Search Results: Canada, Humour from Bytown Bookery

Toronto, Ont: The Ryerson Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright red hardboards and end pages, light spine bumping with a small indent in the middle of the front edges, in very good ++ condition. First Edition. The DJ has overall light soiling with edgewear and a two inch tear on the top of the front cover. 'A poke at Canada's Confederation"; Cartoons; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 59 pages .

Macmillan Canada. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0771599838 . Red hardcovers in Near Fine condition. Tightly bound, a bright, unmarked text with an inscription to the previous owner to the front free end paper. The DJ is unclipped with light cover rubbing and edgewear. ; B&W Illustrations, B&W Photographs; 8.60 X 5.60 X 0.80 inches; 174 pages .

McGraw-Hill Ryerson. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0070925305 . Green hard covers, blue titles to the spine. This is a solidly bound copy with an unmarked text , an inscription to the previous owner on the front free end paper. Black & white illustrations, cartoons, throughout the book. The DJ has small pieces missing of off the spine ends and back cover. ; 0.7 x 8.6 x 5.6 Inches; 132 pages .

Toronto: Gage Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Pictorial grey boards, some yellowing around top and bottom edges. Very clean and tight copy. DJ is stained on the back cover with rubbing and edgewear. "Well sir, she wuz too wet to plow ag'in this spring, so here's anuther volium of my maimwars, assays, and bellyletters cumpiled up into an otto-by-jogfree book. Now Jogfree is a studdy of yer Erth having relations with animals and sumtimes peeople. Mebbee you're wondiring what this has gotta do with modern livers like yerselfs? I admit Jogfree is not Histery. Jogfree is what we had to start with, and Histry is the mess we all made of it. I think it's time to take stock agin and see if we can't do better with another run at yer second wind. So here's Canda, the Whirld, and other places. If you haven't bin at all, yez otta go agin". ; B&W Photographs; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 130 pages .

Toronto, Ont: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1968. Mass Market. Mass Market Paperback . This book is in nice condition with some edgewear and overall light staining on the covers and spine, 2 page edges have some foxing. The interior is unmarked and bright. "The preface acknowedges the author's debt to his "ancient and spectacled schoolmaster" for the title of the book. His schoolmaster would shout at the class "Now, then, any further foolishness?"; New American Library; Vol. 60; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 164 pages .

Paperjacks. Very Good+. 1977. Paperback. 077010035X . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good+ condition with a solid binding and an unmarked text. Age tanning to the pages. Wear to the extremities. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 183 pages .

Toronto, Ont: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good-. 1957. Mass Market. Mass Market Paperback with edgewear and light overall staining. The front bottom corner is creased and on the bottom of the first two pages there is a brown stain. No markings with a nice clean interior. "The wit, humour, and irony of the gifted Leacock were never shown to better advanage than in LITERARY LAPSES. The famous stories of his banking career, of the young man who died from his inability to tell a lie, of a baby who ate thriteen Christmas dinners, and many other memeorable ancedotes appear in this outstanding book." ; New American Library; Vol. 3; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 146 pages .

Toronto, Ont: Collins #213. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Mass Market. B002M5DEGI . Mass Market Paperback in very good condition. Squared, tightly bound with an unmarked interior. Wear to the covers and edges, pages are yellowed. Frontispiece of Leacock. Collins White Circle Pocket Edition #213.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 186 pages; Shelved .

Toronto, Ont: New Canadian Library. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1993. Mass Market. 0771098928 . Wonderful copy of this Mass Market Paperback, A small crease on the top upper right hand corner and some rubbing on the bottom, 2 dog eared pages. Interior very clean. " In one story, a young man attempts to open his first bank account. In another, Lord Ronald, the beloved of Gertrude the Governess, 'flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.' In a third, the Mariposa Belle sinks in the shallow waters of Lake Wissanotti." ; New Canadian Library Series; 0.48 x 6.99 x 4.29 Inches; 203 pages .

Toronto, Ont: Gage Publishing. Near Fine. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771599005 . Red faux leather covering with gilt titles and illustrations to the cover & title. A solid binding with a clean, unmarked text. "Originally published in 1978, "Olde Charlie Farquharson's Testament" covers all the books of the Old Testament in Charlie's own Parry Sound spellings and sayings, starting with "The first book of Moeziz, Exxodust, followed by Levickedness and Nummers." ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 160 pages; Box 49 .