Category: Humour

How to Read Two Books

Price: $70.00

Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes : 1940

Seller ID: HUM0189

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

107 pp. Illus. Spine, corners bum[ped. Black cloth boards, red lettering. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrations by Carl Rose. Written as criticism of Mortimer Adler's work 'How to Read a Book', this volume provides a comic parody of the work. It iopens with the line "for readers who cannot think" and includes chapters on "How to Read in Bed," "Catching on from the Title," and its own list of the Great Books including the Sears Roebuck Catalog, and the Telephone Directory. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Aislin 150 Caricatures

By: Aislin (Terry Mosher)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Edmonton, Hurtig Publishers : 1977

Seller ID: HUM0239

ISBN-13: 9780888301451

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Unpaginated. Edgewear, corners rubbed. Light crease to front cover. A selection of drawings by the inimitable Aislin, editiroal cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall
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I Had This Dream Last Night That I Could Fly

By: Arnould, Grahame

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Vancouver, BC, Self Published : 1995

Seller ID: HUM0224

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

39 pages of cartoons, single sided. Undated, circa 1995. Plastic comb binding. Short line of small stains on the rear cover. Signed by the author. ; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author
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Portfoolio '86, The Year in Canadian Caricature

By: Badeaux, Guy (Ed. ) & Gordon, Charles

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Montreal, Ludcom : 1986

Seller ID: HUM0206

ISBN-13: 9782920341166

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

214 pp. Illus. Light edgewear. Unread. The best Canadian political cartoons of 1986, with over 300 drawings by 47 cartoonists. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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Portfoolio 7 The Year in Canadian Caricature

By: Badeaux, Guy (Ed. ) & Gordon, Charles

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, MacMillan Canada : 1991

Seller ID: HUM0221

ISBN-13: 9780771591433

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

190 pp. Illus. Light edgewear. The best Canadian political cartoons of 1990, with over 300 drawings by 47 cartoonists. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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Out of My Mind

By: Barnard, Linda

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Niagara-On the Lake, Ontario, Canada, Avenue Park Publishing : 1996

Seller ID: HUM0093

ISBN-13: 9781896795027

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: As New

187 pp. Inscribed by author on ffep. A rib-tickling collection of her columns from the Toronto Star.; Signed by Author
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Back to Black: Comic Sketches

By: Black, Arthur

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Methuen/Cbc Enterprises : 1987

Seller ID: HUM0112

ISBN-13: 9780458812103

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

229 pp. Jacket price clipped, light edgewear. Signed by Black on the half-title. Fans of his CBC radio show Basic Black will love this compilation of his most requested, and most commented on sketeches.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author
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Black Tie and Tales

By: Black, Arthur

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, Stoddart : 1999

Seller ID: HUM0194

ISBN-13: 9780773731936

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

172 pp. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has edgewear. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Another witty collection of observations on life. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
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That Old Black Magic

By: Black, Arthur

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Don Mills, ON, Canada, Stoddart Publishing : 1989

Seller ID: HUM0044

ISBN-13: 9780773723535

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

256 pp. Book has spotting on head. Jacket has edgewear, wrinkled at top of spine, small tear at bottom. A collection of favourite monologues and commentaries from the host of CBC's Basic Black. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author
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The Amateur, Being an Answer to The Specialist

By: Bosworick, E. F.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto, ON, Canada, Jefferson Press : 1946

Seller ID: HUM0088

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

24 pp. Light shelfwear to covers. Corners rubbed. Some pages have corner folds. A light-hearted, common-sense country approach to the great institution that is the outhouse.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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Histoires a Rire Debout!

By: Brunet, Georges

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Laval, Quebec, Self Published : 1996

Seller ID: HUM0161

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

247 pp. Photos. Edgewear, corners rubbed. Inscribed by author on the ffep. Author's business card laid in. French text/en francais. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
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Frog Fables & Beaver Tales

By: Burke, Stanley & Peterson, Roy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, James Lorimer & Company : 1973

Seller ID: HUM0243

ISBN-13: 9780888620484

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

44 pp. Illus. Spine, corners bumped. A mythical tale of a Swamp named Canada. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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Grin & Chuckle Memories on the Lighter Side

By: Butler, Bob

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Bunswick, Canada, Self Published : 2000

Seller ID: HUM0226

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

110 pp. Light edgewear. A collection of light-hearted reminscences. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words Volume One

By: Chapman, Graham; Cleese, John; Gilliam, Terry; Idle, Eric; Jones, Terry; Palin, Michael

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Pantheon Books : 1989

Seller ID: HUM0131

ISBN-13: 9780679726470

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: As New

325 pp. Photos. First volume of a two volume set containg the complete scripts of the first 23 episodes of the BBC television series.
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May Your First Love be Your Last

By: Clark, Gregory

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Toronto, ON, Canada, Mcclelland & Stewart : 1969

Seller ID: HUM0040

Binding: Leatherette

Condition: Good

Number 476 of a special first printing, commissioned by Weekend Magazine. Tan leatherette cover, cover cracked at spine, crack in cover. Gilt lettering, book number stamped on spine. The book itself is clean and tight. A collection of heartwarming, humourous columns.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author
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Eastern Ontario: There's More to Eastern Ontario Than Just a Fort, Two Canals, and a House on a Hill

By: Corfield, Geoffrey

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Allanburg, Ontario, Despub : 2004

Seller ID: HUM0234

ISBN-13: 9780968899670

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

119 pp. Illus. Light edgewear, corners rubbed. A humourous look at the history and (some of) the place of Eastern Ontario. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Double Exposure

By: Cullen, Linda & Robertson, Bob

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Vancouver, BC, Whitecap Books : 1995

Seller ID: HUM0146

ISBN-13: 9781551103792

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

94 pp. Photos. Edgewear. Corners rubbed. Small dent in edge of rear cover. Signed by both authors on title page. A great selection of political satire from this hilarious comedy team during their CBC Radio days. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by All Authors
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Sigh No More, Ladies

By: Day, G. W. L.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Herbert Joseph : 1948

Seller ID: HUM0200

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

128 pp. Illus. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has edgewear, small tears. Illustrations by Vicky. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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The Penguin Bristow

By: Dickens, Frank

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Harmondsworth, Penguin Books : 1981

Seller ID: HUM0208

ISBN-13: 9780140056310

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

96 pp. Illus. Edgewear, corners rubbed. Page edges foxed. Inscribed by the author on the first page. He has also drawn a sketch of Bristow at his desk toasting the holidays. A delightful anthologythe best of Bristow cartoons from 1978-1980. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
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The Golden Age of B.S.

By: Dobbs, Fred C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, ON, Canada, Gage : 1976

Seller ID: HUM0015

ISBN-13: 9780771599842

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

184 pp. Spine slightly bumped. Jacket has shelfwear. A collection of satirical essays on Canadian society.; Signed by Author
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Category: Humour