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english wit and humor49
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Almon, John12
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Tilt, Charles (1797-1861)9
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The Satiric verses

Hislop, Ian

c1989

Title on spine: The best of Private Eye, 1987-1989.

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A century of humour

Wodehouse, P G (1881-1975)

[1934]

Collection of humorous stories.

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Happy thoughts

Burnand, Sir F C (1836-1917)

1904

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The New comic annual

[1830?] "Illustrated with one hundred highly humorous cuts.".

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English wits

Russell, Leonard (1906-); Ravilious, Eric William (1903-1942)

1940

Contents: Alexander Pope by Dilys Powell -- Dr. Johnson by R.A. Knox -- Oscar Wilde by Desmond McCarthy -- Whistler by D.B. Wyndham Lewis-- Sydney Smith by Ernest Newman -- Theodore Hook by A.J.A Symo...

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Punch (v.CCXXXVII, no.6216, November 11 1959)

Lemon, Mark (1809-1870); Mayhew, Henry (1812-1887); Taylor, Tom (1817-1880); Brooks, Shirley (1816-1874); Burnand, Sir F C (1836-1917); Seaman, Sir Owen (1861-1936); De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)

Editors: 1841-70, M. Lemon (with H. Mayhew, 1841- ); 1870-74, S. Brooks; 1874-80, T. Taylor; 1880-1906, F.C. Burnand; 1906-<27> O. Seaman. From 1842 to 1899 each year includes "Punch's almanack." Beg...

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Warriors paraded

Armstrong, Anthony (1897-1976)

1938

Printer's device on title page.

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The comic offering; or Ladies' melange of literary mirth, for MDCCCXXXI.[-MDCCCXXXV.] (1831)

Sheridan, Louisa Henrietta (1841)

1831-1835

Yearly. Each volume with added illustrated t.p. With half-titles. Printer statement on final page: "London: Littlewood and Co., printers,..."

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