Humour from JimsOldBooks

Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing, 1987. No dustwrapper (as issued), a few dent marks on the covers, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being a collection of comedy sketches, monologues and songs, originally performed between 1973 and 1986, from the well-known (at the time, anyway, in the 1970s and 80s) Scottish comedy trio. 272pp,… Read more about this item

London: Putnam, 1960. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, very slight bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, old sellotape marks to endpapers, also a mark on f/ep where a label (?) has been removed. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book, a humorous A to Z of horsey-related pieces. 95pp,… Read more about this item

London: Eyre Methuen, 1973. Some creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of gray boards, some foxing to endpapers, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Sailing-related cartoons by Norman Thelwell, who is better-known for his horsey cartoons. 96pp, b&w drawing throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1963. Some scuffing to spine ends and yellowing to cover (from age, NOT tobacco), some tears to lower edge of pages 55-58, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of ths soft-cover book. Originally published in hardback in 1959 and in paperback in 1961, this is a slightly later… Read more about this item

London: Allan Wingate, 1955. Some creasing and tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, with the bottom inch of same torn away at the spine. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, original owner's name on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. A humorous look at France in the… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1951. Some creasing and tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, with the bottom inch or so being mssing from spine of same. Minor bumping to spine ends of blue boards and some fading to bottom end where dustwrapper is torn away. Original owner's name on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1997. Folio Society edition in slipcase. Slight bumping to bottom corners of gray slipcase, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A selection of pieces from the works of the American humorist James Thurber, selected and with introduction by Michael J Rosen. 256pp, b&w drawings.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1940. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of the rather grubby yellow boards but titles on spine and front board are still clear. Originally published on October 17th 1940, this is a second edition from the same year. A collection of cartoons reflecting life on the British Home Front in… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1934. No dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, some fading to spine, but gilt titles thereon are still clear, as is the picture of a horse's head on front board. Original owner's gift message dated Xmas 1934 on f/ep with another, later owner's name above, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1922. No dustwrapper, some wear to edges and corners of paper-covered boards, also to ends of green cloth spine strip which also has a small (half-inch) tear about an inch down from top end at right-hand side. A few old grubby marks to the pages, binding is starting to come loose at pp32-33 and… Read more about this item

London: Link House Publications, 1946. Some creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, also a small tear to top edge of same; some bumping to spine ends and corners of white illustrated boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. A humorous book on cricket illustrated with cartoon-type drawings by the author. No publication… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1988. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good tight copy of this humorous novel set in a small town in rural Perthshire in the early 1980s. The author was a schoolteacher at Stromness in Orkney at that time, and possibly some of the… Read more about this item

London: Sphere Books, 1982. A faint crease to the front cover and minor scuffing to corners of back cover, some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A story told in cartoon form dealing with the life of a man who becomes famous for being uninteresting.… Read more about this item

London: Stanley Paul, 1962. Some creasing to the edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, particularly to the bottom edge, minor bumping to spine ends of black boards, original owner's gift message inside front board, otherwise a good tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. A collection of pieces by the author (a non-driver) on motoring-related topics. 126pp, numerous b&w cartoon… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1931. No dustwrapper, slight wear to spine ends and corners of light brown cloth-covered boards, some stains to the back cover, but no fading to red titles on spine and front cover. Original owner's gift message dated Xmas 1932 inside front board, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1954. Creasing and some tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, original owner's gift message dated January 1955 on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. A humorous tale of a student nurse, being a sequel to the author's "Call Me… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1935. Some creasing and small tears to the top edge of the unclipped dustwrapper, with some fading to spine of same; minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red cloth-covered boards, some staining to the bottom corner of pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. A collection of light-hearted… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1969. Some creasing and a couple of small tears to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, also some tea (?) stains to the back of same. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover comic novel by the author of ''The Goose and I''. This story involves a London doctor who buys a decrepit… Read more about this item

Boonsboro, Maryland: Half Halt Press Inc, 2003. Some creasing to the front cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or back cover, of this soft-cover book, a collection of humorous pieces by the author on the sport of Dressage as found in the USA. 181pp, some b&w drawings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No… Read more about this item

London: The Universal Press, 1931. No dustwrapper, spine is faded and pages yellowed, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being a collection of amusing (in the 1930s anyway) anecdotes dealing with the medical profession. 157pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.