Search Results: Humour from Goldring Books

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1952. Blue boards have a strip of age darkening to front with some marks. Internally there is a light stain to the lower corners of some early pages and age toning to page edges else a clean tight copy. Dustjacket has chipping and some repaired closed tears. Sam Cobean was a successful cartoonist , mainly for The New Yorker. His glimpses into the mind of the prowling male are here shown with many variations of that theme together with his pictorial reflections on many other diverse subjects. B2F. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Cobean, Samuel E.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: A.R. Mowbray, 1968. A Fine unmarked copy in laminated boards. Humorous verse with a religious theme by Father Forrest with illustrations by his brother E.W. Forrest. R1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Forrest, E.W.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Viking, 1987. A Very Good unmarked copy apart from a small bump to one corner and which has age toning to pages with a VG dustjacket. A marvellous thesaurus of wit, the first of it's kind since 1949, catalogues the best of such diverse epigrammatic intelligences as Oscar Wilde, Woody Allen, Dorothy Parker, Evelyn Waugh et al. Arranged thematically and a boon to the after dinner speaker or anyone who wants to employ wity quotes. *** NOT BOOK CLUB *** B2A. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Grafton Books, 1990. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 192 pages. This year's pick of punch presents an EEC joke-mountain of mirth, as Mr. Punch and his associates cover world subjects, and where we meet President Bush's killer spaniel, Dan Quayle's brain and much, much more. Illustrated throughout and with 8 pages of colour. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.97 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST B2F. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Simon and Schuster, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First UK edition. Until now, the poetry of Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld has been hidden, 'embedded' within comments made at press briefings and in interviews. His preferred medium is the spoken word, and his audience has been limited to hard-bitten reporters and hard-core watchers of C-SPAN. Hart Seely uncovers the gems hidden within hundreds of hours of Rumsfeld commentary, in the form of Zen verse, haiku, s-onnets, lyric poetry and free verse. The result is a hilarious and irreverently revealing book both by and about one of the world's most powerful men - funny but deeply worrying how he came to be in the position he did. B2E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Grafton Books, 1991. A Fine unmarked copy. A large format book of 228 pages. Introduction by Miles Kington. A gloriously funny celebration of a great comic art - the pick of all the Punches ever published - over 500 cartoons (including 16 pages of colour) culled from nearly 500,000 published in the magazine since Punch invented the modern cartoon over 150 years ago. B2F. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Orion, 2003. A near Fine unmarked copy whose only fault is a thin line of light indentation to front of dustjacket and to front board. A large format volume of 359 pages. Here in their own words and never before published diary extracts, the men who made Monty Python reveal all - about each other, the making of the television series and the films. Profusely illustrated, it is the definitive Monty Python book. **** NOT BOOK CLUB EDITION **** PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 2.7 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST. 5. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Beverly, North Humberside: Hutton Press, 1985. A Fine unmarked copy. An amusing glossary of places in East Yorkshire embellished with cartoons by Michael Brookes. 51. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Brookes, Michael. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Souvenir Press, 1986. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A brilliant successor to 'The Illustrated Winespeak', its outrageously perceptive humour makes it a must for vintners and wine imbibers throughout the world. Ronald Searle, in his own inimitable way, introduces you to the time-honoured Wine Ceremonies of the World: from the USA (Blessing the Grapes - California Style) to the Far East (the Japanese Wine Ceremony); from Scotland (the Squeezing of the Bonnie Malted Grape) to South Africa (Colourful Ceremony of Offering Limited Recognition to the Black Grape)- and in passing, let him show you how many ways there are to open a bottle of wine. 25. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1978. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine pictorial dustjacket by Grenfell and John Ward. A collection of 24 of the inimitable author's best known sketches and song lyrics. Illustrated throughout by John Ward. B2A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by John Ward. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. A near Fine umarked copy (Fine apart from a minor indentation to top edge and usual age toning to page edges) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 279 pages. 'I was born frivolous and frivolous I have remaine, ' declares Arthur Marshall, brooking no interference in his pursuit of levity. And, he adds, 'I in no way regret it'. His countless readers will sigh with relief, send up three cheers, and press on with his new book, which is intended to amuse - and no nonsense about profundity or deep thought. There is plenty of useless information though. Did you know that Rupert Brooke could pick up a tennis ball with his foot? Or that there is a little-known illness called Lettucephobia? Or that Mr. Gladstone kept soup in his hot water bottle, just in case? Or that the Christian Science Monitor was once blessed with an editor called Silence Bellows? Well, now you do. 1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over… Read More

London: Piccadilly Press, 1992. Pictorial laminated boards which has a smll bump to lower corner tip with a small ink mark to front endpaper else clean and unmarked. The author continues his mission to 'deborify' those subjects which drove him mad at school resulting in a wealth of information embellished with cartoons drawn by him. An amusing catalogue of scientific achievement and inventions. A1D. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Farman, John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Putnam, 1958. Silver title on red boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is an inscription to front pastedown and some light foxing to endpapers and closed edges else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a touch of foxing and is price clipped. Third impression (first was 1956). More irreverence on the theme of horses from the pen and drawings of John Tickner, includes pony clubs, gymkhanas, show jumping, fox-hunting, the tribulations of buying and selling, plain horsemanship and the pointof view of the beast itself. C3C. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by TIckner, John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Angus and Robertson, 1980. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of 160 pages. Photo illustrations. 'I knew so little of the world really. Slander, not geography had always been my strongest suit' observes Bette Midler as she recalls the heady days leading up to her first world tour. Then she was off, wisecracking her way from Seattle to Gothenburg to Frankfurt to Adelaide. Armed with a notepad on which she wrote herself various exhortations. (Thoughts to be Avoided: 1. They won't understand a word I say. 2. They will UNDERSTAND and take offense. 3. They won't understand BUT will take offense antway.). which was her only defence against the barbarities of alien cultures, she survived to write this zany account of the trip. Full of her excoriating wit, here overflowing into the dazzling pictures that accompany the text, this is a distillation of the Midler personality lavishly presented, throbbing with life, double entendre and hilarity. 23.… Read More

London: Times Books, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. Craig Brown of The Times spent a year in the House of Commons observing the antics of the nation's legislators. Nobody was safe from his satirical pen and he gives us a comic insight into the follies and foibles of a year in Parliament, amongst his targets are Margaret Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, David Owen, Ken Livingstone, Tam Dalyell, Michael Heseltine, Edward Heath, Ian Paisley and Roy Hattersley. Illustrated by David Williams. 21. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Williams, David. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.