Language: English
Published by Angus & Robertson Publishers. London. 1987, 1991
ISBN 10: 0207156220 ISBN 13: 9780207156229
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 8vo (135 x 215mm). Not paginated (c.100+ pages). B/w cartoon illustrations by Peter Townsend. Used and slightly faded but solidly intact second-hand paperback. A collection of angling jokes complemented by Peter Townsend's black and white cartoon illustrations. .
Language: English
Published by Pocket Books, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, 1971
Seller: M. W. Cramer Rare and Out Of Print Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is very good with slight edge wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
Language: English
Published by Media Lab Books, New York, 2021
ISBN 10: 1948174731 ISBN 13: 9781948174732
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in wraps. ; 153.42 X 9.65 X 225.81 millimeters; 176 pages.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st Pocket Books Edition. .95 cents publisher priced paperback. Tight. sound. with clean text.
Published by London Alex Hogg 1791, 1791
Seller: Reader's Books, Petworth, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 824.62
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCondition: Very Good. As the title would suggest this is a book of jokes attributed to a Justice of the Peace the" Blind Beak" and founder of the Bow Street Runners. collected by Sir John Fielding half borther of Tom Jones author Henry Fielding. This volume is very rare with no other copy currently available on the market and the only examples I can identify being in the libraries of Yale, Harvard, Edinburgh and Glasgow. 104 pages and a publishers catalogue of 12 pages. This book has no engraved frontispiece Dark blue calf threequarter bound with blue marbled paper. Gilt lettering to spine which is worn. Marbled endpapers. Pages are rough cut. Binding is tight. Title page 2 pages Preface, By the Editor 2 pages New Fun for the Parlour and Kitchen; being The smartest of jests and repartees ever yet published pages 13-70 New Crofs Readings - pages 71-72 Original Poetry by Sir John F, and others, pages 73-97 Additional Jests, Selected from former Works of this Kind, By the Editor pages 98-104 A New Catalogue of Valuable, Useful, Instructive and Entertaining Books by Alex Hogg 12 pages DG.