| 4818 Adams, Scott. THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE : A CUBICLE'S-EYE VIEW OF BOSSES, MEETINGS, MANAGEMENT FADS AND OTHER WORKPLACE AFFLICTIONS. New York, NY, U.S.A. HarperBusiness, 1996 Cartoons and text. A near fine first edition hardcover in a near fine dustjacket. 0887307876 |
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| 4709 Ahlberg, Janet; Ahlberg, Allan. THE OLD JOKE BOOK. Harmondsworth Middlesex Kestrel / Penguin Books Ltd, 1976 First printing. A near fine hardcover. Witty and colourful illustrations throughout. 0722652372 |
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| 3358 Aman, Reinhold (editor). HOW DO THEY DO IT? : A COLLECTION OF WORDPLAYS REVEALING THE SEXUAL PROCLIVITIES OF MAN & BEAST. Waukesha, Wisconsin Maledicta Press, 1983 First Edition, a very good copy, blue card covers, slight bump to bottom corner. Previous owner's list of wordplays on front endpage. 0-916500-09-8 |
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| 1337 Amsterdam, Morey. KEEP LAUGHING: A COLLECTION OF THE BEST JOKES AND ANECDOTES OF ONE OF AMERICA'S LEADING HUMORISTS, STAR OF TV, NIGHT CLUBS, RADIO AND MOVIES. New York The Citadel Press, 1959 A very good copy in a good dustjacket, worn along edges and chipping at top of spine, one closed tear on front panel. Jacket design by Yukio Tashiro. Illustrations by Shelia Greenwald. First Edition. |
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| 4295 Ash, Russell. THE PIG BOOK. New York Arbor House, 1986 A fine trade paperback, landscape format. 0877957517 |
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| 005297 Bantock, Nick. THE GOLDEN MEAN : IN WHICH THE EXTRAORDINARY CORRESPONDENCE OF GRIFFIN & SABINE CONCLUDES. San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Chronicle Books LLC, 1993 A fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket. 0811802981 |
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| 005299 Bantock, Nick. GRIFFIN AND SABINE: AN EXTRAORDINARY CORRESPONDENCE. San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Chronicle Books LLC, 1991 A fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket. 0877017883 |
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| 005298 Bantock, Nick. SABINE'S NOTEBOOK : IN WHICH THE EXTRAORDINARY CORRESPONDENCE OF GRIFFIN AND SABINE CONTINUES. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Raincoast Book Distribution, 1992 A fine hardcover ina fine dustjacket. 0920417108 |
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| 2473 Beahan, G. HARD TARGET. St. John's, Newfoundland Breakwater Books, Ltd., 1990 First Edition. Paperback, 191 pp. A very good copy, slight creasing at back top corner of cover, title page is stamped "An Entry For the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour for 1991". 0-920911-91-9 |
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| 3531 Black, Arthur. BLACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN. Toronto Stoddart Publishing Co., Limited, 1997 Essays. First Paperback Edition, a fine trade paperback. Winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. 0-7737-5914-X |
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| 2459 Blount, Roy Jr.. FIRST HUBBY: A NOVEL ABOUT A MAN WHO HAPPENS TO BE MARRIED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. New York Villard Books, 1990 A fine copy in a near fine dustjacket, one crease on inside front panel. Stated first edition, number line indicates second printing. 0-394-57420-6 |
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| 4796 Bobrick, Sam; Stein, Julie. SHELDON AND MRS. LEVINE : AN EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL CORRESPONDENCE. New York, NY, U.S.A. Price/ Stern /Sloan, 1994 Parody of correspondence between an overprotective mother and her escaping son. A near fine copy, wear at corners, in a near fine price-clipped dustjacket. Tipped in postcards and envelopes containing correspondence. 0843136685 |
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| 3201 Bruce, Kitty. THE ALMOST UNPUBLISHED LENNY BRUCE FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF KITTY BRUCE. Philadelphia Running Press, 1984 First Edition, large softcover format, 128 pp, cover slightly darkened, some rubbing at edges. 0-89471-259-4 |
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| 3210 Casselman, Bill. CASSELMANIA: MORE WACKY CANADIAN WORDS & SAYINGS. Toronto Little, Brown and Company (Canada) Limited, 1996 Trade paperback, in near fine condition. 0-316-13314-0 |
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| 3891 Christie A V. BRASS TACKS AND A FIDDLE. self-published, 1944 Contents also include: Gipsies and Pedlars; Cuckoos and Corncrakes; An Arrow to My Heart; The Hurdy Gurdy; On With the Dance; Shop Names (Burns and Tam Samson); The Beauty of Words; Poem: The Corn Field. Card cover with attached paper jacket, fading of jacket panel, closed tears at top back panel and small chip at top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's name at top of title page. |
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| 1077 Clark, Andrew. STAND AND DELIVER, INSIDE CANADIAN COMEDY. Toronto Doubleday Canada Limited, 1997 Fisrt edition. Includes stories of Jim Carrey, The Dumbells, Sandra Shamas, Wayne & Schuster, Codco, Mark Breslin, SCTV, The Kids in the Hall, Lorne Michaels. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket. |
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| 009055 Di Filippo, Paul. RIBOFUNK. New York Avon Books, Inc., 1998 Paperback. 0380730766 |
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| 4803 Donato. DONATO'S 1980 POLITICAL CARTOONS. Toronto Ontario Canada The Toronto Sun, 1980 A very good large format softcover, pages are clean and tight, slight yellowing to cover edges. 0919233015 |
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| 4433 Ferguson, Max. THE UNMUZZLED MAX. Toronto McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 1971 Sketches from "The Max Ferguson Show". A fine copy in a very good dustjacket, protected in mylar. 0070929890 |
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| 4742 Flick, Don. CATCH AS CATCH CAN. Hantsport, Nova Scotia Lancelot Press Limited, 1980 Fiction. A very good trade paperback. 088999126X |
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| 4296 Garner, James Finn. ONCE UPON A MORE ENLIGHTENED TIME: MORE POLITICALLY CORRECT BEDTIME STORIES. New York Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1995 First printing. A fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket. 0028604199 |
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| 4805 Giles. GILES '94 CLASSICS. Exeter, Devon, UK Pedigree Books Limited, 1993 A collection of original Giles cartoons. A very good large format softcover. |
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| 4804 Giles. GILES SUNDAY EXPRESS & DAILY EXPRESS CARTOONS. London Express Newspapers PLC, 1984 Thirty-eighth series. A very good large softcover, drawings in black & white. 0850791383 |
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| 4806 Giles. GILES SUNDAY EXPRESS & DAILY EXPRESS CARTOONS. London Express Newspapers PLC, 1980 Thirty-fourth series. A very good large format softcover. |
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| 4808 Giles. GILES SUNDAY EXPRESS & DAILY EXPRESS CARTOONS. London Express Newspapers PLC, 1978 Thirty-second series. A very good large format softcover |
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| 4809 Giles. GILES SUNDAY EXPRESS & DAILY EXPRESS CARTOONS. London Express Newspapers PLC, 1982 Thirty-sixth series. A very good large format softcover. |
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| 4807 Giles. GILES SUNDAY EXPRESS & DAILY EXPRESS CARTOONS. London Beaverbrook Newspapers Limited, 1975 Twenty-ninth series. A very good large format softcover. |
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| 005320 Gorey, Edward. THE OTHER STATUE. New York Harcourt Inc, 2001 A fine hardcover, glossy illustrated boards, no dustjacket (as issued), reprint of the 1968 edition. 0151006962 |
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| 1799 Herriot, James. JAMES HERRIOT'S FAVOURITE DOG STORIES. Toronto McClelland & Stewart, 1995 Ten dog stories. First Canadian Edition. As new in as new dustjacket. 0-7710-4105-5 |
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| 1895 Howgate, Bernie. NEWFIE OR BUST: COAST TO COAST CYCLING ADVENTURE ON A RICKSHAW. Mud Lake, Labrador The Traveling Man Enterprises, 1998 A humourous adventure across Canada. First Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine copy, softcover. 0-9694419-2-4 |
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| 2985 Howgate, Bernie. TALES OF A TRAVELING MAN: EIGHT YEARS AROUND THE WORLD ON A TEN SPEED BICYCLE. Toronto The Traveling Man Enterprises, 1990 First Edition. A fine trade paperback, signed by the author on the title page. 0-9694419-0-8 |
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| 1952 Humphries, Barry. TREASURY OF AUSTRALIAN KITSCH. South Melbourne Macmillan Company of Australia Pty. Limited, 1988 Wonderful black and white and colour photographs of Humphries' favorite souvenirs, art and icons, 96 pp. First Edition. A very good copy, shelfwear at corners and spine, in a very good dustjacket. 0-333-299955-8 |
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| 2401 Kwitny, Jonathan. THAT REMINDS ME...CANADA'S AUTHORS RELIVE THEIR MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENTS. Toronto Stoddart Publishing Co., Limited, 1990 Foreword by Jack McClelland; anecdotes by Ted Allan, Charlotte Vale Allen, Margaret Atwood, Jo Anne Williams Bennett, D M Clark, Matt Cohen, Peter Desbarats, Howard Engel, Helen English, Joy Fielding, Sylvia Fraser, James Houston, Robert Hunter, Martin Knelman, R D Lawrence, Elliott Leyton, Roy MacGregor, Garry Marchant, W O Mitchell, Farley Mowat, Alice Munro, Knowlton Nash, Alan Pearson, Edward O Phillips, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Nancy-Gay Rotstein, Walter Stewart, Stuart Trueman, Eric Wright, Tim Wynne-Jones, Larry Zolf. Afterword by Margaret Visser. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine price-clipped dustjacket. 0-77372418-4 |
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| 4092 Larson, Gary. THE CHICKENS ARE RESTLESS. Kansas City, MO, U.S.A. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1993 A fine softcover, first printing. 0836217179 |
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| 4090 Larson, Gary. THE FAR SIDE GALLERY 2. Kansas City, MO, U.S.A. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1986 A near fine large format softcover, glossy illustrated card cover. 0836220854 |
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| 4088 Larson, Gary. THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: A 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT. Kansas City Andrews and McMeel Publishing, 1990 A fine softcover, large format, glossy illustrated card covers, second printing. 0-8362-1851 |
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| 1727 Lucas, Alec, editor. THE BEST OF PETER MCARTHUR. Toronto Clarke, Irwin and Company Limited, 1967 First Edition. A collection of writings by the Canadian humorist, publisher and journalist. Introduction by the editor. Jacket design and decorations, taken from butter-mold patterns are by David Chestnut. |
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| 1735 McManus, Patrick F. RUBBER LEGS AND WHITE TAIL-HAIRS. New York Henry Holt, 1987 A collection of short humourous stories. A fine copy in a fine, price-clipped dustjacket. Seventh printing. 0-8050-0544-7 |
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| 2099 Morley, Robert. ROBERT MORLEY'S BOOK OF WORRIES. London Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979 Humour. First edition. Illustrations by Geoffrey Dickinson and Michael Heath. A near fine copy, top corner lightly bumped, in a near fine dustjacket. 0-297-77698-3 |
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| 3334 Murray, Bill with Peper, George. CINDERELLA STORY: MY LIFE IN GOLF. New York Doubleday, 1999 Autobiographical humour illustrated throughout with black and white photos. First Edition, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. 0-385-49571-4 |
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| 000044 Neiman, Peter. THE LEFTY'S SURVIVAL MANUAL. New York, NY, U. S. A. Bantam Books, 1980 Trade Paperback, first printing. Very good condition, Pages clean and tight. 0553012258 |
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| 4705 Pashley, Nicholas. NOTES ON A BEERMAT : DRINKING AND WHY IT'S NECESSARY. Toronto Polar Bear Press, 2001 First printing. A fine trade paperback. 1896757170 |
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| 4638 Richardson, Bill. QUEEN OF ALL THE DUSTBALLS AND OTHER EPICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. Vancouver Polestar Book Publishers, 1992 Poetry. A fine trade paperback, square format, includes 16 line drawings by Bill Horne. 0919591981 |
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| 005059 Richardson, Bill. SCORNED & BELOVED: DEAD OF WINTER MEETINGS WITH CANADIAN ECCENTRICS. Toronto Alfred A Knopf Canada, 1997 A near fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket. 0676970796 |
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| 3422 Richler, Mordecai (editor). THE BEST OF MODERN HUMOUR. Toronto, ON, Canada McClelland & Stewart, 1983 First Canadian Edition, a near fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dustjacket. 0-7710-7479-4 |
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| 005285 Seuss, Dr.. SIX BY SEUSS. New York Random House Childrens Books, 1991 Includes 'To Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street', 'The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins', 'Horton Hatches the Egg', 'Yertle the Turtle & Other Stories', ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas', & 'The Lorax'. A fine oversize hardcover, glossy boards, in a very good, dustjacket, creased, now protected by mylar. First printing thus. 0679821481 |
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| 3832 [Unterwang, Mildred] Agnew, Wendy. THE LILLIAN LECTURES. New Providence, NJ, U.S.A. BPR Publishers, 1999 First Edition, trade paperback. Poetry, exploring gender stereotypes and a new approach to religion. 1-55245-015-5 |
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| 3828 Viorst, Judith. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS (TO A LIBERATED HOUSEHOLD). New York, NY, U.S.A. Simon & Schuster Trade, 1977 From the original written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore. First Edition, very good in a price-clipped dustjacket, light wear at corners. 0-671-22868-4 |
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| 004979 Watterson, Bill. HOMICIDAL PSYCHO JUNGLE CAT: A CALVIN AND HOBBES COLLECTION. Kansas City Andrews and McMeel Publishing, 1994 A near fine, large format softcover, 175 pages. Corners lightly bumped. 0836217691 |
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| 4297 Wechsler, Robert (editor). ALL IN THE SAME BOAT: THE HUMORISTS' GUIDE TO THE OCEAN CRUISE. New Jersey Catbird Press, 1988 First paperback printing, a fine copy, pages clean and tight, purchase sticker dated on on title page. 094577401X |
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