Humour from Lansdowne Books

First Edition thus, with frontispiece, title-vignette, illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, gilt back, a fine copy bound in fully illustrated cloth in publisher's slip-case also in fine condition. Black and white illustrations throughout by Paul Cox and with pictorial cloth covers with drawings by the artist. Hugh Carmody loved Millicent, Lord Emsworth niece,… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 2004. First Folio Society Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 279pp. Illustrated cloth in slipcase. With illustrations by Paul Cox. The gardens of Blandings Castle are that original garden from which we are all exiled. All those who know them long to return." ―Evelyn Waugh When Lord Tilbury receives a letter from Galahad Threepwood stating he… Read more about this item

Ivory pictorial cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and red; gilt back. Pages clean and tight and bright. A very good copy in publisher's board slip-case with coloured title-vignette, numerous coloured illustrations (a number double- or full-page) in the text, and coloured endpaper maps. With the co-operation of several hampers of food and a covered boat, the three men (not… Read more about this item

London : Folio Society, 1997. First Folio Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth, in a slip-case. Pages tight, bright, clean and strong. Never Read. Overall a Fine copy. Physical description: xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23cm.

Well-preserved cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a very good copy.

1st Edition Hardback As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Unclipped D/j protected by a clear removable sleeve. Blue cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Fine quality paper. A fine copy. This book may be collected at Port Fairy, Victoria. In his most recent collections of cartoons, Semp turns his attention to the trappings of modern life, from mobile… Read more about this item

The original edition of Rubaiyat of a Motor Car. Humorous prose. Iluustrated with full page plates by Frederick Strothmann. Colour illustrations throughout. Pictorial cover as shown. A tight, clean copy. This work was written in 1906 when cars were much different than they are today, this short poem celebrates the 'joys' of the automobile. The work has been selected by… Read more about this item

First UK Edition. Hutchinson. London. 1987. 1st Printing. . b/w illustrations. Original quarter cloth in dust jacket. Dust Jacket in mylar cover. Black and white illustrations by Peter Chapman. Sometimes fairy tales can come true even for plain, shy spinsters like Missy Wright. Neither as pretty as cousin Alicia nor as domineering as mother Drusilla, she seems doomed to… Read more about this item

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ Norman Lindsay (illustrator). 1954 Reprint. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black-and-white drawings by the author, some full page, some half page and some three-quarter page. Pale coloured boards with dark blue coloured illustration and titles to the front panel and dark blue coloured titles to the spine. The famous children's story of a… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1977. Hardback. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1977. Michael Joseph. First UK. Hard Cover. Book-VG. Unclipped price DJ-VG in protective cover, 9x5.5. 256pp. 24 b/w line drawings by Larry as chapter headings.