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The wit of the civil service / compiled by Edward Inglis ; cartoons by Giles.

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London : L. Frewin, 1973.

1973

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British and other jokes; recalled, recounted or composed by A. C. H. Newman.

Text

Kingswood, Surrey [Eng.] Elliot Right Way Books [1970]

1970

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Black Country stories.

Text

Tipton (Staffs.), Black Country Society, 1969.

1969

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Middle English humorous tales in verse.

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New York, Gordian Press, 1971.

1971-1913

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The bal masqué! by Count Chicard. Illustrated by Cham & Henning.

Text

London, D. Bogue, 1848.

1848

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The laughtermakers: a quest for comedy.

Text

London, Owen, 1971.

1971

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Cap and bell: Punch's chronicle of English history in the making, 1841-61; collected and edited by Susan and Asa Briggs.

Text

London, Macdonald and Co., 1972.

1972

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Jemmy Buck's Witty jester; or, The merry mortals companion ... To which is added, A beautiful collection of entire new conundrums, rebusses and riddles ...

Text

London, Printed for J. Cooke [ca. 1779]

1779

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The field of nonsense.

Text

[Folcroft, Pa.] Folcroft Library Editions, 1973.

1973-1952

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The Punch guide to good living.

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London, Coronet, 1973.

1973

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In character; a kind of living scrapbook; extracts from the scripts by John Warren and John Singer; illustrated by Stanley Franklin, foreword by Donald Zec.

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[London], Futura Publications [1974]

1974

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Merry passages and jeasts : a manuscript jestbook / of Sir Nicholas Le Strange ; edited and with an introd. by H. F. Lippincott.

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Salzburg : Institut für Englische Sprache und Literatur, Universität Salzburg, 1974.

1974

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There was a young wench ...

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London, Tandem [1970]

1970

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The big book of wit and laughter.

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London, Wolfe, 1972.

1972

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Make 'em laugh: a comedian's handbook. With additional material by Johnny Dennis.

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London, Wolfe, 1973.

1973

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The triumph of wit : a study of Victorian comic theory / by Robert Bernard Martin.

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Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1974.

1974

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Collapse of stout party : Victorian wit and humour / Ronald Pearsall.

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London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, c1975.

1975

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English humour / J. B. Priestley.

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London : Heinemann, 1976.

1976

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The goodies book of criminal records.

Text

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975.

1975

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The Milligan book of records : games, cartoons and commercials / [by] Spike Milligan and Jack Hobbs.

Text

Walton-onThames : M. and J. Hobbs ; London : [Distributed by] Joseph, 1975.

1975

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The Rutland dirty weekend book / [by] Eric Idle ; [illustrated by Ken Cox] ; without an introduction by Prince Charles.

Text

London : Eyre Methuen, 1976.

1976

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The Max Miller Blue Book, Compiled by Barry Took. Illus. by Trog.

Text

[London, Robson Books, c1975]

1975

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Pick of Punch, edited by William Davis.

Text

London, Hutchison, 1975.

1975

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Joe Miller's jests; or, The wits vade-mecum. With a new introd. by Robert Hutchinson.

Text

New York, Dover Publications [1963]

1963-1739

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A C. mery talys.

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[London, Empryntyd by J. Rastell, 1526]

1526

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A C. mery talys.

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[London, J. Rastell, 1525?]

1525

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An irreverent and thoroughly incomplete social history of almost everything / Frank Muir.

Text

New York : Stein and Day, 1976.

1976

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Tom Hood's comic annual for 1874. With 23 pages of illus. by the Brothers Dalziel.

Text

London, Published at the Fun Office [1873].

1873

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Poetry and humour from Cowper to Clough / Mark Storey.

Text

London : Macmillan, 1979.

1979

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Bon-mots of Samuel Foote and Theodore Hook / edited by Walter Jerrold; with grotesques by Aubrey Beardsley.

Text

London : J. M. Dent, 1894.

1894

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Bon-mots of Charles Lamb and Douglas Jerrold/ edited by Walter Jerrodl; with grotesques by Aubrey Beardsley.

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London: J. M. Dent, 1893.

1893

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Bon-mots of Sydney Smith and R. Brinsley Sheridan/ edited by Walter Jerrold; with grotesques by Aubrey Beardsley.

Text

London : J. M. Dent and Company ..., 1893.

1893

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Yorksher speyks.

Text

Newcastle upon Tyne, 1971.

1971

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Punch [microform].

Text

[London, Punch Publications Ltd., etc.]

1841-2002

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The Cigarette. 1898-1901

Text

[London: W. Lucas, 1898-1901]

1898

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Mr. Mathews at home / by Richard L. Klepac.

Text

London : Society for Theatre Research, 1979.

1979

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Monty Python, complete and utter theory of the grotesque / edited by John O. Thompson.

Text

London : BFI Publishing, 1982.

1982

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English humour for beginners / George Mikes ; illustrated by Walter Goetz.

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London : Deutsch, 1980.

1980

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The complete works of Shakespeare and Monty Python : volume one, Monty Python.

Text

London : Methuen, 1981.

1981

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The Almanack of the month : a review of everything and everybody / edited by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett.

Text

London : Punch office, 1846.

1846

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The right joke for the right occasion / by Kevin Goldstein-Jackson.

Text

Kingswood, Surrey : Elliot Right Way Books, 1973.

1973

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Nightcaps and nightmares : ghosts with a touch of humour / edited by Peter Haining.

Text

London : W. Kimber, 1983.

1983

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Stand by for blasting / by Derek Robinson ; drawings by Vic Wiltshire.

Text

Abson, Wick, Bristol [Avon] : Abson Books, 1973.

1973

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The tin-pot foreign general and the old iron woman / Raymond Briggs.

Text

London : H. Hamilton, 1984.

1984

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The language of humour / Walter Nash ; foreword by Randolph Quirk.

Text

London ; New York : Longman, 1985.

1985

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Deep joy : master of the sproken [sic] word / Stanley Unwin.

Text

Whitby, Yorkshire, England : Caedmon of Whitby, c1984.

1984

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