Humour from Chris Phillips

London: Egmont, 2003. Special Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brett Helquist. This is the first edition, thus, of the illustrated edition of the first volume in this popular series of children's books. Published in a "Limited Edition" with faux leather boards and a very good cloth slipcase with a tipped in… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. 2nd impression of 1st edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Gerald Scarfe. A 2nd impression of the collection of caricatures of politicians by this distinctive cartoonist. Loosely inserted is a print depicting Neil Kinnock, Margaret Thatcher and David Owen as a dragon, Ptorydactyl and Dodo respectively. Signed, in… Read more about this item

Oxfordshire: The Old Stile Press, 1994. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. sm 4to 5" tall. A Jeu d'esprit, published by the Old Stile Press and printed, by Frances and Nicolas McDowall, during "Art in Action at Waterperry House, Oxfordshire in July 1994 and at True to Type at the Crafts Council". Two of Carroll's parodies are… Read more about this item

London: A & C Black, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 8" tall. Lawson Wood. The well illustrated study of the work of this popular illustrator. Inscribed, on half title, by Lawson Wood "to Captain W. G. Scott with Lawson Wood's Kindest Regards Roehampton April 1917". Very good in slightly rubbed illustrated boards… Read more about this item

Dublin: Guinness, 1933. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Glasseine envelope with minor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John Gilroy. A very good copy of the first of the booklets issued to doctors at Christmas time. This copy is illustrated in full colour throughout and is contained in its original glasseine envelope, staples rusted as usual… Read more about this item

Dublin: Guinness, 1964. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John Tribe. A very good copy of a booklet issued to doctors at Christmas time. This copy is illustrated on the theme of Do it Yourself,

Dublin: Guinness, 1966. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John Astrop. A very good copy of a booklet issued to doctors at Christmas time. This copy is illustrated in full colour throughout by John Astrop, With its "compliments" slip. Containing holiday themed rhymes with misprints and mis-spellings.

Dublin: Guinness, 1934. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Glasseine envelope with some w. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John Gilroy. A very good copy of the second of the booklets issued to doctors at Christmas time. This copy is illustrated in full colour throughout and is contained in its original glasseine envelope, staples rusted as… Read more about this item

Dublin: Guinness, 1955. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Edward Ardizzone. A very good copy of a booklet issued to doctors at Christmas time. This copy is illustrated in full colour throughout by Edward Ardizzone, with staples rusted as usual but with its "compliments" slip. (Alderson C28)

Dublin: Guinness, 1959. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ronald Ferns. A very good copy of a booklet issued to doctors at Christmas time. This copy, parodying Alice and celebrating the 200th birthday for the Guinness company. With its "compliments" slip.

Dublin: Guinness, 1957. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John Nash. A very good copy of a booklet issued to doctors at Christmas time. This copy is illustrated in full colour throughout by John Nash, With its "compliments" slip.

Loondon & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9" tall. Walter Crane. A satirical poem in which all the beasts of the world express their frustration at their exploitation by man. Illustrated by Walter Crane. Minor repair to tear at base of title pages else very good first… Read more about this item

London: W. Strange, 1844. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. sm booklet 11 X 7cm. A fascinating collection of facts published in mid Victorian Britain with amusing vignettes reflecting the prevailing attitudes of the times. Good, only, in printed paper wraps which are worn at proximities and with damage top outer corner of top wrap. Apart from the usual monthly… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards, 1904. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Lena and Norman Ault. This is number 31 in the series of Dumpy books for children. Printed on one side only this series was designed to fit easily into the hands of a small child. Internally very good in original… Read more about this item

Oxford: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Ruth Sandys. A collection of, sometimes excruciating, alliterative statements accompanying 26 brightly coloured illustrations. This copy internally very good in shaken boards with bumped corners. Boards dusty and with 1944 inscription on front endpaper with green spots at… Read more about this item

Dean & Son, Ltd., 1935. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - 9" tall. A good copy of the 1936 annual published in 1935. Neat contemporary inscription to verso of ffep. Some light spot foxing in places and repaired spine creased. Corner torn from base of I3 with no loss. Board corners bumped and damaged (see photos). "No. 1" written… Read more about this item

London: Dean & Son, Ltd., 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - 9" tall. A very good copy of the 1939 annual published in 1938. Neat dated inscription Xmas 1938 on ffep. Some light spot foxing in places and spine creased in places. Board corners bumped and damaged (see photos). Page I3 corner damage without loss.

London: Juvenile Productions, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo format 10" tall. A first edition of this illustrated novel featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck etc. in the wild west. Very good in original illustrated boards with a neat later (1954) ownership inscription which is a little offset to recto of frontispiece. Consisting of pages of… Read more about this item

London: The Bystander, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo format - 11" tall. Bruce Bairnsfather. This is a complete run of the eight issues of this inimitable magazine supplement humorously illustrating life in the trenches for "Old Bill" during the first world war. Very good condition but wrappers not bound in. Two volumes in marked brown cloth with… Read more about this item

London: Punch, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Ronald Searle. This is a complete set of the twelve caricatures by Ronald Searle that were issued as supplements to the humorous magazine Punch between 1956 1957. All plates present and in very good, unmarked, condition, interleaved and bound in maroon cloth… Read more about this item