Anglophile Humour from Anglophile Books

NY: Barnes & Noble. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. c1991,1995. Hardcover. Quarter cloth binding lightly bumped at faintly sunned spine tail. Previous owner address label on front free endpaper pages 278 to rear endpaper have a single long crease as if pages bent at one time; no binding problems, pages clean and bright. Dust… Read more about this item

Bath, UK: Palazzo Editions. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. c1935, 2008. Second Printing. Hardcover. 160 pages. A new book received with light colour loss to tiny areas on board edges and very faint edgewear to dust wrapper.; <b>Illustrated with wonderful period black & wwhite photographs and delightful drawings by Anna K. Zinkeisen. Originally published in… Read more about this item

London: BBC Books. Very Good. 1991. Softcover; Trade PB. Spine and cover creases, covers edgeworn, soil marks on page edges; interior pages clean, none loose.; <b>Contains volumes 1 and 2 of the memoirs of France's greatest hero, Rene Artois, who features in the BBC TV comedy series "'Allo 'Allo" by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. 'Every inch… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Greyladies. New. 2010. Softcover; Trade PB. A new book.; <b>A new collection of short stories from this witty and intelligent author - family stories, romances, ghost stories, WWI patriotism, stories of independent working girls and honourable chaps. Originally written at the turn of the last century, these stories are perfect miniatures of insight and humour.… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 44 pages. Spine ends and top corners bumped, bump on bottom board edges just revealing boards, otherwise looks unread. No dust wrapper, as issued.; <b>In this graphic novel, Wallace and Gromit travel back through history, in search of a lost slipper. Along the way, they get involved… Read more about this item

London: Century. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2004. First British Edition. Hardcover. 389 pages. Spine ends bumped, a few smudges on page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper has very light edgewear. A very nice copy.; <b>'Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are still commonly regarded as the greatest comic double act that Great Britain has ever produced.… Read more about this item

NY: W. W. Norton. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 2004. Hardcover. 530 pages. A new book received with bumped spine ends and several creased page edges. Dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, creased and rubbed. ; <b>An affectionate portrait of one of the most brilliant comic writers of the 20th century. It chronicles the achievements and shadows… Read more about this item

Pennyfarthing Editions. Very Good+. c1936,1988. Softcover; Mass Market PB. No spine or cover creases, covers lightly edgeworn, page edges very pale yellow. A nice copy. ; <b>These eleven stories feature 'members of the inimitable Drones Club-they may be small of brain and short on cash but they are always good for ingenious adventures.' This author described as… Read more about this item

London: Coronet Books. Very Good 1990. Softcover; Mass Market PB. Light spine and covers creases, light edgewear, book slightly cocked. Pages pale brown, edges a bit darker; pages clean, none loose. ; <b>The first novel of the series. Set in the Welsh valleys at the close of the Second World War, we are introduced to Fred, a… Read more about this item

NY: Vintage Books. Very Good+. c1930,1975. Softcover; Mass Market PB. No spine or cover creases, covers faintly rubbed. Page edges yellowed; interior pages clean.; <b>Mr. Mulliner spends his evenings at the Anglers' Rest, an English pub. While 'sipping his Scotch and lemon, Mr. Mulliner tells adventures that once befell a nephew, a cousin’s son, or some other… Read more about this item

NY: Penguin. Very Good. c1930. Reprint. Softcover; Mass Market PB. No spine creases, light edgewear and cover creases, white covers have pale tan edges. This edition published after 1975 but has no date. A nice copy.; </B>A collection of eleven short stories featuring the inimitable Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. This author described as "a staple of… Read more about this item

NY: Vintage Books. Very Good. c1924,1975. Softcover; Mass Market PB. No spine creases, some edgewear and rubbing to covers, a few light cover creases. Pages pale yellow, edges and inside covers dark yellow; pages clean, none loose. ; <B>Psmith ("the p is silent, as in phthisis, psychic and ptarmigan") wanders in and out of romantic, suspenseful… Read more about this item

NY: Perennial; Harper & Row. Very Good+. c1971,1983. Softcover; Mass Market PB. No spine or cover creases, page edges and inside covers pale yellow, a nice copy. ; <B>'When Jeeves inadvertently reveals information about his master, Bertie Wooster, to the wrong people, it is a matter of honor to undo the damage. His attempts create a gripping… Read more about this item