Canadian Humour from High Park Books

Toronto: The Northern Miner, 2018. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. John Kilburn. An anthology of mining cartoons by mining engineer & The Northern Miner's resident cartoonist & mining engineer. Collected & edited by John Cumming and Isa Cunanan. Foreword by Pierre Lassonde 262 pages of B&W… Read more about this item

Self Published. Paperback. Very Good+. Recipient of the 2009 Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent. Unpaginated -68 pages filled with B&W comic strips & short commentary by author. . INSCRIBED by author / illustrator with a drawing. Minor corner wear.

Toronto: Star Reader Service, 1977. First Printing . Illustrated Wraps. Very Good/No DJ Issued. Square 8vo (9.5" X 9.5") illustrated, card covers.

Kitchener, Ontario: Self Published , 1992. Spiral Wraps. Near Fine. Plastic spiral wraps with beige / cream card covers. 186 pages. Former owner's name on inside page. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 1962. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Skewing political caricature, on the controversial 1962 debate / introduction of medicare to Saskatchewan by the Star-Phoenix cartoonist and later executive (1930 -2011). Oblong, stapled, illustrated wraps. Minor rubbing & slight soiling to white illustrated covers. 28 pages. Pages clean, tight & unmarked. … Read more about this item

Kansas City / New York: Andrews and McMeel Publishing, 1982. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine. 127 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. INSCRIBRD " to Peter ...a fellow pusher of pens" with a drawing of a female character throwing a paper airplane. Slight edge / corner wear.

Halifax Nova Scotia: Petheric Press, 1979. First Edition . Near Fine. A compendium in rhyme and metre of wit, humour, satire, praise, parody, plaint, impertinence, stuff and nonsense by Atlantic Canada's leading doggerel fancier... and nowhere is the doggerel fancier than in this euphonious phantasmagoria of lighy-hearted lyrics. First collection of the work of the Haligonian… Read more about this item

Toronto: Ben Wicks, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine -. A plea for children's literacy by the revered cockney, Toronto cartoonist, illustrator, journalist, author & TV personality. (1926 - 2000). Foreword by the Honourable Joyce Fairburn. Green faux leather with a gilt Wicks drawing on front cover. 64 pages with illustrations by Wicks. … Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2002. First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Memoirs of the great Canadian comedian / standup comic. Foreword by John Morgan. 268 pages + 26 pages of transcripts of classic routines. B&W photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Ben Wicks & Associates, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Some curling to one corner

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Talkshow host Bullard's take on Canada, comedy and culture. 231 pages with childhood photos on end pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Farrington Media / Trafford Publishing, 2006. Trade Paperback. Farrington Media. Memoirs of the Ontario-born entertainer,comedian,singer and writer (1923 - ) who was host of CBC's Country Hoedown and a long-time regular on Nashville's Hee Haw. 225 pages with many B&W photos from his career. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor rubbing to edges and… Read more about this item

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1998. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No DJ Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collection of Parliament's 'Official Opposition's' best rants from the first five seasons of the show. Mercer skewers politicians, shoots sacred cows, lambastes hypocrisy and shatters every comfortable Canadian institution in this caustic collection. 147pp. Some… Read more about this item

Toronto: Little Brown & Company (Canada), 1997. First Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good+. AISLIN. Introduction by Peter Mansbridge. Red, glossy pictorial softcover. 160 pages with colour and B&W political cartoons. Minor wear & creasing but clean & tight.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1995. First Softcover Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 194 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Slight rubbing to corners

Toronto, Canada: Harper Collins,, 2004. First Edition . Near Fine +/Near Fine. Inspired observations form one of the country's most popular journalists. Cream boards with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Reference Press, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. A large-print edition of the well-loved collections of stories about a mythical Ontario town, Mariposa. Originally published in 1912. Includes a foreword written by the author. 253 pages. A few very slight bumps to hard cover edges. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver / Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2001. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A satirical look at the Canadian condition for everyone is not Canadian and even for those who are that way already. 225pp. Slight corner wear & curling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ottawa, ON: Morin, Ronberg & Associates, 2000. First Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kieron O'Gorman. 'There are two things to learn about golf - how to hit the ball and understanding the game. The former is best learned, not from the book, but on a range from a… Read more about this item

Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1993. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The best B&W political cartoons of the year. Foreword by Charles Gordon. 160pp. Kim Campbell on cover with pesky helicopters flying around her head. Includes salute to fellow cartoonist Duncan MacPherson (1924-1993).