilt spine lettering, 477 pages, illustrated. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, small scrapes to spine, light foxing to fore-edge, previous owner's name/date… Read more about this item

Washington: Bond Publishing Company, 1981. Book. Illus. by Daniel R. Wynn (cover illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "A collection of short stories taken from unusual occurrences in the field of medicine." Red cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 161 pages. Mildly cocked, previous owner's pencil notation to… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster (S&S), 1967. Book. Illus. by The Author. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st paperback edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Another collection of satirical comic strips featuring the Okefenokee Swamp area's most celebrated fictional character, opossum Jerry Reed. Oh, wait, Jerry Reed wasn't fictional (well, not entirely), but the anthropomorphic title character… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. Book. Illus. by A.B. Frost. Good. Hardcover. New & revised edition.. Small octavo. First published in 1880, with this 15-years-later edition boasting a "Preface and Dedication to the New Edition," and 112 illustrations, 11 of which are the full-page variety. Illustrated red cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, top edge gilt, 265… Read more about this item

Greenwich: Dargaud Publishing International Book. Illus. by Morris (Maurice De Bevere). Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1sts thus.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Six issues of the best-selling comic series featuring Lucky Luke, a gunslinger in the American Old West, and his smarter-than-most-humans horse, Jolly Jumper. Translated from the French by Pablo Vela ('Calamity Jane') and Frederick… Read more about this item

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 1989. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Curtis's first novel, which was also the first title in his acclaimed Brennen Siding Trilogy. 263 pages. Mildly sunned spine, light surface wear, gently bumped corners, thin reading crease to spine, small soil… Read more about this item

Fredericton: Omega Publishing Division of Omega Management Services, 1978. Book. Good. Stapled Wraps . 1st Edition. Oblong duodecimo. A spoof taking aim at Malcolm Bricklin, New Brunswick premier Richard Hatfield, and Bricklin's ill-fated automotive project that ended up costing New Brunswick taxpayers a lot of money. Unpaginated, illustrated. Bottom left corner of front cover chipped, thin crosscracks, moderate… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale Limited, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Based on more than 40 cases worldwide, "This hilarious collection of strange and spooky stories takes a titillating look at ghosts who are either sexual in nature or have manifested due to sexual feelings." 174 pages (including bibliography and further reading),… Read more about this item

Pocket 294, Pocket 498, Pocket 398, Avon 567, Pocket 504 Book. Reading copies (Good or better). Paperbacks. Various editions.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Five titles presenting a variety of jokes, humourous stories and cartoons. In addition to Mencken, 'Ship Ahoy' contains work by Rudyard Kipling, O. Henry, W.W. Jacobs, Bret Harte, and Mark Kerr. … Read more about this item

New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1918. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. The famous detective Hemlock Holmes and his companion, Doc Watson, have just returned from a three-year stay in the United States when they are engaged to find 11 (of 12) diamond cuff buttons that have been stolen from the Earl of Puddingham. Generally considered to be… Read more about this item

New York: Dell 5437, 1976. Book. About Very Good. Paperback. 1st Dell edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Canadian printing of a title first published in hardcover in 1973 by M. Evans and Company. U.S. Army engineers dropped into Nazi-occupied France to perform a secret mission must keep a bridge open until the Allies show up, but it's… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1950. Book. Good. Hardcover. 18th edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ogden Ford, an "overfed, spoiled and repellent little boy" who, when he isn't smoking, swearing up a storm, gambling away money he didn't earn, and making other peoples' lives miserable, is the object of kidnappers' interest. Contains the usual assortment of Wodehouse… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart / M&S, 1990. Book. Illus. by Marion Stuck (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Set in St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1967, this is the story of a nine-year-old boy "with a myth-making imagination," and his eccentric family. There seem to be three versions of this title: one… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart / M&S, 1990. Book. Illus. by Marion Stuck (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Set in St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1967, this is the story of a nine-year-old boy "with a myth-making imagination," and his eccentric family. There seem to be three versions of this title: the… Read more about this item