Amusing volume of witty definitions from various scientific fields. The first book by Punch writer Ellis. With numerous b/w illustrations. No DJ but front cover tipped in to ffep (so the removed appendix joke is restored). Light foxing to page edge. Other [more...]
Amusing Folio Society volume featuring 61 culturally significant lists including what are the seven wonders of the world and what are the seven ages of man according to Shakespeare. Each list is supported with context and background information. With b/w dec [more...]
Selected pieces from Surtees' sporting novels. Decorated cloth with matching DJ. Toning to DJ, rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Very good overall. [more...]
A creamy selection chosen by Michael Cox from the writings of Noel Coward. Features extracts from his plays and his poems. Fun gold cloth binding. Illustrations by Helen Smithson. Complete with slipcase. Small nick to spine. Contents crisp and clean. V [more...]
Kipling's collection of humorous tales including Pig and The Legend of Mirth. With 23 full page b/w illustrations by Reginald Cleaver. 8vo. 512pp. With ads to rear. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Sunning/toning to covers. Rubbing to joints with te [more...]
Called his most ambitious novel since Fight Club, Pygmy is cult author Palahniuk's tale of a diminutive secret agent who leaves his totalitarian homeland to inflitrate the US as a foreign exchange student. Written in the stunted english of the agent nicknamed [more...]
First edition of Townsend's follow up to the Secret Diary. DJ is price clipped. Page edges slighted tanned, else crisp and clean. Very good/near fine. [more...]
First Folio Society edition of Beerbohm's biting satire of undergraduate life at Edwardian Oxford. With Beerbohm's own delicate illustrations. Lacks slipcase. Some toning to covers and spine. Contents bright and clean. Good+ [more...]
Reprint. Collection of verse and short fables, with b/w illustrations. No DJ. Toning to spine. Boards slightly bowed. Binding sound. Good overlal. [more...]
With 24 colour plates. rubbing and bumping to edges. Cracking to front hinge. Tanning to page edges and occasional foxing within. otherwise sound. Fair [more...]
Hardcover with Dustjacket, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951. First edition of Bair's satirical novel of the invasion of a lakeside town by exploitative prospectors. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Some slight bumping and browning but text-block is [more...]
