The Diary of a Nobody is one of the great classics of English humour. Mrs. Pooter's Diary is more than a brilliant homage to the original, it is a wonderful comic creation in its own right.
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00099907762
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. New Ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # GRP8831355
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Seller Inventory # wbs1931703982
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0552991171I3N00
Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund. Ships via media mail. Seller Inventory # OTV.0552991171.G
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001092977
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Seller: Adventures Underground, Richland, WA, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book. Seller Inventory # 803128
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus (1985) . Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows the very mildest rubbing to the extremities of the wrapper covers; a very faint crease near the bottom edge of the rear panel; the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and Clean. Corners Sharp. Close to "As New" and could easily pass as such. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.8 x 5 x 0.65 inches) . Cover illustration by John Jensen who we assume is also responsible for the deliriously humorous illustrations scattered throughout the text. Language: English. Weight: 7 ounces. First published in 1983 by Michael Joseph. Trade Paperback. This is Keith Waterhouse's parody of 'The Diary of a Nobody' by George Grossmith, written from Mrs Pooter's perspective. If you've read the latter - and you really must - then Mrs Pooter's comments are very amusing, giving a sense of a slight irritation with her husband and in particular his rather odd sense of humour but her love for him also comes through clearly. A very clever riposte to Charles Pooter's diary, with the added delight that unbeknownst to him, she regularly read his diary. If you, like myself, are a neo-Victorian, you will "laugh till the bed shakes", as the hero of this 'diary' (and yes, 'hero' is the right word) himself does at his own punny jokes. Ten pages in and half as many persons have tripped over the mud scraperan unmanageable young son with 'forward' slangsquabbles with servants, old friends and unpleasant new acquaintancestrouble at worksocial embarrassmentseverything a lover of all things Victorian could ask for and more. Even if you don't live and breathe top hats (Posh three-shilling hats, rather) , you will probably get a kick or two out of this, especially if you erupt in mirthquakes whilst paging through it in a public library or at the doctor's office. Keith Waterhouse CBE (1929 2009) was a British novelist and humorist (not necessarily in that order) and newspaper columnist and the writer of many television series. He was a noted arbiter of newspaper style and journalistic writing. Mr. Waterhouse fought long and high-spirited crusades to highlight what he perceived to be a decline in the standards of modern English; for example, he founded the Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe, whose members attempt to stem the tide of such solecisms as "potatoe's" and "pound's of apple's and orange's" in greengrocers' shops. In February 2004, he was voted Britain's most admired contemporary columnist by the British Journalism Review. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pages First Edition Thus (1985). First published in 1983 by Salamander Press;Second Printing. Seller Inventory # 58639
Seller: Bookbot, Prague, Czech Republic
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Rillen / Abschürfungen / Risse / Knicke; Farbtonänderung. Seller Inventory # 0e54f6f8-a906-43ef-81b2-3f0dffdbf2c8
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Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60139928: 1984. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 234 pages. Illustré de nombreux dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte. Annotations et taches en page de faux-titre (ex-libris). Plats fortement pliés, le 1er étant taché. Couverture en partie insolée. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Seller Inventory # RO60139928
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