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Australian Graffiti Revisited
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRennie Ellis; Ian Turner
Melbourne: Sun Books, 1980.Australian street and toilet wall graffiti. Second printing of the expanded second edition.
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Men Are Pigs
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBueno de Mesquita
Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1927.A tit for tat reply to the book about women, Cats, Not by Louis Wain. The first Australian Edition, published the same year as the Cecil Palmer UK Edition.
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Stamp Help Out! And Other Short Stories: The Pot Smokers
AU$550.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLenny Bruce
[New York]: [Lenny Bruce], No date.The 1962 self published zine of American comic Lenny Bruce (1925-1966). See… Actual photos of tortured Marijuanaites. See… Hookers Resort to Prostitution. See… Shame. See… Shame Sell. See… Shame Sell Sea Shells at the Shim Sham! The second issue, with the rude words typed over out of fear of persecution.
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The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdward Leeson
London: The Folio Society, 2009.Edited and with an introduction by Edward Leeson, drawings by Nick Hardcastle. FORD-SMITH 1250.
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The Best After-Dinner Stories
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartTim Heald
London: The Folio Society, 2008.Introduction by Craig Brown. Illustrations by Paul Cox. FORD-SMITH 1140.
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D*A*A*S BOOK
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartThe Doug Anthony Allstars
Sydney: Susan Haynes, Allen & Unwin, 1989.This copy inscribed with an original sketch by Tim Ferguson.
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The Kilmarnock Mirror and Literary Gleaner (Vol. 1)
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKilmarnock Mirror
Kilmarnock: Kilmarnoch Press, by Mathie and Lochore, 1819.Consisting of Essays, Moral Tales, Poetry, and a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, Adapted for Instruction and Amusement. This is the first volume of the scarce Scottish periodical containing number one, dated 1818, through to number eight, dated 1819.
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Communist Zoo
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHans Muller
New York: Swen Publications, 1951.Photographs of zoo animals with humorous anti-communist commentary: “Don’t ask me what I think, comrade! I haven’t read the Daily Worker this morning.”
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I Was a Teenage Dwarf
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMax Shulman
London, Melbourne and Toronto: Heinemann, 1960.A Dobie Gillis Story. Introduction by Art Linkletter.
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Pocketman
AU$110.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDon Bell
Toronto: Dorset Publishing, 1979.A book of comedy loosely based on the life of Canadian street poet, Roy McDonald, and his time in Montreal. This copy with a lengthy inscription by Roy McDonald, aka Pocketman, naming various characters in the book.
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A Collection of Sketches: The Wool Trade
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartE. Pearce
Brisbane: The Carter-Watson Co., No date.Cartoon portraits of buyers and others connected with the Australian wool industry, mostly from Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, though also featuring a bevy of English characters. ANB 34155 dates [191-?], though a Barcaldine newspaper, The Western Champion Saturday Morning, March 22, 1924, ran a short story on the publication’s issue: “An event of some local interest has been the issue during the week of a collection of sketches by an old and very popular member of the wool trade, Mr. E- Pearce. The book consists of about 100 cartoons of people prominent in the wool trade. Mr. Pearce, whose skill as a cartoonist had hitherto been known only to a select circle of friends, has been prevailed on to publish in book form a series of sketches which had previously only a private circulation amongst friends. As a combination of technical skill and delightful humor the publication is unique.”
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Where do Daddies Come From? A Pregnancy Guide for Men
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSteve Cummins
Dublin: Glasnevin Publishing, 2011. -
Poison Pen Letters: Using the Mails for Revenge
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKeith Wade
Port Townsend: Loompanics Unlimited, 1984.A collection of sample letters for enacting revenge.
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The Doodler’s Diary
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJimmy Dean Enterprises
Melbourne: Jimmy Dean Enterprises, No date.1950s unused diary calendar with cheeky text and illustrations filling the margins.
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The Superior Person’s Field Guide to Deceitful, Deceptive & Downright Dangerous Language
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPeter Bowler; Leslie Cabarga
Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2008. -
Principia Discordia
AU$15.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMalaclypse The Younger; Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst
Olympia: Last Word Press, 2015.or How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malacylpse the Younger wherein is explained absolutely everything worth knowing about absolutely anything. This edition containing a new introduction by Robert Anton Wilson. Comes in 4 different colours, add a note to your order if you have a preference.
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Good Vibrations
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKim Pearson; Wendy Newton
Canberra: Black Pear Productions, 1997.Comical feminist theory cartoons using the vibrator as trope. This copy inscribed with an original drawing.