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Great Scot!
Unknown
1930s
A scrapbook of eighty three newspaper cuttings of caricatures of famous Scotsmen including Hugh MacDiarmid, John Buchan, John Logie Baird, and Eric Liddell.
No. 1 of rejected papers from a recent competition, including others
E. Tinlin
1870
A first issue of an obscure journal of comic contributions purporting to have been submitted to literary competitions.
The Brightfount diaries
Faber and Faber Ltd
1955
Tales of book shop life are intertwined with peeks at the narrator's love life and family life.
This England, 1940-1946
New Statesman and Nation
1947
A compilation of newspaper cuttings to illustrate the English attitude, its foibles and follies.
The billiard table murders: a Gladys Babbington Morton mystery
Bloomsbury
1990
Inspector Trubcock investigates foul deeds at Morton Manor.
Jodhpurs in the Quantocks
Jonathan Cape
1986
Another of Glen Baxter's surreal comic crime stories.
The perfect lady: how to become one - and perhaps marry a millionaire
Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co Ltd.
1925
A satire on the opportunities available to the liberated woman of the 1920s.
Scream for Jeeves: a parody
Wodecraft Press
1994
Three Wodehouse - Lovecraft crossover parodies which also features Mr Altamont of Chicago.
Observations by Mr. Dooley
William Heinemann
1903
A collection of satirical sketches including 'Sherlock Holmes'.
Told at the 19th hole: humorous St Andrews golf stories
J. & G. Innes, Ltd.
1950s
A collection of short humorous anecdotes often from the caddy's perspective.
A pocketful of cartoons
Gryphon Books Ltd.
1949
A collection of cartoons drawn from the Daily Express.
Nonsense novels
John Lane : Bodley Head Ltd.
1921
A collection of humorous short stories sending up several genres.
The real Mackay: being essays
News Chronicle Publications Department
1953
A collection of short essays including 'I become a regular irregular' and 'Haunted by Holmes'.
Keep the Home Guard turning
Chatto & Windus
1943
Follows the ups and downs of a Home Guard company on the Hebridean islands of Little Toddy and Great Toddy.
Nineteen to the dozen
Hamish Hamilton
1953
A collection of stories and articles including 'Ring for our boots'.
Sherlock Holmes illustrated with alternative captions
Eric Monahan
2001
A collection of light hearted re-interpretations of canonical illustrations.
Beachcomber: the works of J.B. Morton
Frederick Muller Ltd.
1974
A selection of columns from the Daily Express.
The itinerant lodger
Methuen & Co Ltd
1965
The comic adventures of an itinerant worker who is finding it difficult to find his true vocation.
Puffs, balloons and smokeballs
Justice of the Peace, Ltd.
1952
A collection of essays including 'Baker Street reflections'.
This England
New Statesman and Nation
1940
A compilation of newspaper cuttings to illustrate the English attitude, its foibles and follies.
Mr Punch's animal land
Bradbury, Agnew & Co.
1898
Humorous cartoons and descriptions of worthies of the day, including 'The Conydoil or Shurlacombs.'
The cross purposes: a coloured novelette
Editions Poetry London
1945
A satire telling the story of three designing women.
