Humour from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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A Treasury of Jewish Folklore: The Stories, Traditions, Legends, Humor, Wisdom and Folk Tales of the Jewish People
by Ausubel, Nathan – Editor
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1956
- Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€12.44
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Crown publishers, New York, 1956. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Introduction by editor, Glossary and index. Olive coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with pale purple and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Pudding: Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff
by Lindsay, Norman
- Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1948
- Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€21.77
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Angus & Robertson, London, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Norman Lindsay. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black-and-white drawings by the author, some full page, some half page and some three-quarter page. Blue coloured boards with dark blue coloured illustration and titles to the front panel and… Read more about this item Item Price
€21.77
Treasury Of Humor: A Lifetime Collection Of Favorite Jokes, Anecdotes, And Limericks With Copious Notes On How To Tell Them And Why
by Asimov, Isaac
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1971
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780395572269
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€9.33
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Houghton Mifflin, 1971. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. All introduction by author and index. Plaintext paperback binding with dark red, black and blue coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Title says it all. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with remnants of… Read more about this item Item Price
€9.33
Birds of a Feather
by Hargreaves, Harry
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€43.54
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Macmillan, London, 1969. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Harry Hargreaves. Peach coloured end pages. The text is illustrated with black-and-white cartoons by Harry Hargreaves. Illustrated laminated boards, again by Harry Hargreaves, with black and blue coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back… Read more about this item Item Price
€43.54
Bizarre
by Humphries, Barry – Compiled by
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€31.10
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Elek Books, London, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Acknowledgement and a note of explanation from the compiler. Burnt orange coloured end pages The text is illustrated with numerous black and white photographs, illustrations, cartoons and reproductions of documents. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the front… Read more about this item Item Price
€31.10
Very Interesting ... But Stupid! A Book of Catchphrases from the World of Entertainment
by Rees, Nigel – Compiler
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Softcover (Illustrated)
- ISBN
- 9780048270214
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€6.79
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Unwin Paperbacks, London, 1980. First Edition. Softcover (Illustrated). Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements, picture acknowledgements, preface by compiler. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout. Photographic / illustrated paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the rear panel blurb " ... Nigel… Read more about this item Item Price
€6.79
Laugh, Jew, Laugh; Short Humorous Stories
by Kovner, B. (Adler, Jacob) (London, Abraham – Translator)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€15.55
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Bloch Publishing Company, New York, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. In place of an introduction by author. Red coloured cloth covered boards with dark blue coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The… Read more about this item Item Price
€15.55
Jolliffe's Outback Cartoons & Australiana No. 114
by Jolliffe, Eric 1907 - 2001
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Softcover (Saddle-stapled)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
- Item Price
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€9.33
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Jolliffe Publications, Sydney, 1984. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Jolliffe. The text is illustrated with black-and-white cartoons drawn by the author, along with small sections of Australiana. Colour illustrated paperback binding with white and yellow coloured titles to the front panel. A very distinctive and humorous view of… Read more about this item Item Price
€9.33
Bizarre
by Humphries, Barry – Compiled by
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€24.88
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Elek Books, London, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Acknowledgement and a note of explanation from the compiler. Burnt orange coloured end pages The text is illustrated with numerous black and white photographs, illustrations, cartoons and reproductions of documents. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the… Read more about this item Item Price
€24.88
The Deeper Meaning of Liff
by Adams, Douglas & Lloyd, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780330316064
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€9.33
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Pan Books and Faber & Faber, London, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Burt Kitchen. prefaces and maps . The text is illustrated with drawings by Bert Kitchen. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by Burt Kitchen, gilt coloured… Read more about this item Item Price
€9.33
The Wit of Sir Robert Menzies
by Robinson, Ray – compiler
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€12.44
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Leslie Frewin Publishers Ltd, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements. Illustrated end pages showing a cartoon satirising Sir Robert Menzies. Throughout the book there are black-and-white photographs. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with dark blue and white… Read more about this item Item Price
€12.44
The Best of Saki
by Saki (H. H. Munro)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase Very Good
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Hardcover (Illustrated Boards)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€12.44
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The Folio Society, London, 2007. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition/Slipcase Very Good. Illustrator: Roger Fereday. Introduction by A. N. Wilson. Brick coloured end pages. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Roger Fereday; who, also drew the illustration on the covers. Yellow coloured cloth covered boards with metallic purple coloured titles… Read more about this item Item Price
€12.44
They're a Weird Mob
by Culotta, Nino [ Pseudonym -- John O'Grady )
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€7.92
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Ure Smith, Sydney, 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: Wep. The text is illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by Wep. Orange coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Wep, with yellow coloured titles to the front panel and blue and white coloured titles to the back strip. … Read more about this item Item Price
€7.92
Let Stalk Strine; A Lexicon of Modern Strine Usage Compiled and Annotated by Afferbeck Lauder
by Lauder, Afferbeck -- Compiler (pseudonym of Alastair Ardoch Morrison (born Melbourne 21 September 1911 - died 15 March 1998)) Lauder, Afferbeck -- Compiler (pseudonym of Alastair Ardoch Morrison (born Melbourne 21 September 1911 - died 15 March 1998))
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780725400811
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€6.79
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Ure Smith, Sydney . London, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Al Terego. about the author, foreword by Freud L. Breakface and acknowledgements. The text is illustrated with black and white cartoons by Al Terego. Black illustrated card cover with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to… Read more about this item Item Price
€6.79
The Specialist
by Sale, Charles " Chic " 1885 – 1936
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1949
- Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€12.44
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Specialist Publishing Company, St Louis, Minnesota, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: William Kermode. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by William Kermode. Brown coloured cloth covered boards, with dark brown coloured illustration embossed titles to the front panel. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for underlying boards,… Read more about this item Item Price
€12.44
Rationale of the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humour, Second Series
by Legman, G
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover (Textured Boards)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€18.66
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Bell Publishing Company, New York, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover (Textured Boards). Good Condition/Good. Subjects & motifs. Brown coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. The 2nd series of the author's analysis an explanation of the dirty joke – going through motifs and subjects with copious examples. Softening… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.66
The Education of H.Y.M.A.N K.A.P.L.A.N (Hyman Kaplan)
by Ross, Leonard Q. (Leo Rosten)
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1937
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€18.66
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Constable & Company Limited, London, 1937. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: C. Keeling, and Glenn Steward. The text is illustrated with a dual toned frontispiece of Hyman Kaplan, and black-and-white illustrations by C. Keeling, and Glenn Steward. Green coloured cloth covered boards with red coloured illustrations and titles to the front panel and… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.66
The Satanic Verses
by Rushdie, Salman
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670817573
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€18.66
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Viking, London, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Acknowledgements. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Gilt and red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. When a… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.66
The Complete Yes Minister; The Diaries of A Cabinet Minister by the Right Hon. James Hacker
by Lynn, Jonathan and Jay, Anthony ( Editors )
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Hardcover (Imitation Leather)
- ISBN
- 9780563203230
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€9.33
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BBC Publications, London, 1984. Reprint. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Very Good Condition/Good. editor's note. Illustrated endpapers, being a red and white mottled design. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing Paul Eddington as the Right Hon. James Hacker. The text is illustrated with the occasional facsimile of memos. Red coloured faux leather boards with… Read more about this item Item Price
€9.33
The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes
by Leeson, Edward (Introduction)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcased
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€15.55
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The Folio Society, London, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Slipcased. Illustrator: Nick HArdcastle. Introduction by Edward Leeson. Pale green coloured end pages. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Nick Hardcastle. Illustrated cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. Maroon coloured end pages. … Read more about this item Item Price
€15.55
