Humour from Bird's Books

Hodder and Stoughton, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good +. Don Roberts. 8vo, cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Pictorial dust jacket designed by Don Roberts. Not price clipped. A scarce first edition of this British comedy classic, which was the basis for the Disney film 'One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing' starring Peter Ustinov, Helen… Read more about this item

Glasgow, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Small 8vo., 239pp illustrated with 24 plates. original blind-stamped cloth. No author stated on title page. Spine dull, frayed at top and bottom. Binding cracked at front and rear pastedown. Contemporary name written at preface page dated 1868. First Edition. Bottom corner of one page missing, with no loss to illustration. Ex… Read more about this item

London: Printed for R. Bonwicke, Tim. Goodwin et al, 1715. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good +. Various. “Containing I. Scarronnides, or Virgil Travestie. II. Lucian Burlesqued, or the Scoffer Scott. III. The Wonders of the Peake. IV. The Planters Manual. Illustrated with many curios Cuts, all new design’d, and engraved by the best Artists.”. A collection of 4… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent, 1903. Hardcover. Good. Arthur Rackham. Small 8vo, blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine, embossed vignette on front. Upper edge gilt. Xiv + 363pp. Corners a little bumped and some edge wear to spine, slightly cocked. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with a beautiful coloured title page and frontis, 11 other black and white… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo; Orange cloth boards with black line illustration on front. Upper edge orange. 128 pp. illustrated throughout with humorous pictures and witty comments on space saving, high rise living etc. Undated. Spine sunned and some loss of colour to boards. Binding cracked at front and occasionally inside. Occasional page… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Archie MacGregor. 8vo, green cloth boards with dark green illustration and titles on front and spine. 163pp illustrated with 5 full page pictures and others throughout the text. "Christmas Stories for Young & Old" 8 short stories, occasionally bizarre, written in a humorous style. A New Edition. Occasional marks, but generally… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bentley. Blue cloth boards with facsimile signature on the front & titles on spine. Yellow endpapers. Unpaginated. A humorous biography with black & white cartoon illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. A little shelf wear and slightly cocked. Nice and clean inside.

London: Herbert Jenkins., 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. George Whitelaw . London: Herbert Jenkins., 1934. Very Good. George Whitelaw . 2nd printing. No date. circa 1934. 8vo, 21x17 cms. 79pp. Publishers grey cloth with red titles on cover and spine. Humourous verses with illustrations. - An amusing look at the game - , in verse.… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Printed by A. Foulis and sold by D. Allan., 1788. Hardcover. Good +. David Allan. Glasgow: Printed by A. Foulis and sold by D. Allan., 1788. Good +. David Allan. 4to, rebound in quarter leather with brown cloth boards, titles in gilt on spine. Corners a little bumped. This edition illustrated with 10 aqua-tints… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good +/near fine. London: The Folio Society, 2001. Very Good +/near fine. A selection of witty extracts and cartoons from Punch with contributions from Graham Greene, Thackery, P. G. Wodehouse, Kingsley Amis, Gerald Durrell, Sylvia Plath and many more. Beautifully bound as you would expect from the Folio… Read more about this item

London: Hurst & Brackett, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Hurst & Brackett, 1898. First edition. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo, bound in green cloth with black titles on front & gilt titles on spine. A little edge wear & slightly cocked. 360pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue to rear. Satirical stories & possibly advice… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co. LD, 1906. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co. LD, 1906. First edition thus. Very Good. 4to, rebound in red cloth with gilt titles on spine. All edges gilt. 456pp of classic Punch cartoons. Featuring the most pressing issues of the time, poking fun at the… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co. LD, 1906. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co. LD, 1906. First edition thus. Very Good. 4to, rebound in red cloth with gilt titles on spine. All edges gilt. 460pp of classic Punch cartoons. Featuring the most pressing issues of the time, poking fun at the… Read more about this item

John S. Marr & Sons, Glasgow. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. John S. Marr & Sons, Glasgow. 1st Edition . Good. Approx. 7.5'' , original burgundy cloth binding with gilt titles on front & spine. All edges gilt. 122pp + vi (author's other works) + 16pp publisher's catalogue. Undated circa 1870's. Presumed first edition. Some… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed for the Booksellers, 1817. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Edinburgh: Printed for the Booksellers, 1817. 1st Edition . Good. 7'' tall, library rebound in blue cloth with gilt titles on spine & name on cover. Selotape mark on cover. Xiii + 102pp. Ex reference library with single stamp on front pastedown, rear endpaper… Read more about this item