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Tag: Humour

Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome (Readers Library, 1929) with dustwrapper

Posted on May 24, 2022 Posted in Books Tagged with Books, Dustwrapper Art, Fiction, Humour, Jerome K. Jerome, Literature, Readers Library

Just added… Three Men on the Bummel | Readers Library

Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome (Readers Library, 1929) | with dustwrapper

The Rubaiyat of a Bachelor by Helen Rowland (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, [1925]) Harold Speakman

Posted on October 25, 2021 Posted in Books Tagged with Books, Harold Speakman, Helen Rowlans, Humour, Illustrated, Rubaiyat

Just added… The Rubaiyat of a Bachelor.

The Rubaiyat of a Bachelor by Helen Rowland (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, [1925]) | Harold Speakman

Rookery Nook Ben Travers Bodley Head, reprint 1937

Posted on March 30, 2019 Posted in Books Tagged with Ben Travers, Books, Dustwrapper Art, Farce, Fiction, Humour, J. M. Pollock, Literature
Just added… Rookery Nook.

Rookery Nook | Ben Travers | The Bodley Head, reprint 1937 | dustwrapper by J. M. Pollock

Occupied England War-Time Humour Booklets 1940s

Posted on May 21, 2018 Posted in Books Tagged with Books, Cover Art, Humour, WWII

War-time jokes and humour…

Occupied England | Time to Laugh | Laughter for Home & Front

Three booklets – “Occupied England”, “Time to Laugh” and “Laughter for Home & Front” – published circa 1940s.

Humour artists include David McLoughlin, Maurice McLoughlin and John Cameron.

Lovely cover art.

Occupied England | Time to Laugh | Laughter for Home & Front

Occupied England | Time to Laugh | Laughter for Home & Front

Occupied England | Time to Laugh | Laughter for Home & Front

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The Diary of a Nobody 1992 Centenary Edition

Posted on December 1, 2016 Posted in Books Tagged with Books, Facsimile, Humour
Just added… The Diary of a Nobody.

The Diary of a Nobody | 1992 Centenary Edition

 

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