Humour
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Australian Graffiti Revisited
$40.00 Add to cartRennie Ellis; Ian Turner
Melbourne: Sun Books, 1980.
Australian street and toilet wall graffiti. Second printing of the expanded second edition. -
Men Are Pigs
$150.00 Add to cartBueno de Mesquita
Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1927.
A tit for tat reply to the book about women, Cats, Not by Louis Wain. The first Australian Edition, published the same year as the Cecil Palmer UK Edition. -
Australian Graffiti Revisited
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Revised Edition.
24cm x 18.5cm. [112] pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Australian street and toilet wall graffiti. Second printing of the expanded second edition.
Very minor general wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Stamp Help Out! And Other Short Stories: The Pot Smokers
$550.00 Add to cartLenny Bruce
[New York]: [Lenny Bruce], No date.
The 1962 self published zine of American comic Lenny Bruce (1925-1966). See… Actual photos of tortured Marijuanaites. See… Hookers Resort to Prostitution. See… Shame. See… Shame Sell. See… Shame Sell Sea Shells at the Shim Sham! The second issue, with the rude words typed over out of fear of persecution. -
The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes
$20.00 Add to cartEdward Leeson
London: The Folio Society, 2009.
Edited and with an introduction by Edward Leeson, drawings by Nick Hardcastle. FORD-SMITH 1250. -
The Best After-Dinner Stories
$30.00 Add to cartTim Heald
London: The Folio Society, 2008.
Introduction by Craig Brown. Illustrations by Paul Cox. FORD-SMITH 1140. -
D*A*A*S BOOK
$200.00 Add to cartThe Doug Anthony Allstars
Sydney: Susan Haynes, Allen & Unwin, 1989.
This copy inscribed with an original sketch by Tim Ferguson. -
The Kilmarnock Mirror and Literary Gleaner (Vol. 1)
$300.00 Add to cartKilmarnock Mirror
Kilmarnock: Kilmarnoch Press, by Mathie and Lochore, 1819.
Consisting of Essays, Moral Tales, Poetry, and a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, Adapted for Instruction and Amusement. This is the first volume of the scarce Scottish periodical containing number one, dated 1818, through to number eight, dated 1819. -
Communist Zoo
$50.00 Add to cartHans Muller
New York: Swen Publications, 1951.
Photographs of zoo animals with humorous anti-communist commentary: “Don’t ask me what I think, comrade! I haven’t read the Daily Worker this morning.” -
I Was a Teenage Dwarf
$30.00 Add to cartMax Shulman
London, Melbourne and Toronto: Heinemann, 1960.
A Dobie Gillis Story. Introduction by Art Linkletter. -
Pocketman
$110.00 Add to cartDon Bell
Toronto: Dorset Publishing, 1979.
A book of comedy loosely based on the life of Canadian street poet, Roy McDonald, and his time in Montreal. This copy with a lengthy inscription by Roy McDonald, aka Pocketman, naming various characters in the book. -
A Collection of Sketches: The Wool Trade
$200.00 Add to cartE. Pearce
Brisbane: The Carter-Watson Co., No date.
Cartoon portraits of buyers and others connected with the Australian wool industry, mostly from Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, though also featuring a bevy of English characters. ANB 34155 dates [191-?], though a Barcaldine newspaper, The Western Champion Saturday Morning, March 22, 1924, ran a short story on the publication’s issue: “An event of some local interest has been the issue during the week of a collection of sketches by an old and very popular member of the wool trade, Mr. E- Pearce. The book consists of about 100 cartoons of people prominent in the wool trade. Mr. Pearce, whose skill as a cartoonist had hitherto been known only to a select circle of friends, has been prevailed on to publish in book form a series of sketches which had previously only a private circulation amongst friends. As a combination of technical skill and delightful humor the publication is unique.” -
How to be a Pregnant Father
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Reprint.
26.5cm x 26.5cm. [56] pages, colour illustrations. Green cloth, white lettering, illustrated jacket.
Tanning to jacket. Foxing to jacket verso. Good Condition. -
Hey Hey it’s Saturday Vol. III
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First Edition.
28cm x 21cm. 96 pages, illustrations, some colour, 8 postcards. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers
Minor handling wear and tanning. Previous owner’s inscription. Very Good Condition. -
Where do Daddies Come From? A Pregnancy Guide for Men
$10.00 Add to cartSteve Cummins
Dublin: Glasnevin Publishing, 2011. -
Poison Pen Letters: Using the Mails for Revenge
$20.00 Add to cartKeith Wade
Port Townsend: Loompanics Unlimited, 1984.
A collection of sample letters for enacting revenge. -
The Doodler’s Diary
$10.00 Add to cartJimmy Dean Enterprises
Melbourne: Jimmy Dean Enterprises, No date.
1950s unused diary calendar with cheeky text and illustrations filling the margins. -
What Is A…?
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First Edition.
18cm x 12cm. 64 pages. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
A collection of listeners’ contributions read by Russ Tyson in the Hospital Half-Hour of the ABC.
Wrappers toned and lightly soiled, chip to tail fore-edge corner. Tanning to pages. Good Condition. -
The Superior Person’s Field Guide to Deceitful, Deceptive & Downright Dangerous Language
$25.00 Add to cartPeter Bowler; Leslie Cabarga
Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2008. -
The Best of Leahy from The West Australian
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First Edition. Signed by Author
18cm x 23cm. 96 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
Minor wear to wrappers. Very minor foxing. Minor tanning to pages. Very Good Condition. -
Principia Discordia
$15.00 Add to cartMalaclypse The Younger; Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst
Olympia: Last Word Press, 2015.
or How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malacylpse the Younger wherein is explained absolutely everything worth knowing about absolutely anything. This edition containing a new introduction by Robert Anton Wilson. Comes in 4 different colours, add a note to your order if you have a preference. -
Good Vibrations
$50.00 Add to cartKim Pearson; Wendy Newton
Canberra: Black Pear Productions, 1997.
Comical feminist theory cartoons using the vibrator as trope. This copy inscribed with an original drawing. -
Executive Set: The Trendy, Rich and Classy at Work and Play
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First Edition. Inscribed by Author
Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Good Condition. -
Shoestring
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First Edition.
. Very Good Condition. -
Dick for a Day: What Would You Do If You Had One?
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First Australian Edition.
19.5cm x 12.5m. xviii, 268 pages. Pictorial wrappers.
Essays, fiction, and poetry by Poppy Z. Brite, Patricia Cornwell, Germaine Greer, Dorothy Porter, and others. The Australian edition with photographic cover of Diane Torr as Danny by Annie Sprinkle.
Creasing to spine. Minor tanning. Good Condition. -
The All New Australian Graffiti
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First Edition.
24cm x 18cm. [144] pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
A continuation of Ellis and Ian Turner’s photoessay of Australian street and toilet discussion.
Very minor discolouration to wrappers. Texta lines to top edge. Very Good Condition. -
Australian Graffiti Revisited
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Revised Edition.
24cm x 18.5cm. [112] pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Australian street and toilet wall graffiti. First printing of the expanded second edition.
Very minor general wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
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Reprint.
21cm x 14cm. 369 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
. Fine Condition. -
Solutions And Other Problems
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First Edition.
23cm x 15cm. [vii], 519 pages, colour illustrations, illustrated wrappers.
“The all-new collection of comedic, autobiographical and illustrated essays from the author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller Hyperbole and a Half.”
. New Book. -
Me Talk Pretty One Day
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Reprint.
20cm x 12.5cm. 272 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
This copy inscribed by Sedaris To Annie, and with a drawing of a tombstone.
Spine creased. Some peeling to wrappers glaze. Good Condition.