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Great works of literature, often in their first edition. Classic and familiar stories as well as tales you have never heard before. We go back through four hundred years of storytelling.
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c1890 A New Light Thrown Across the Keep It Quite Darkest AfricaLondon: c1890A scarce parody of H. M. Stanley's 'In Darkest Africa', a comical illustrated work by F. C. Burnand.
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1894 Punch, or the London Charivari. Volumes CVI and CVIILondon: 1894The two 1894 volumes of popular and influential humorous periodical, 'Punch, or The London Charivari', illustrated throughout.
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c1912 The Book of NonsenseLondon: c1912The entertaining nonsense work of Edward Lear, an illustration collection of one-hundred and ten comical limericks.
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1887 King Solomon's Wives; or, The Phantom MinesLondon: 1887The uncommon first edition of this humorous contemporary parody of H. Rider Haggerd's 'King Solomon's Mines'.
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1951 Week-End WodehouseLondon: 1951A smart anthology of fiction and non-fiction writings by comical author P. G. Wodehouse.
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1956 The InvestigatorLondon: 1956A proof copy and first edition of the best known work of Reuben Ship, a satirical look at American politics in the 1950s.
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1920 "Jambo" or With Jannie in the JungleLondon: 1920The second issue of A. W. Lloyd's scarce collection of illustrations depicting the East Africa campaign of the First World War.
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1867 Griset's Grotesques; or, Jokes Drawn on WoodLondon: 1867The first edition of this comical work of cartoons and verse by Tom Hood and Ernest Griset.
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c1870 A Book of NonsenseLondon; New York: c1870A colourfully illustrated edition of Edward Lear's popular anthology of limericks.
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1958-66 Stiff Upper Lip and Sauve Qui PeutLondon: 1958-66Two first edition copies of entertaining works by Lawrence Durrell, humorous works illustrated throughout by Nicolas Bentley.
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c1880 La Bible ComiqueParis: c1880A very scarce French satire of the Bible, an entertaining work with caricatures by Edmond Lavrate.
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1870 Tom & Jerry Life in LondonLondon: 1870A colourfully illustrated reprint of this satirical work by Pierce Egan, narrating an entertaining adventure around London.
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1842 George Cruikshank's OmnibusLondon: [1842]The first edition of George Cruikshank's illustrated omnibus, an entertaining work created by Cruikshank entirely under his own control, with no restrictions from an editor.
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1827-1828 Monkeyana, or Men in MiniatureLondon: 1827-1828The first edition of this humorous collection of satirical etchings of monkeys in human clothing, by prominent Victorian era engraver and etcher Thomas Landseer.
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1900 The Struwwelpeter AlphabetLondon: 1900The first edition of this entertaining iteration of Struwwelpeter, a series of comical caricatures of eminent figures of Victorian society.
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1914 Futurist FifteenLondon: 1914Barry Pain's comical prediction of the forthcoming year, 1915, in which he predicts the world's progress in the year, the first edition of this scarce work.
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1873 The Choice: Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bon Mots, Puns and HoaxesLondon: [1873]A collection of humorous pieces by Theodore Hook.
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1861-62 Birds Eye Views of Society[London]: 1861-62A series of sixteen views by Richard Doyle, satirising various scenes in Victorian society. Sixteen extracts from 'The Cornhill Magazine' bound together.
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1897 Phil May's ABCLondon: [1897]Phil May's entertaining series of fifty-two cartoons, humorous examples of his distinctive and influential style.
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1847 2 vols HudibrasLondon: 1847A complete two volume set of the satirical poem Hudibras, with illustrations.
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1802 Davenport's Exquisite Effusions of Wit and HumourLondon : 1802An scarce volume of Davenport's Exquisite Effusions of Wit and Humour with a frontispiece.
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1914 Malice in KulturlandLondon : 1914A first edition copy of this parody of Alice in Wonderland by Horace Wyatt.
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1964 John Lennon in His Own WriteLondon: 1964The first edition of the collection of nonsense writings by John Lennon, illustrated in his humorous style.
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1847 The Greatest Plague of Life: or the Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good ServantLondon: 1847The first edition of Mayhew's satirical and humorous novel, illustrated throughout by George Cruikshank.
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2008 Monsters: How George Bush Saved the World and Other Tall StoriesLondon : 2008A first edition copy of this collection of political cartoons from Gerald Scarfe.
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1847-1848 2 vols in 1 The Comic History of EnglandLondon : 1847-1848Two volumes bound in one of The Comic History of England, with hand coloured plates.
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1885 The Choice Humorous Works of Mark TwainLondon: 1885A scarce new edition of this collection of humorous works by Samuel Langhorne Clemens with illustrations.
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1953 The Moon is Shining Bright as DayPhiladelphia and New York: 1953A first edition copy of this funny collection for verses for children, with illustrations.
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1971-1974 2 vols Spike Milligan's Transports of Delight and Milligan's ArkLondon : 1971-1974Two first edition volume of Spike Milligan's Transports of Delight and Milligan's Ark.
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1937 Private ViewLondon: 1937The scarce first edition of this collection of humorous cartoons and caricatures.
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1847-48 The Comic History of EnglandLondon: 1847-48The first edition in book form of this entertaining satirical history of England, complete with the hand-coloured caricature plates of John Leech.
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1899 The Political StruwwelpeterLondon: 1899The third edition of Harold Begbie's satirical take on the classic children's book 'Struwwelpeter', by Heinrich Hoffmann. Vibrantly illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould.
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1806 The Works of Henry FieldingLondon: 1806An early new edition of this collection of works by Henry Fielding in quarter calf bindings.
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1852 The Comic History of RomeLondon : 1852An early copy of this illustrated comic history of Rome, with ten hand coloured plates by John Leech.