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Literature
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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1921 Castles in the AirLondon: 1921A first edition copy of this collection of stories by Baroness Orczy in the scarce green cloth variant. -
1903 Up-to-To-morrow, or Mr Chumson's ExperimentsLondon: 1903The first edition of this very scarce collection of short stories about failed futuristic inventions. -
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. -
1843-1844 The Attache; or, Sam Slick in EnglandLondon: 1843-1844A complete four volume set of Thomas Chandler Haliburton's humorous work about fictional judge Sam Slick's adventures in England. With the first series in the second edition, and the second series in the first edition. -
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. -
1815 The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque[London]: [1815]An early edition of William Combe's satirising poem, poking fun at WIlliam Gilpin. Complete with hand-coloured plates by Rowlandson. -
1897 Phil May's ABCLondon: [1897]Phil May's entertaining series of fifty-two cartoons, humorous examples of his distinctive and influential style. -
1925 Deportmental Ditties and Other VersesLondon: 1925A bright and uncommon copy of this illustrated anthology of humorous verse by Harry Graham. -
1849 Manners and Customs of ye EnglysheLondon: 1849A beautifully illustrated collection of articles originally written for Punch. -
1898 The Modern TravellerLondon: 1898A superior first edition of this illustrated satirical work by Hilaire Belloc. -
1847 2 vols HudibrasLondon: 1847A complete two volume set of the satirical poem Hudibras, with illustrations. -
1874 Renart-le-Nouvel Roman SatiriqueParis: 1874A limited edition copy of this satirical novel by Jacquemars Gielee. -
1908 L'Il Des PingouinsParis: 1908A first edition copy of this satirical French novel by Anatole France. -
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1770 Satires de JuvenalParis: 1770The first edition of Jean Dusaulx's important translation of the satires of Juvenal, a series of Classical Roman satirical poems. -
1944 The Horse's MouthLondon: 1944The first edition of Joyce Cary's humorous novel set in Britain in World War II. -
1949 The Mating SeasonLondon: 1949The first edition, first impression of P.G. Wodehouse's humorous Jeeves and Wooster novel. -
1954 Jeeves and the Feudal SpiritLondon: 1954The first edition of P.G. Wodehouse's seventh Jeeves and Wooster novel, in the unclipped original dust wrapper. -
1951 Eggs, Beans, and CrumpetsLondon: 1951A smart later printing of this collection of nine humorous short stories by P.G. Wodehouse. -
1961 Ice in the BedroomLondon: 1961A lovely first UK edition of this humorous P. G. Wodehouse novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. -
1952 Doctor SallyLondon: 1952The first impression of this 1952 re-issue of P.G. Wodehouse's humorous 1930s novel, about golf expert Sally Smith, and the man who loves her. -
c1928 The Inimitable JeevesLondon: c1928The fifth impression of one of P.G. Wodehouse's earliest Jeeves novels, combining eleven previously unpublished short stories. -
c1950 Big MoneyLondon: c1950The eighth impression of P.G. Wodehouse's humorous novel, in an uncommon price unclipped dust wrapper. -
1947 Full MoonLondon: 1947A bright copy of the first UK edition of this farcical novel from P. G. Wodehouse, set at Blandings Castle. -
1971 Riotous AssemblyLondon: 1971The first edition of British comic Tom Sharpe's first novel, set in Apartheid South Africa. -
1788 Peter's Pension. A Solemn Epistle to a Sublime PersonageLondon: 1788The fourth edition of this humorous poem from English satirist John Wolcot, who wrote under the pseudonym 'Peter Pindar'. -
c1925 Les Contes DrolatiquesPairs: c1925Volume one of this collection of humorous stories by Balzac, with colour plates. In the French language. -
1985 Night and DayLondon: 1985A fine copy of this anthology of the twentieth century magazine Night and Day. An entertaining volume, found in the unclipped dust wrapper. -
1903 Lost in Blunderland: The Further Adventures of ClaraLondon: 1903The first edition of the second novel in parody of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. -
1914 Malice in KulturlandLondon : 1914A first edition copy of this parody of Alice in Wonderland by Horace Wyatt. -
1964 John Lennon in His Own WriteLondon: 1964The first edition of the collection of nonsense writings by John Lennon, illustrated in his humorous style. -
1889 Three Men in a BoatLondon: 1889The first edition, first state, of Jerome K. Jerome's much loved comic novel. -
1889 Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets Etc. Etc.London: 1889A scarce fifth edition of this bizarre work from Edward Lear, with illustrations throughout. -
1902 The One BeforeLondon: 1902A first edition of this humorous story by Barry Pain, heavily illustrated with entertaining cartoons by Tom Browne. -
1857 Tim Gamwattle's Jawnt, E Ab-o'-Dick's oth' Doldrums' WagginManchester; London: 1857The very scarce first edition of this amusing mid eighteenth century tale, relayed in a humorous approximation of a regional dialect. -
1871 Barney O'Toole's Comic Letters to His Mother in IrelandLondon: 1871The first edition of this very scarce humorous work of late nineteenth century epistolary literature, offering insights into London life in the 1870s..