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MURRAY BALL
They've Put Custard With My Bone!
INL Print 1982 Paperback, 144pp. (ISBN: 9780864640185). Near Mint.
Bookseller reference : 839105 ISBN : 9780864640185
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MURRAY BALL
They've Put Custard with My Bone!
INL Print 1982 Paperback. (ISBN: 0864640188). Good.
Bookseller reference : 420401 ISBN : 0864640188
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MURRAY BALL
They've Put Custard With My Bone!
INL Print 1982 Paperback, 144pp. (ISBN: 9780864640185). Good.
Bookseller reference : 850253 ISBN : 9780864640185
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MURRAY BALL AND TOM SCOTT
Footrot Flats: the Dog's (Tail) Tale
Inprint Limited 1986 Paperback. "With all pages full colour throughout, this is the funniest Footrot Flats book yet. It is all about Wal's dog, Dog. ", (ISBN: 9780864640772). Fair.
Bookseller reference : 429120 ISBN : 9780864640772
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MURRAY BALL AND TOM SCOTT
Footrot Flats: The Dog's (Tail) Tale
Inprint Limited 1986 Paperback. (ISBN: 0864640773). Good.
Bookseller reference : 223427 ISBN : 0864640773
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MURRAY LANGHAM
Chocolate Therapy
Hazard Press 1998 Paperback. Signed, (ISBN: 1877161381). Near Mint.
Bookseller reference : 955597 ISBN : 1877161381
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MURRAY WATTS
Bats in the Belfry
Great Britain, Minstrel, 1990. Reprint, Binding: Soft Cover, Murray Watts Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 1854240080 Paperback This is religious humour with a difference. Not only is it very funny, but also illuminating and sometimes disturbing - a book to cherish. Illustrated.
Bookseller reference : 039922
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MURRAY WATTS
Bats in the Belfry
Great Britain, Minstrel, 1990. Reprint, Binding: Soft Cover, Murray Watts Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ tall 1854240080 Paperback This is religious humour with a difference. Not only is it very funny, but also illuminating and sometimes disturbing - a book to cherish. Illustrated. 156 pp. Inside cover top page clipped.
Bookseller reference : 038966
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MURRAY, E C GRENVILLE
Jilts and Other Social Photographs
London: Vizetelly & Co, 1887. [First Edition]. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 328pp. 150 engravings.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and lightly bumped. Spine worn with end wear. Contents bright .
Bookseller reference : e1501
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MURRAY, JAMES.
Larrikins - 19th Century Outrage.
Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1973. 208 pp including glossary and bibliography, tinted end-papers, cartoons, line drawings, b&w photographic plates, fine copy in like, illustrated d/j.
Bookseller reference : 146652
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MURRAY, JOHN R
A Gentleman Publisher's Commonplace Book
London, John Murray. 1996, Reprint. (ISBN: 0719556236) , 22.5 Cms x 14.5 Cms. Hardback, 120 pp, containing sayings & quotations, witty & profound, illustrated with drawings & engravings by a variety of artists including Ravilious, Ardizzone & Bery Cooke. Fine in like wrapper.
Bookseller reference : 011700 ISBN : 0719556236
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MURRAY, LOUISE GOODYEAR
The Dogs of Our Lives: Heartwarming Reminiscences of Canine Companions
Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S. A. Birch Lane Press. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781559722896) Cloth with Dust Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ill. : X/Atb. Atb. Very Good/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 005702
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MURRAY, W. H. H.
Daylight Land
Cupples and Hurd, Boston, 1888. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Millet, J. B.. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Mustard brown cloth over boards with illustrations on front cover and spine in black, black-and-white frontispiece 338 pages, [4], "illustrated with 140 designs and colors under the supervision of J. B. Millet", includes a brief biography of the author. Lettering on spine fading, lightly bumped at corners and spine ends. Complete title: "The Experiences, Incidents, and Adventures, Humorous and Otherwise, Which Befel Judge John Doe, Tourist, of San Francisco; Mr. Cephas Pepperell, Capitalist, of Boston; Colonel Goffe, the Man from New Hampshire, and Divers Others, in Their Parlor-Car Excursion over Prairie and Mountain All of Which I Saw, and One of Whom I Was". Illustrator: Millet, J. B.. Quantity Available: 1.
Bookseller reference : 010509
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MURRELL, WILLIAM
The Toady's Handbook
London, Grant Richards & Humphrey Toulmin, 1929, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 'Toadyism may accurately be defined as that art which deals with life in terms of its own vanity' A very good clean copy in very good unclipped (3/6) protected dustwrapper which shows light wear to spine ends (see photo). Light foxing to page edges and endpapers but text block is clean. Binding square and tight. 152 pages including index. A very good hardback copy hard to find in dustwrapper. Very Good/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 035558
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MUSSELMAN, M. M.
I Married a Redhead
Hammond, Hammond & Company, London, 1951. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Illustrated by: Stein -- Dustwrapper. Good/Fair. 208 pp. slight spotting/foxing of the book edges, but internally very clean; Dustwrapper is chipped and torn, now protected. This is a wonderfully humorous story of the road to success -- from the lean years of touring companies and pulp magazines,, to the fatter ones of radio, Broadway, and finally, Hollywood. Size: Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. We haven't photographed this book yet. An image can be provided on request. Illustrator: Stein -- Dustwrapper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.
Bookseller reference : 0204376
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MUSSELMAN, M. M.
I Married a Redhead.
Hammond, Hammond & Co. Ltd, London, 1951. 208 pp, d/j and edges mildly foxed, small clean tears to d/j edges, minor loss at base of d/j rear, else very good copy in like, illustrated d/j.. First edition.
Bookseller reference : 182048
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MUSTARD AND CRESS
Palestine Paradise being Palestine Parodies getting worse and worse. Illustrated by A.W.R. Mackenzie.
Printed for private circulation, Azriel Press, Tel Aviv, 1940 12mo, PB, 107pp. Good condition. Stiffened card cover. Yapped edges, bumped and creased, spine edges rubbed and worn, mild creasing, light indents along righthnad side of title page, sunned with back cover a bit yellowed. Owner's bookplate on fep; owner's name stamped on title page; presentation copy with note from author dated 26/10/40 penned at top of p5 ('Author's Note'). This item is light and may attract less postage. Pictures available on request. ¶ A follow-up to 'Palestine Parodies being the Holy Land in Verse and Worse'
Bookseller reference : 65023
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MUTCH, ROBERT J.:
WHO DARES GRINS.
(Applecross, Ausworld, 1998). Boards, fine in sl. edgecreased d/w,. colour and b&w illust., pp. 335. ISBN 0 9585952 1 6. ¶ "The Human Side of the Australian SAS" (d/w sub-title). With cartoons by Paul Rigby.
Bookseller reference : 99374
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MYERS, ROBERT ( SELECTED BY )
The Spice of Love: Wisdom and Wit About Love Through the Ages
London, R. H. S. 1969. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Trotta, John. Clean, bright copy in a price-clipped d/w with slightest wear & tear. No mood of love is safe from the sharp eye and sharper wit of these writers. 60 pages , Very Good +/Good.
Bookseller reference : 015527
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MYERS, ROBERT J. (EDITOR)
Marriage Pro and Con: Being a Compilation of Witty Sayings for and Against the Holy State of Matrimony
Mount Vernon, NY, Peter Pauper Press. 1968, First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Jeff Hill. A compilation of witty sayings for and against the holy state of matrimony. Fine/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 024421
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MYHILL, STEVE
Men are from Wagga and Women Wish they Weren't
Lothian, 2000. First Edition, Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 191 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's inscription, lavish, in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Humour; ISBN: 073440140X. ISBN/EAN: 9780734401403. Dewey Code: 306.7 21. Inventory No: RB15963.
Bookseller reference : RB15963 ISBN : 9780734401403
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MYRA HOPE GREENALL
The Upside of Downs
Privately Published. 1997, First. Card Covers, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Paperback, Cream card covers, photo of author and son on inside front cover.A Collection of true stories and anecdotes proving there can be humour in spite of handicaps and disabilities. Personal inscription to owner by "Myra". 24 pp.. Fine. Signed by Author.
Bookseller reference : 003840
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MYRON COHEN
The Myron Cohen Joke Book - Laughing Out Loud And More Laughing Out Oud
Gramercy 1978 Hardcover. Good.
Bookseller reference : 733998
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N SHERRIN & N SHAND
1956 and All That.
1111. 1984 1st F/F PC M Joseph. .
Bookseller reference : 10645
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N. WESLEY FIRTH
Out for the Count
London, Hamilton & Co. 1947, First Edition. Hard Cover. Blue cloth, 194 pages. Humourous novel set in London. Spine a little faded. Good/No Jacket.
Bookseller reference : 003697
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N.F. GOOD
The Mulroney Years - Second Edition
Canada: Voyageur, 1992. Second Edition. Paperback. Undated. Unpaginated. "...truly reflects all the good things the Conservatives have done for Canada and Canadians since 1984." - Claire Hoy. "Concise, complete and accurate. I read till I stopped." - Frank Magazine. Contents intentionally blank. Candid Mulroney photos upon each cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice gift for your Tory friend. Circa 1992?. Very Good .
Bookseller reference : 86202619
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N/A
Humour in The Weekly
Australia, Currey O'Neil. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0859020819) Hard Cover, Small Quarto (4to), approx. 10" (255mm) tall. Solid, clean and tight oversized book, in a near very good condition, in a near very good dust jacket. Pages are clean, unmarked, with light general edgewear and foxing on the top edge, illustrated with drawings. Dust jacket has a small closed tear on the bottom edge mended with clear tape and some foxing on reverse side, otherwise is very solid. Very Good/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 300403 ISBN : 0859020819
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N/A
Mother Goose Goes to Washington
Freedom Press, New York, 1962. Apparent First Edition, Stapled Softcover. Very Good. 24pp; This very rare publication is a collection of satirical nursery rhymes poking fun of the politicians of the day; I have been able to find only 3 other copies, and all are in libraries; No publication date is given in the book, but I learned it to be 1962 through another source, and this fits perfectly since most of the rhymes are targeted at the Kennedys and other politicians of the day; Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean; Cover shows some signs of fading, but is in very good condition; Please email me if you'd like some examples of the rhymes in the book; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound.
Bookseller reference : 102082
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Radio Fun No. 18
London, Amalgamated Press. 1939. (ISBN: NOISBN) Magazine, Large Quarto, approx. 11¾ " (300mm) tall. Weekly magazine No. 18, dated Feb. 11th, 1939, in good general condition with rusty staples and crease to top corner.. Good.
Bookseller reference : 121961
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N/A
The Broons 1970
Glasgow, D.C. Thomson. Soft Cover, 4to. Somke very light creasing to cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Bookseller reference : 41761
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N/A
Vintage Book of Fathers
London, United Kingdom, Vintage. 1998. (ISBN: 0099272873). Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good clean neat copy.Slight crease on cover at bottom.Inscription on inside front cover. Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 001409 ISBN : 0099272873
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NA
One Hundred Chin-Lifters on Our 100th Year 1853-1953
Richardson, Bond & Wright, 1954. Hard Cover. DJ severely torn - spine missing/flaps laid inside, red/gold, some pages have slight creasing, page 4 has sticky mark that has peeled a piece from page 5 leaving a small hole else VERY GOOD. Good/Poor .
Bookseller reference : 000856
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NADAUD, MARCEL; RIOU, GASTON; RENAUD, JEAN; HENRIOT, EMILE; & CANUDO, CAPITAINE. [PREFACE BY A. WILSON-GREEN]
La Grande Guerre. Recits de Combattants
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1919. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book, viii, 182pp. In French, with a Preface in English. Small "ding" to top edge of front cover, otherwise a nice copy. Very Good/No Jacket.
Bookseller reference : 93411
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NAIPAUL, V. S.,
THE MYSTIC MASSEUR.
Picador, London, ND (circa 2005), reprint, trade paperback, [x], 209pp, pictorial upper wrapper by Aude Van Ryn, faint creasing to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. tanned, very good plus,
Bookseller reference : 36674
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NANCY MCPHEE
Big Book of Insults
London England, Bounty Books, 2002. Reprint, Binding: Soft Cover, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 075371082X Paperback Paperback. The author's informal tongue-in-cheek commentary shows that, while styles have changed with the years, a razor-wit and a fine ear for language are always in vogue. This book will be a guide and an inspiration to anyone who has ever enjoyed dishing it out. 291 pp.
Bookseller reference : 061030
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NANCY MCPHEE
The Complete Book of Insults. A Bumper Volume Containing The Book of Insults Ancienyt and Modern and The Second Book of Insults.
London England, Guild Publishing, 1988. Reprint, Binding: Cloth, Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardback A bumper volume containing The Book of Insults Ancient and Modern and The Second Book of Insults. This is a light-hearted collection of literary and historical insults in an entertaining arrangement that will delight the casual reader and serve as a useful, if dangerous, work of reference. Nearly 1,000 derogatory quotations encompass virtually all aspects of the human condition, and range in tone from the venomous to the merely bitchy. They had been drawn from a wide variety of sources, old and new, covering American, Canadian, British and European history, politics and literature.
Bookseller reference : 021250
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NANCY MCPHEE
The Complete Book of Insults. A Bumper Volume Containing The Book of Insults Ancienyt and Modern and The Second Book of Insults.
London England, Guild Publishing, 1985. Reprint, Binding: Cloth, Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardback A bumper volume containing The Book of Insults Ancient and Modern and The Second Book of Insults. This is a light-hearted collection of literary and historical insults in an entertaining arrangement that will delight the casual reader and serve as a useful, if dangerous, work of reference. Nearly 1,000 derogatory quotations encompass virtually all aspects of the human condition, and range in tone from the venomous to the merely bitchy. They had been drawn from a wide variety of sources, old and new, covering American, Canadian, British and European history, politics and literature.
Bookseller reference : 022814
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NANCY MITFORD
Pigeon Pie
London, Penguin. 1961, 1st Paperback Edition. Pictorial Card Covers, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback, Penguin no. 1532.Covers age marked, pinkish pale mark on front cover. Pages age tanned. No inscriptions. Still a tight, clean copy internally.175 pp. Good.
Bookseller reference : 004340
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NANCY WINTERS
How To Train a Man
Orion 1997 Hardback, 126pp. (ISBN: 9780575602229). Near Mint.
Bookseller reference : 998662 ISBN : 9780575602229
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NANETTE NEWMAN
The Very Best Of Love
HarperCollins 1988 Hardcover, 94pp. (ISBN: 9780001945500). Good.
Bookseller reference : 817735 ISBN : 9780001945500
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NANGLE, JULIAN & FLETCHER, HANS (EDITORS); MILLIGAN, SPIKE
Words Etcetera: A Miscellany Volume Two, Number One, contains: Poem for the Lonely
Haslemere, Surrey, Words Press. 1973, First Edition. Red Cloth. Ill.: Matthew Wright. Book, (46pp.) No. 89 of 250 copies printed letter-press on handmade paper. Fore & tail edges uncut. This first appearance of one of Milligan's most famous poems is reproduced in his holgraph. Other contributions from amongst others, the editors, Leonard Clark, John Pudney, Martin Booth, James Kirkup & Anthony Rudolph who also translates Rene Char, Max Jacob & Alberto de Lacerda. Laid in are both a publisher's review slip as well as an announcement of cancellation of any future issues. Fore corners of boards very slightly bumped. Near Fine.
Bookseller reference : AB116780
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NAPIER, S. ELLIOTT
Potted Biographies
Dymocks, 1930. First Edition, Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Item Type: Ephemera. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Edges foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; Australia; Australian Poetry; Humour. Inventory No: 24862.
Bookseller reference : 24862
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NASH OGDEN
Family Reunion
London, Dent. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very good copy of this UK first edition of poems by humourist Nash. Not inscribed or price-clipped, some small losses at top and base of spine of jacket, but bright copy for the year. Near Fine/Very Good +.
Bookseller reference : 005789
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NASH, BRUCE; ZULLO, ALLAN
The Baseball Hall of Shame
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0671524852. softbound,light wear/soil,crease at spine,pgs clean/off-white; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 190 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket.
Bookseller reference : 27628 ISBN : 0671524852
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NASH, BRUCE; ZULLO, ALLAN; SMITH, BOB
The Baseball Hall of Shame's Warped Record Book
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. Macmillan General Reference. 1991. (ISBN: 0020294859). Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Flat covers no curls or folds. Free of marks or inscriptions. Edges have light soil. Very Good/Not Issued.
Bookseller reference : 001434.31 ISBN : 0020294859
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NASH, OGDEN
Bed Riddance
Deutsch, 1971. 2nd Thus. Bentley, Nicolas. With dustwrapper. Octavo. Maroon cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. 128 pages. 'A posy for the indisposed'. Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 92457
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NASH, OGDEN
Food
New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 1-55670-062-8) Hardback, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Delessert, Etienne. 77 pages. Food humour at its best! - I cheerfully forgive my debtors, But I'll never pardon iceberg lettuce.... Very Good/Very Good.
Bookseller reference : 20718 ISBN : 1556700628
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NASH, OGDEN
Free Wheeling
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1931. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by O. Soglow. Publisher's full green cloth,gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and borders on red label on cover. Illustrated with numerous B&W drawings by Otto Soglow. First edition of Ogden Nash's second book of poetry.. Spine sunned, edges of boards lightly sunned, unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 100 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .
Bookseller reference : 10303
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NASH, OGDEN
Good Intentions
Little, Brown and Co, Boston, 1942. Book Club Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Illustrated by: Maurice Sendak – dust wrapper. Very Good Condition/Good. XIV, 280 pages in the original hardcover book binding, illustrated dust jacket very slightly rubbed on the spine section. More humorous poetry from the master himself. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to the accompanying picture Illustrator: Maurice Sendak – dust wrapper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.
Bookseller reference : 0251167
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NASH, OGDEN
Good Intentions
Jaboor, Melbourne, 1944. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 300 g; XII, 195 pages, illustrated dustwrapper. The page edges are browned, and there is offset tanning of the end pages, the dustwrapper is worn on all that edges, and rubbed and there is a 2 in. tear along the front foldover from the bottom corner. Previous owner's name and address neatly stamped at the top right of the front end page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Please refer to the accompanying picture Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.
Bookseller reference : 0205612
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