Humour & Satire

NY: Morrow/Avon, 1977 VERY GOOD Softcover, 8.5" by 11", 124 pages. Clean, tight, no markings. Contains skits, photos & illustrations from the first few years of Saturday Night Live. This scrapbook is a well-chosen collection of scripts, photographs, drafts, and other memorabilia from the first cast of the legendary show. Very collectible.. more information

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NY: Collier Books, 1993 NEAR-FINE Trade Paperback, 1st Collier Books printing. Clean, tight, unmarked. 5.5" by 7.5", 94 pages - - - A very funny book for both golfers and bird-watchers. About 50 color illustrations of various golf "birdies" with descriptions, and artwork by 'Oscar.'. more information

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London, U.K.: Leslie Frewin Publishers, 1975 NEAR-FINE/no DJ, First Edition, 1st UK Printing. 7.5" by 10", 91 pages. Clean, tight, unmarked, page edges tanned. This book (scarce in North America) chronicles true stories of the 'worst' of everything - boy friends, bores, drivers, coffee, newspapers, diets, toilet paper, guided tours, manners, pets, wines, jokes, etc. . more information

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Montreal: Dargaud Canada, 1976 NEAR-FINE/no DJ, First Edition, Volume 13 in the Achille Talon Series. All text in French language. 8.75" by 11.75", 48 pages. Color cartoons by 'Greg' throughout. Color pictorial boards nearly perfect. Binding square & strong with one 'stretch' in middle of book, all 48 pages pristine.. more information

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Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1953 FINE/VG- Second Printing. An exceptional copy of this book: crisp, clean, unmarked, appears unhandled and unread - in a DJ with several short closed tears. 5" x 7.5", 137 pages, illustrations by James Simpkins. A selection of humorous personal essays that previously appeared in Maclean's, The Beaver, or the Vancouver Province newspaper. This is the third collection of sketches by this author. Nicol's second collection, 'The Roving I', won the Leacock Medal for Humour in 1951.. Hard Cover. more information

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Alfred A. Knopf, 1983 AS-NEW/VERY GOOD+, clean, tight, unmarked, appears unread. DJ has a few 'micro' tears along top edge. - A collection of the finest modern humor, edited by the late Canadian author Mordecai Richler. Includes contributions by Stephen Leacock, Groucho Marx, James Thurber, Evelyn Waugh, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Truman Capote, Art Buchwald, Woody Allen, Garrison Keilor, Fran Lebowitz, E.B. White, Joseph Heller, Bruce Jay Friedman, and many more. Hard Cover. more information

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NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1985 FINE/NEAR-FINE First Edition (stated), 1st Printing. Clean, solid, unmarked, no wear. Unclipped DJ has very slight wear at extremities. - - - The author's debut novel makes the domestic nightmares of a newlywed American couple acidly funny. Author is a winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award.. Hard Cover. more information

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Toronto: General Paperbacks, 1986 NEAR-FINE First Edition Trade Paperback, 1st Printing. One minor corner crease on covers, otherwise FINE with no markings. - A collection of outrageous letters written by the author to famous world leaders and institutions, Royalty, movie stars and the rich - and the replies he received. . Trade Paperback. more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976 FINE First Edition, 1st printing, no DJ. A beautiful unmarked copy, no wear, all 125 pages as-new. 6" by 9.25" - - - A Cockney-eyed view of Canadian life, manners, customs and history - liberally illustrated with Ben Wicks inimitable cartoons.. Hard Cover. more information

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