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Newman, Art:  The Illustrated Treasury of Medical Curiosa
Book Number: 33715
New York Mcgraw-Hill 1988 4to illustrated brown cloth hardcover 296pp b/w illus. very good, owner's name on fep. / very good d/w. A profusely illustrated storehouse of the funny, the bizarre, and the remarkable. It examines the various historical viewpoints of physicians-the doctor as image-maker and healer, the afflictions that defeated him, the quackeries that deluded him, and the social conditions that shaped his patients.
Keywords: Medical The Illustrated Treasury of Medical Curiosa Newman Art
Price: $28.00
Terence Journet, Illustrated by John Magurk:  Take My Tip
Book Number: 33984
Christchurch: The Pegasus Press Limited, 1954. 8vo. hardcover. 82pp. b/w illus. very good, faded top edge.. / good d/w with chipped top edge.
Keywords: John Magurk Terence Journet humour horses horse racing
Price: $22.00
Barker, Ronnie:  It's Hello from Him
Book Number: 33990
new English Library 1988 8vo hardcover 162pp, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. An autobiography by Ronnie Barker taking the reader behind the scenes of his career and discusses his background. His stories include how he advised Maggie Smith to give up acting, how Slade Prison was shot in a giant tank, how he and Ronnie Corbett have been on the same comedy wavelength for 17 years, what he thinks about studio laughter, how he learns and writes. His talks about his marriage to Joy and the fortunes of his family and the antique shop in Chipping Norton to which he is going to devote more of his time.
Keywords: Biography Music Stage Screen It's Hello from Him Barker Ronnie
Price: $15.00
No Author:  Three helpings of Porridge: Three collections of stories from the hilarious BBC TV series in one volume
Book Number: 34177
Treasure 1984 8vo hardcover 479pp. very good / very good d/w.
Keywords: Short stories in English 1945 Texts Three helpings of Porridge Three collections of stories from the hilarious BBC TV series in one volume No Author
Price: $18.00
Cadiz, John:  Wilds of Canada
Book Number: 34353
Toronto, Ontario Doubleday Canada Limited 1995 Oblong 8vo softcover 96pp colour & b/w comics. very good.
Keywords: Humor General Wilds of Canada Cadiz John
Price: $12.00
PERTWEE, Ernest.:  Twentieth-Century Humorous Prose Reciter.
Book Number: 34382
George Routledge & Sons London 1904 8vo. hardcover. 200pp. good, wear to cover corners.
Keywords: Twentieth Century Humorous Prose Reciter.
Price: $15.00
Nielsen, Leslie:  Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Book
Book Number: 34503
HarperCollins 1995 8vo hardcover 132pp index, b/w illus. good, missing fep. / very good d/w.
Keywords: Humour Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Book Nielsen Leslie
Price: $10.00
Roger Wilmut and Jimmy Grafton:  The Goon Show Companion - A History and Goonography
Book Number: 34563
Robson Books 1976 tall 8vo. red Illustrated boards, Faded spine. Good, solid copy.
Keywords: Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Larry Stephens,
Price: $17.00
RASPE, R. E; and others.:  The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
Book Number: 34742
London, Harrap, 1985. 4to. hardcover. Profusely illustrated by Ronald Searle. very good. / very good d/w.
Keywords: Searle, illustrations, Monty Python
Price: $35.00
SAUNDERS, Jennifer.:  ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
Book Number: 34778
London: BBC Books, 1993. 8vo. Hardback. Illustrated. very good. 165 pp. Scripts from the first six shows. Unclipped in excellent condition.
Keywords: comedy, French and Saunders, brittish comedy
Price: $25.00

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