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1. Adulyadej, His Majesty King Bhumibol ; Rachawat, Chai (cartoonist); Sirindhorn, Princess Maha Chakri (preface) (2004). The Story of Tongdaeng, Cartoon Version: Biography of a Pet Dog (Reprint ed). Bangkok: Amarin Printing and Publishing Public Company. 172 pp. Paperback small narrow quarto, very good condition, colour cartoons, minor edgewear cover corner tips. In 2002 His Majesty the Thai King wrote the book "Tongdaeng" which was the story of his intelligent and devoted dog. This was a very popular book which had the English version printed alongside the Thai version. For this version, Chai Rachawat illustrated the King's story. To enhance comprehension, Mr Chaiwent (the cartoonist) added more pictures, including the Chitralada Villa, Dusit Palace and Klaikangvol Palace in Huahin. The colourful cartoons were very lively, giving an illustration of movement. There is additional information about Tongdaeng and other dogs raised by the King. This very special book will help raise awareness about Thai stray dogs and if given the right home with plenty of love and kindness, they will give back what they are given. The cartoons will bring a smile to many faces. ISBN/ASIN: 9742729174. Our Book No: 30212. $30 AUD.

2. Ahmed, Tanveer (2011). The Exotic Rissole. Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press. 195 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour & sepia (brown-tinted) photos centre spread, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This is the story of an immigrant Bangladeshi family living in Sydney's west. The author was eleven, and finding that he had a little too much turmeric, he enjoyed his first rissole sandwich. He joined a cricket team that gets mistaken for a terrorist group. He had a short stint as a Bollywood style game show host. He had an aversion to dead bodies as a medical student, and quite inevitably, decides to become a psychiatrist. A very amusing story. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742232553. Our Book No: 40435. $18 AUD.

3. Alderson, Maggie (2015). Secret Keeping for Beginners (Is it Ever Better to Tell?) (1st ed). Sydney: Harper / HarperCollins. 467 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear corner tips. A new witty Australian novel by Maggie Alderson about three sisters: recently divorced Rachael, Tessa - a muralist, and Natasha - a Vogue make-up artist, and their mother Joy, a hippy vegetarian caterer. They all find that the closest families have things to hide. Everything lurking beneath the surface of this seemingly happy family is about to come bursting out. ISBN/ASIN: 9780732299224. Our Book No: 31374. $18 AUD.

4. Amend, Bill (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: FoxTrot. Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. 30 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour card folder (title & publisher tab on fore-edge), loose sheets inserted, colour & black & white cartoons, black & white media material, black & white photo portrait, minor edgewear folder (corners & spine ends of folder bumped, title & publisher tab lightly toned). The popular comic strip, FoxTrot, was first syndicated in 1988. The cartoonist sees a funny side in family life, and his unique style comes through in the daily life of the Fox family: parents Andrea (Andy) and Roger, and their children, Peter, Paige, and Jason. The folder contains: 5 black & white folded cartoon pages, 2 colour folded cartoon pages, and 19 explanatory pages, including his story. Our Book No: 30797. $25 AUD.

5. Appignanesi, Richard; Zarate, Oscar (illustrator) (1999). Introducing Freud. Cambridge: Icon Books / Allen & Unwin. 176 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, cartoons. A cartoon book in the popular series. ISBN/ASIN: 1840460547. Our Book No: 15431. $12 AUD.

6. Augustine, Geoff (1988). Introducing OzCroc: The Little Croc Wonder from Downunder! (1st ed). [Melbourne]: Budget Books. 64 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, stapled, very good condition, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, edges lightly toned, minor edgewear. The first Ozcroc comic book. Travel with Ozcroc the crocodile and his mate Milt the Ranger, from the USA, to the back of Bourke, through the streets of New York, and both sides of the Black Stump. There are 120 comic adventures to make you laugh ISBN/ASIN: 0732302129. Our Book No: 40663. $15 AUD.

7. Ball, Murray (1984). Footrot Flats 9. Melbourne: Orin Books. 80 pp. Paperback narrow oblong quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor foxing edge title page & inside rear cover & page edges, spine rubbed, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. Collection of cartoons by the New Zealand cartoonist Murray Ball. No 9 in this series (1984). Our Book No: 2622. $12 AUD.

8. Basset, Brian (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Red and Rover (1st ed). Washington, DC: Washington Post Writers Group. 17 (includes folder) pp. Paperback oblong small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), black & white & colour cartoons, staple top corner black & white cartoons slightly rusted, crease top spine folder, minimal edgewear. Daily syndicated comic strip, Red and Rover, that was first published in 2000. Autobiographical, about unconditional love between a boy and his dog Rover. Originally syndicated for the first ten years by the Washington Post Writers Group (until 2010), but now by Andrews McMeel Syndication. Strips are usually set around the end of the 1960s or the beginning of the 1970s. The coloured card folder contains two pages with Brian Basset’s biography, four colour pages of cartoon strips, and eight pages of black & white cartoons. Our Book No: 30776. $35 AUD.

9. Blair, J. B. (Jim); Blair, David (editor) (2007). Blown to Blazes and Other Works of J. B. Blair. Sydney: David Blair. 317 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, autograph (editor's written name), copy 2. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Unstated limited edition, about 300 copies.) An anthology of 57 short stories and essays, and five shorter pieces, by J.B. (Jim) Blair, originally published in the 1930s to 1950s, mostly in the "The Bulletin" magazine (Sydney), at which Blair was an columnist. Humour abounds amid themes that include science fiction, human nature in action, adventures of the Noyse family, whimsical ideas for making the fame or fortune of the characters, and many more. The one hundred illustrations are the original artwork by acclaimed illustrators. Includes a biography of Jim and other commentary. Included are comments relating Noyse family events to real Blair family events, a biography of Phyllis Blair, a story and an article written by her, a general introduction to the stories, explanatory comments, a description of Jim's books and a list of the works of Jim and Phyllis. Among the many themes, titles and characters are: an invention that brings back voices from the past, a new twist on cheating in horse-racing, Blown to Blazes (a forerunner to the age of artificial satellites), The Strip Stroll (Sydney's Lord Mayor is persuaded to stroll naked from Central to the Quay.), The Lost Tram, a hilarious game of cricket, and Dreamy Bentwhistle, who forgets everything. And there are a few stories on the serious side of life. The original illustrators include Unk White, John Frith, Norman Hetherington and Percy Lindsay. Collected and edited by his son David Blair. ISBN/ASIN: 9780980399714. Our Book No: 15541A. $40 AUD.

10. Blair, J. B. (Jim); Blair, David (editor) (2007). Blown to Blazes and Other Works of J. B. Blair. Sydney: David Blair. 317 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, autograph (editor's written name), copy 1. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. (Unstated limited edition, about 300 copies.) An anthology of 57 short stories and essays, and five shorter pieces, by J.B. (Jim) Blair, originally published in the 1930s to 1950s, mostly in the "The Bulletin" magazine (Sydney), at which Blair was an columnist. Humour abounds amid themes that include science fiction, human nature in action, adventures of the Noyse family, whimsical ideas for making the fame or fortune of the characters, and many more. The one hundred illustrations are the original artwork by acclaimed illustrators. Includes a biography of Jim and other commentary. Included are comments relating Noyse family events to real Blair family events, a biography of Phyllis Blair, a story and an article written by her, a general introduction to the stories, explanatory comments, a description of Jim's books and a list of the works of Jim and Phyllis. Among the many themes, titles and characters are: an invention that brings back voices from the past, a new twist on cheating in horse-racing, Blown to Blazes (a forerunner to the age of artificial satellites), The Strip Stroll (Sydney's Lord Mayor is persuaded to stroll naked from Central to the Quay.), The Lost Tram, a hilarious game of cricket, and Dreamy Bentwhistle, who forgets everything. And there are a few stories on the serious side of life. The original illustrators include Unk White, John Frith, Norman Hetherington and Percy Lindsay. Collected and edited by his son David Blair. ISBN/ASIN: 9780980399714. Our Book No: 15541. $40 AUD.

11. Bowden, Tim; Hook, Geoff (illustrator) (2004). No Tern Unstoned: Musings at Breakfast. Sydney: ABC Books. 232 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, full-page black & white cartoons, frontispiece portrait, minimal edgewear. With considerable hilarity, irreverence, a zest for life and talented story-telling zeal, ABC journalist Tim Bowden provides a wonderfully entertaining collection of wry observations of the world around him, past and present. He reveals a wry view of life, his own personal stories, and some amusing moments from his life as a reporter and broadcaster since the 1960s. Delightful cartoons by Geoff Hook. ISBN/ASIN: 0733314449. Our Book No: 3825. $15 AUD.

12. Brizer, David (1996). Addiction and Recovery for Beginners (1st ed) [Addiction Series, Self Help Series]. New York: Writers And Readers Publishing. 152 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white cartoons, light foxing top edge, minor edgewear. This cartoon book is an introduction to the serious subject of chemical dependence with a bit of humor. By means of fact-and-fun filled text by David Brizer and cartoons by Ricardo Castaneda, the two MDs take a graphic tour through the history, biology, and psychosocial underpinnings of addiction and its treatment. ISBN/ASIN: 0863161987. Our Book No: 24139. $12 AUD.

13. Brock, Kale; Seward, Helga (illustrator) (2018). Mandy Microbe's Big Gut Adventure. Sydney: Brock Creative Media. 32 pp. Paperback oblong quarto, stapled, very good condition, colour drawings, minor edgewear. This delightful humorous Australian children's picture book by Kale Brock, with full-colour full-page drawings by Helga Seward, will suit most ages. Mandy and her one trillion microbial friends live a happy life in Jack's gut. He feeds his microbes with a lot of fibre from differant whole foods every day. This changes when he goes to a birthday party and his gut is invaded by the Candies. Mandy has to find her friends who have run away, and restore Jack's gut to it’s regular environment. It is is going to be a long journey. ISBN/ASIN: 9780994530318. Our Book No: 41316. $20 AUD.

14. Browne, Chris (1993). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Chris Browne's Comic Strip (1st ed). Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. 19 (includes folder) pp. Paperback quarto, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), folder good condition (contents very good), black & white & colour cartoons, two black & white photos, minimal edgewear sheets, creases along spine folder (white background slightly marked, small spot front cover, corners creased, tiny edge tear fore-edge). Syndicated comic strip, initially published in 1993. The coloured card folder contains: four colour pages of cartoon strips (folded on end), six pages of black & white cartoons (double page, folded in half), a single page of Chris Browne's autobiography (repeated on inside of folder). The front cover has a label from Auspac Media. (This autobiographical comic strip had a short life. Chris Browne is better known for taking over the Hagar the Horrible comic strip after the death of his father Dik Browne. Hagar the Horrible is not specifically mentioned.). Our Book No: 30782. $20 AUD.

15. Browne, Dik (1986). The Best of Hagar the Horrible no. 2 (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Budget Books. 80 pp. Paperback narrow oblong quarto, very good plus condition, black & white cartoons, minimal edgewear. A new collection of Hagar cartoons by Dik Browne. Enjoy 80 pages of barbaric humour. Australian edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0868013358. Our Book No: 22748. $12 AUD.

16. Burnand, F. C.; Sullivan, Arthur S. (1955). Cox and Box or Long-lost Brothers: Triumviretta in One Act: Adapted to the Lyric Stage from J. Maddison Morton's Farce (Savoy ed) [Boosey & Co's Savoy Edition of Cox and Box: Plate H.10416]. London: Boosey & Co. / Boosey & Hawkes. 58 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, edges & title page lightly foxed, minor edgewear, rubber stamps. Sheet music for this comic opera. The Savoy edition is a heavily cut version often used as a curtain raiser to other operas. (Paling's price sticker: 4/9. No date, but 1955, Trove.). Our Book No: 17309. $30 AUD.

17. Buttrose, Larry (1992). The King Neptune Day and Night Club. Sydney: Imprint Travel / Angus & Robertson. 122 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, faint sticker mark. A humorous account of the author's exotic international travels, for example, Pushkar Bazaars, Singapore, Nairobi and Rome. Our Book No: 16235. $12 AUD.

18. Buxton, Dudley (1915). POSTCARD: May You Fall in for an Ice Time This Christmas: With Every Good Wish for the Festive Season [CWF Series 1282]. London: C. W. Faulkner & Co. N/A pp. Postcard oblong, very good condition, colour drawing, minor foxing & toning, corner tip creased, minor edgewear, annotation. (Estimated date, 1915.) Comic Christmas postcard showing goose with broom talking to fallen snowman wearing skates, with Danger sign in background. Reverse side: Split back, with written message: "To Will: Wishing you the compliments of the season and the best of good luck. From Mother, Xmas 1915". Our Book No: 17145. $12 AUD.

19. Buzo, Alex; Bromley, David (illustrator); Cook, Patrick (illustrator); Coopes, Jenny (illustrator); Farr, Bill (illustrator); Glusac, Randy (illustrator); O'Neill, Ward (illustrator) (1981). Tautology: I Don't Want to Sound Incredulous but I Can't Believe It. Melbourne, Ringwood: Penguin Books Australia. 53 pp. Paperback oblong small quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, light toning pages & some toning inside covers as usual, minor edgewear. Alex Buzo reveals the five turbulent years of the Australian Indoor 'Tautology Pennant' contest since its beginning in 1977 as an amateur tournament for unpaid players. Tautology is the needless repetition of words that mean the same thing. Example: 'Look back in retrospect'. The author collects numerous examples, arranged in chronological chapters. He states his book is more than a social history - it is an evolving history of Australian society. Cartoons by Patrick Cook and five other noted Australian cartoonists. A paperback publication of Penguin Books. SCARCE. ISBN/ASIN: 0140700935. Our Book No: 31001. $40 AUD.

20. Caesar, Max (1984). How the Sailor Rode the Brumby. Sydney: William Collins. 28 pp. Hardback small quarto, not jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, full-page colour drawings, minor edgewear. A traditional Australian ballad, here retold and illustrated by Max Caesar as a delightful children's picture story. A sailor decides to become a stockman. His first ride on a brumby horse is hilarious - which he compares to a ride on a boat. Published by William Collins, Sydney. ISBN/ASIN: 000184315X. Our Book No: 13777. $20 AUD.

21. Cambridge, Ada; Morrison, Elizabeth (editor) (1995). A Woman's Friendship (Reprint ed) [Colonial Texts]. Sydney, Kensington: New South Wales University Press (NSWUP). 177 pp. Paperback small octavo (with flaps), very good condition, minor edgewear. Historical novel about life in 1888 in Melbourne. A gentle satire of class and sexuality. First published as a serial in "The Age" newspaper, 1889, and here published as a book for the first time. ISBN/ASIN: 0868401633. Our Book No: 2510. $25 AUD.

22. Campbell, Eric (2017). Silly Isles: A Riotous Journey through Weird and Wonderful Places. Sydney: Fourth Estate. 312 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear. The Australian journalist has travelled throughout his career to many fascinating islands. He finds microcosms of society, complete with enduring blood feuds, hidden wars and strange histories. The book is wry, witty and clever. ISBN/ASIN: 9780732285944. Our Book No: 30192. $18 AUD.

23. Campbell, Lang (1929). Merry Murphy (1st ed) [Sunny Books, no. 102]. New York: Algonquin Publishing Company. 40 pp. Hardback small square, no jacket, good condition, pictorial covers, stapled (rebound with new red cloth spine), illustrated endpapers, colour drawings, inside covers lightly toned, covers slightly rubbed, pages lightly toned, edges slightly foxed, some edgewear corners & cover edges,. This delightful children's story, written and illustrated by Lang Campbell, is about an Irish potato with legs and a cane and a little green hat, and the jolliest vegetable you ever met. He sets out on his adventures with a cabbage, a carrot, an onion, a cat, a woodchuck, a hen, and a duck who takes him swimming. And, last of all, a cow who wants to visit the County Fair. The colourful small illustrations bring this story to life, and will bring a smile to any face. (From Algonquin Publishing, 1929. Unnumbered pages.). ISBN/ASIN: B0006F1VW0. Our Book No: 41598. $40 AUD.

24. Canavan, Bernard (1982). Economists for Beginners. London: Writers and Readers. 176 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. A Writers & Readers documentary comic book. ISBN/ASIN: 0906495520. Our Book No: 15410. $12 AUD.

25. Cantu, Hector; Castellanos, Carlos (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Baldo (1st ed). Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. 18 (includes folder) pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted, black & white & colour cartoons, two colour photos, light rust mark on top corner one page, minor edgewear, creases along spine folder (corners & title tag on fore-edge creased). Syndicated comic strip that was first published in 2000. Baldo is a Latino teenager who lives with his dad, sister and great aunt. He dreams about dating the prettiest girl in school and likes a good game of soccer. His sister Gracie is a strong-willed rebel. His dad is the anchor of the Bemudez family: he is a business owner and wants the best for his "perfect" family. His great aunt Tia looks after the family. The folder contains: 6 black & white single pages folded in half with cartoon one side and blank the other side, 3 colour strips, and 7 Baldo comic-related pages. Our Book No: 30786. $25 AUD.

26. Chappell (1932). Chappell's Album of Community Song Dance and Talkie Hits No. 2. Sydney: Chappell & Co. Ltd. 36 pp. Paperback small folio, good condition, stapled pamphlet (staples busted), spine little torn base (repaired), bottom corner tips pges creased (page corner tip removed one page), pages lightly toned, scuff mark front cover, owner's written name & date. This booklet by Chappell contains sheet music for 11 song-dances, mostly fox-trot, and often humorous (No 2 in the series): Jolly Good Company; We Two; He Played His Ukulele as the Ship Went Down; Belle of Barcelona; Good-Night Sweetheart; It Always Starts to Rain; I Found You; The Party's Getting Rough; By the Fireside in the Gloaming; We All Go Oo-Ha-Ha Together; Dick Turpin's Ride to York. Cover comments: Complete words and music with ukulele accompaniments. Millions have heard these songs broadcast over the air !! (Cover price 2.-. Latest copyright date, 19312, written name dated 1933.) Our Book No: 13934. $15 AUD.

27. Clarence, Captain; Payne, Graeme (illustrator) (2003). The Very Cool Cats of Jacamasu. Grafton, NSW: Captain Clarence Enterprises. 54 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, full-page colour drawings, minor edgewear bottom corner tip front cover. Captain Clarence provides a children's picture book with poems about cats. The large colourful illustrations by Graeme Payne and humorous poems make this a fun book. Suggested age 4 - 8 years. Published in Grafton, New South Wales. ISBN/ASIN: 097503331X. Our Book No: 28632. $20 AUD.

28. Clark, Gary (1983). Swamp: Run For Your Lives! (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Paddington: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, stapled, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, minimal scuffing covers, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name inside front cover). All the fun of the Swamp with Wart & Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle and Snail, Lungfish and the many visitors to the swamp. There is a photo and story about Gary Clark on the reverse side of the title page. This book has selected cartoons from Life Goes On, and Kneedeep in the Swamp - thus a compilation of his earliest cartoons. ISBN/ASIN: 0959253386. Our Book No: 40652. $20 AUD.

29. Clark, Gary (1983 ). Kneedeep in the Swamp: 80 More Pages of Swamp Mania (1st ed). Brisbane, Broadway: Gary Clark. 80 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, good condition, stapled (rusted), black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, spine rubbed, bottom corner front cover creased, rear cover lightly creased, black texta covers price on cover, small biro mark near spine, minor edgewear & rubbing, autograph (author's written name inside of the front cover). All the fun of the Swamp with Wart and Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle and Snail, Lungfish and the many visitors to the Swamp. These are some of his earlier cartoons. ISBN/ASIN: 0959253319. Our Book No: 40653. $18 AUD.

30. Clark, Gary (1984). Up to the Neck in The Swamp! Selected Strips from the Swamp Cartoons (1st ed). Broadway, QLD: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback small quarto, good condition, stapled, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, staples lightly rusted, spine little creased, light foxing edges & middle pages near staples, minor edgewear corners. All the cartoon fun of the Swamp with Wart & Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle & Snail, Lungfish and the many visitors to the swamp. There are two pages about all the characters in the cartoons. ISBN/ASIN: 0959253327. Our Book No: 40222. $15 AUD.

31. Clark, Gary (1985). Head High in The Swamp: 80 Pages of Contagious Humor from The Swamp Cartoon Strip (1st ed). Brisbane, Broadway: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, good plus condition, stapled (little rusted), black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, corner tips covers little scuffed, covers minimally marked, black texta covering old price & sticker mark front cover, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name inside front cover). More fun at the Swamp with Wart & Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle and Snail, Lungfish and the many visitors to The Swamp. It all started with Life Goes On, followed by Kneedeep and Up to the Neck. In this book the Swamp bunch are up to more crazy adventures. Wart and Mort are on the cover making comments about Ding Duck. ISBN/ASIN: 0959253343. Our Book No: 40654. $20 AUD.

32. Clark, Gary (1986). Swamped: 80 More Pages of the Best Humour Swamp Can Serve Up! (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Paddington: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback oblong small quarto, good plus condition, stapled, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, slight colour loss tiny patch front cover (sticker removal), faint stain bottom edge first few pages, top corner tip folded few pages, minor edgewear. Delightful cartoon fun of the Swamp by cartoonist Gary Clark. Stars Wart and Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle and Snail, Lungfish and the many visitors to the swamp. ISBN/ASIN: 0959253351. Our Book No: 40220. $15 AUD.

33. Clark, Gary (1987). Swamp: Another 80 Pages Oozing with Mirth Deep from the Swamp (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Paddington: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, stapled, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, staples lightly rusted, spine little creased, minor edgewear corners. All the cartoon fun of the Swamp with Wart and Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle & Snail, Lungfish and the many visitors to the swamp. There is a photo and story about Gary Clark on the rear cover. ISBN/ASIN: 095925336X. Our Book No: 40221. $18 AUD.

34. Clark, Gary (1988). Swamp: Flip Flappity Flippity (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Paddington: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, stapled, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, minimal scuffing covers, spine little rubbed, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name inside front cover). All the fun of the Swamp with Wart and Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle and Snail, Lungfish and the many visitors to the swamp. There is a photo and story about Gary Clark on page 3. In this book Ding Duck is the main character as he tries to learn the art of flying. ISBN/ASIN: 0959253378. Our Book No: 40656. $20 AUD.

35. Clark, Gary (1988). Swamp: Clear for Take-off: Full Colour Collector's Edition No. 1 (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Paddington: Semic Press (Aust). 50 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, full-colour cartoons, corner tips covers slightly creased, crease in front cover, page edges lightly toned, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name & recipient name inside front cover), small biro drawing inside front cover. This is Swamp, as you’ve never seen it before. There are 184 full-colour strips featuring new and selected favourites from The Swamp. There is a photo of Gary Clark and a short description of his career on the rear cover. (Recipient written name of James [cartoonist James Kemsley, creator of Ginger Meggs], and drawing of Ding Duck inside cover.). ISBN/ASIN: 0959253394. Our Book No: 40658. $30 AUD.

36. Clark, Gary (1989). Swamp at Ease!: Selected Cartoons from Up to the Neck, Head High, and Swamped (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Paddington: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, stapled, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, minor edgewear corner tips, autograph (author's written name inside front cover). All the cartoon fun of the Swamp with Wart & Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle & Snail, Lungfish and the many visitors to the swamp. There is a black & white photo of a young Gary Clark at one of his favourite lagoons, this is where he got the inspiration to create a new cartoon strip, “Swamp”. This book is a compilation of selected cartoons from his 3rd, 4th and 5th books and forms an accompaniment to his first compilation title Run for Your Lives. ISBN/ASIN: 1875270000. Our Book No: 40655. $25 AUD.

37. Clark, Gary (1989). Swamp: Home Sweet Home (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Paddington: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, stapled, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, base spine little rubbed, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name inside front cover). All the fun of the Swamp with Wart and Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle and Snail, Lungfish and the many visitors to the swamp. In this book Ding Duck and Turtle and Snail are the main characters. ISBN/ASIN: 1875270019. Our Book No: 40657. $20 AUD.

38. Clark, Gary (1991). Swamp Presents Ding Duck: The Official Biography of the World's Worst Flying Student (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Paddington: Swamp Productions. 80 pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, stapled, black & white cartoons, colour cartoon covers, bottom corner tip front cover & spine ends little scuffed, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name inside front cover). All the fun of the Swamp with Ding Duck who is trying to learn to fly. There is a photo of the author with his baby son, Scott, on page 3. ISBN/ASIN: 0958806225. Our Book No: 40661. $25 AUD.

39. Clark, Gary (1997). Swamp Tour: Collector's Edition Featuring over 200 Swamp Cartoon Strips (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Everton Park: Swamp Productions. 63 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour cartoons, crease in rear cover, minor edgewear cover corner tips, autograph (author's written dedication inside front cover), small biro drawing inside front cover,. These are Swamp cartoons as never seen them before. There are over 200 full-colour strips in this collector's edition. There is a photo of Gary Clark with his son Scott who inspired the Baby Duck cartoons, and a short description of Gary Clark's life so far. (Autograph and small biro drawing of swamp rat inside front cover.). ISBN/ASIN: 0958806241. Our Book No: 40659. $25 AUD.

40. Clark, Gary (1998). Swamp Tour No. 2 (Reprint ed). Brisbane, Everton Park: Swamp Productions. 63 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear cover corner tips. This is Swamp with all the inhabitants that make this cartoon strip by Gary Clark so popular. There are four pages at the front describing the characters that are an important part of the Swamp (Wart and Mort, Old Man Croc, Nit Picker Bird, Ding Duck, Turtle and Snail, Lungfish). Each character has a drawing next to the story. There is a photo of Gary and his son Scott on the rear cover: they are wearing Swamp Tours clothing which is popular in Japan. ISBN/ASIN: 0646358928. Our Book No: 40660. $20 AUD.

41. Clark, Gary (2006). Full Power Ding Duck: 128 Pages over 250 Cartoon Strips. Brisbane, Everton Park: Swamp Productions. 128 pp. Paperback small square quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons (few in colour), minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication). Gary Clark provides all the cartoon fun of the Swamp with Ding Duck as the feature of this cartoon collection: 250 cartoon strips over 128 pages. These cartoons will keep the whole family busy. There is a page with comments from fans. (Copyright dates 2000 to 2006. Scarce written dedication, one famous Australian cartoonist to another. It reads: 'To James [Kemsley], Great work!! Many thanks for all your help. Your mate, Gary Clark'. From the James Kemsley estate. Kemsley drew the Ginger Meggs cartoons from 1984 until his death in 2007. 1 of 2 available autographed copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 9780980397109. Our Book No: 30779. $40 AUD.

42. Clarke, John; Clarke, Lorin (introduction) (2017). Tinkering: The Complete Book of John Clarke (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Text Publishing. 282 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few colour photos, black & white drawings, illustrated endpapers, edges little foxed, few foxed spots reverse side jacket (minor edgewear). This book is about the writing life of New Zealand / Australian comedian and satirist John Clarke, best known for the his mock interviews with Bryan Dawe on the 7.30 Report, ABV-TV.. The book is full of surprises, and has many kinds of puzzles and propositions. Each puzzle has different rules, but they tell the story of John's comic genius. This book also includes previously unpublished material including the 'Doorstop Poems', and 'Letters from the School’, suggesting what a serious matter birdwatching was to John Clarke. This fascinating book is introduced by his daughter Lorin Clarke. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925603194. Our Book No: 31203. $20 AUD.

43. Clarke, Lorin; Clarke, John (subject) (2023). Would that be Funny? Growing Up with John Clarke. Melbourne: Text Publishing. 270 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear. Lorin Clarke relates the story of growing up with her famous father John Clarke, her art historian mother Helen, and her little sister Lucia. This is a family view of the stories John told about his childhood, of the dinner parties full of New Zealanders, and the conversation with his in-laws that enabled him to imagine a career as a comedian that did not yet exist. In her delightful book Lorin, author of the celebrated podcast The Fitzroy Diaries, brings her own idyllic and nerdy childhood to life, and draws a fascinating portrait of the private man behind the household name. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922790361. Our Book No: 41558. $22 AUD.

44. Cogswell, David; Gordon, Paul (illustrator) (1996). Chomsky for Beginners (1st ed). New York: Writers & Readers Publishing. 154 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, cartoons, minor edgewear. An illustrated cartoon guide to Noam Chomsky, the controversial American linguist, media critic and political gadfly. ISBN/ASIN: 0863162339. Our Book No: 3257. $12 AUD.

45. Cole, E. W. (1948). Cole's Great Girls' Book. Melbourne: E. W. Cole. 192 pp. Hardback small quarto, no jacket (missing), very good condition, drawings (some full-page), pages lightly toned as usual, rubbed spot top corner front cover, minimal foxing, edgewear corners (shows boards). (Estimated date, 1948, Trove catalogue.) An anthology of short stories for young adults, published by E. W. Cole, the iconic Melbourne bookseller who produced the famous Funny Picture Books. Our Book No: 16323. $25 AUD.

46. Cole, E. W. (Edward William) (1979). Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 (73rd ed). Melbourne, Hawthorn: Cole Publications. 206 pp. Hardback quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial board cover (rainbow pattern), many black & white drawings & cartoons, few colour pages at front, pages toned as usual, some foxing edges, minor edgewear. This heritage comic, poetry and puzzle book for young adults was originally published by eccentric Melbourne bookseller E. W. Cole in 1879. This 73rd edition celebrates 920,000 copies sold. No date, but 1979 or a few years earlier. Not stated as edited by Turnley Cole. This edition is scarce, compared to the following 74th edition, celebrating 1 million copies sold. ('No 1' stated on top corner front cover and spine, omitted from most earlier editions. The word 'edition' is used in an old-fashioned sense, but refers essentially to 'printing' in current terminology.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909900027. Our Book No: 4673. $50 AUD.

47. Collins, Jeff; Mayblin, Bill (illustrator) (2000). Introducing Derrida (Reprint ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin / Icon Books. 171 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear. Jeff Collins describes with wit and clarity the key strategies of Derrida's writings ('deconstruction'), explains their controversial effects in philosophy, and shows how this French philosopher has put them to work in literary texts, art, architecture and politics. The cartoons of Bill Hayblin enrich a starting point for an intellectual adventure that threatens to disturb the comfortable habits of contemporary thought. (Australian edition. 1 of 2 available copies.). ISBN/ASIN: 1840461187. Our Book No: 24843. $12 AUD.

48. Corby, Gary (2014). The Marathon Conspiracy (1st ed). New York: Soho Press Inc. 330 pp. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages faintly toned, minimal edgewear. Australian author tells a tale from ancient Athens. Nicolaos, the favourite sleuth, and his partner in investigation, the clever ex-priestess Diotima, have taken time out from their assignments to get married. They find a very indepth mystery has to be solved before the wedding can take place. This crime fiction novel is a fascinating mix of ancient history, banter, action and humour. ISBN/ASIN: 9781616953874. Our Book No: 40758. $30 AUD.

49. Cornelius, Helena; Bates, John (cartoonist) (1998). The Gentle Revolution: Men and Women at Work - What Goes Wrong and How to Fix It (1st ed). Sydney: Simon & Schuster. 432 pp. Paperback small thick octavo, very good condition, tables, few black & white cartoons, minor edgewear. Bestelling self-help advice in support of workers, by Australian psychologist Helen Cornelius, who heads the Conflict Resolution Network, and co-author of the bestselling "Everyone Can Win". Opens our eyes to the dynamics of puzzling behaviour when masculine and feminine differences are in play in the workplace. Encourages us to understand what is behind workplace hassles and to respond in a way that enables men and women to value and enjoy working together. Includes delightful cartoons by John Bates. ISBN/ASIN: 0731805712. Our Book No: 6554. $20 AUD.

50. Craig, Bruce; Hartz, Greg Studio (illustrator); Fraser, Margaret (editor) (2001). Bogged! The Bruce Craig Story (Reprint ed). Toowoomba: Bruce Craig / Printed by The Education Centre. 96 pp. Paperback small oblong, very good condition, few black & white cartoons, few tiny scuffs front cover, covers little faded, front hinge split (pages firm), minor edgewear, sticker mark rear cover, autograph (author’s written name). This is the memoir of Bruce Craig who works as a cab driver in Queensland. He recounts many incidents, both in and out of his work. His natural good humour and dogged determination take him through the events both funny and sometimes tragic, and account for his philosophy on life. ISBN/ASIN: 0646392085. Our Book No: 29924. $25 AUD.

51. Cross, Stan (1945). Wally and the Major: A Courier-Mail Feature (Unstated 5th Edition) (Unstated 5th ed). Melbourne: Herald and Weekly Times Ltd / Lawrence Kay (Printer). 50 pp. Paperback oblong quarto, good plus condition, stapled pamphlet (staples little rusted), cartoons, white cloth spine repair, pages toned as usual, small piece missing top edge rear cover (repaired), covers & some page margins little foxed, some edgewear (corner tips). Unstated fifth edition. A collectible cartoon books by Stan Cross, as published for the Courier Mail newspaper, Brisbane. Cover: Wally and the Major supervising dark-skinned canecutters. Editorial states: "The war-time trio of funsters, Wally, Pudden and the Major, have been honorably relieved of their military duties - a relief no doubt - and have transferred their disconcerting efforts to Industry .. they lost no time .. heading for the wide open spaces of the North." Seppelts wine advert rear cover. Sixpence price. (Undated, but 1945. 6d price stated. This annual cartoon book was produced by Herald and Weekly Times newspapers from 1940 to 1960.). Our Book No: 17760. $95 AUD.

52. Cross, Stan (1948). Wally and the Major: A Courier Mail Feature (8th Edition) (8th ed). Melbourne: Herald and Weekly Times Ltd / Edgar H. Baillie (Printer). 50 pp. Paperback oblong quarto, very good condition, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), cartoons, pages toned as usual, archival tape along spine, edge tear rear cover repaired, tiny patch insect damage near base spine front cover, minor edgewear. Eighth edition. A collectible cartoon books by Stan Cross, as published for the Courier Mail newspaper, Brisbane. Cover: Visitors day - Wally and the Major and their party visit a machinery factory. Cadbury's milk chocolate advert rear cover. (Excellent condition for age. Undated, but 1948. 6d price stated. This annual cartoon book was produced by Herald and Weekly Times newspapers from 1940 to 1960.). Our Book No: 17759. $95 AUD.

53. Cross, Stan (1953). Wally and the Major: An Advertiser Feature (13th Edition) (13th ed). Melbourne: Herald and Weekly Times Ltd / Donald Ross Rankin (Printer). 48 pp. Paperback oblong quarto, fair condition only (but complete), stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), cartoons, pages toned as usual, edge tears covers repaired (little creased), internally extensive insect damage (holes to top corner most pages, not affecting cartoons), narrow white archival cloth repair spine, edgewear. Thirteenth edition. A collectible cartoon books by Stan Cross, as published for the Advertiser newspaper, Adelaide. Cover: Wally and the Major playing on the beach. Swallow's ice cream advert rear cover. (Undated, but 1953. 1/- price stated. This annual cartoon book was produced by Herald and Weekly Times newspapers from 1940 to 1960.). Our Book No: 17763. $50 AUD.

54. Cross, Stan (1955). Wally and the Major: An Advertiser Feature (15th Edition) (15th ed). Melbourne: Herald and Weekly Times Ltd / Herald Gravure (Printer). 48 pp. Paperback oblong quarto, good plus condition, stapled pamphlet (staples rusted), cartoons, archival tape repair spine, edge tears covers repaired (some text missing bottom corner front cover), corner creased rear cover, pages toned as usual, some spinewear & edgewear. Fifteenth edition, undated but 1955. A collectible cartoon books by Stan Cross, as published for the Advertiser newspaper, Adelaide. Cover: Wally and the Major examining drawings of sportspeople. Olympic Games 1956 poster on rear wall. Rowntree's fruit pastilles advert rear cover. An Advertiser feature (some text missing bottom corner front cover). (Undated, but 1955. 1/- price stated. This annual cartoon book was produced by Herald and Weekly Times newspapers from 1940 to 1960.). Our Book No: 17762. $95 AUD.

55. Crystal, Billy (2013). Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell are My Keys? (1st ed). New York: Henry Holt & Company. 272 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, top spine jacket little creased, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). Autobiography of popular American comedian and film star. He looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his life and gives a road map to the challenges that come with ageing. ISBN/ASIN: 9780805098204. Our Book No: 27793. $15 AUD.

56. Cue, Kerry (2007). Forgotten Wisdom: A Search for the Lost Art of Happiness. Melbourne: Brolga Publishing. 351 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition. Kerry Cue talks about her life and how, she transformed it by using the language of emotion. She is an Australian science graduate who became a columnist and bestselling author and speaks on self-help and the role of humour. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921221415. Our Book No: 22685. $20 AUD.

57. Curry, Patrick; Zarate, Oscar (illustrator) (1996). Machiavelli for Beginners. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 175 pp. Paperback trade, good plus condition, cartoons, pages lightly toned, minor foxing top edge, minor edgewear, old price marks. This cartoon book traces the colourful life of the Florentine official who is claimed to be the first political scientist. His book of statecraft 'The Prince' is a practical guide to power. Now regarded as a master of treachery, opportunism and "the ends justify the means" (thus the term 'Machiavelllian'). ISBN/ASIN: 1874166285. Our Book No: 15565. $12 AUD.

58. Daisey, Mike (2002). 21 Dog Years: Doing Time at Amazon Com. London: Fourth Estate. 222 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. This book tells the funny and bizarre but real story of life in the dotcom world - as a staffer of Amazon, the pioneering internet success story. Amazon scoured temp agencies looking for “freaks” and weird people (that is, creative people). The author - slacker, performer and dilettante - was perfect for the job. ISBN/ASIN: 1841157651. Our Book No: 21467. $12 AUD.

59. Davies, Paul B.; Faerber, Kevin; Longhurst, Terry; Pattison, David; O'Neill, Amanda (text); de Ste. Croix, Philip (editor) (2001). The Beginner's Guide to Drawing Cartoons: A Step-by-step Guide to Drawing Fantastic Cartoons. Bath: Parragon. Unnum pp. Paperback quarto (with flaps), very good condition, colour & single-colour cartoons, coloured edges, minor edgewear. Hints on drawing cartoons and comic strips. The step-by-step instructions by four professional cartoonists reveal the tricks of the trade to get you started. How to create a host of entertaining cartoon characters, building up your drawings in easy stages. ISBN/ASIN: 0752589814. Our Book No: 29152. $18 AUD.

60. Davis, Jim (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Garfield (1st ed). Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. 33 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), very good condition, black & white & colour cartoons, minor edge creasing folder, staple holes sheets (not cartoons), tiny edge tear one sheet, tiny rust mark one sheet, minimal edgewear. Comic syndicate portfolio for Garfield, the famous cat, drawn by American cartoonist Jim Davis, first published in 1978. The information sheets contains: Garfield profile: Cat facts: A giant in the industry: Who's comics tops?: Top drawers, Garfield, a cartoon classic (3 pages): Jim Davis takes care of Garfield/Garfield takes care of Jim Davis (3 pages): Milestones in Garfield history (2 pages): Garfield and Dilbert tops in top papers: The biggest strips in big newspapers: Comics survey: The verdict's in - most favourite comics. The comic strips are: 2 single pages, 2 folded single pages (foreign language), 4 folded black & white single pages, 2 colour folded single pages (all have comics on one side and reverse side blank). A lot of fun for Garfield fans. Our Book No: 30777. $40 AUD.

61. de Alarcon, Pedro Antonio; Bush, Peter (translator) (2004). The Three-cornered Hat. London: Hesperus Classics. 100 pp. Paperback trade (with flaps), very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. A best-loved Spanish novel by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, based on a traditional ballad. A hilarious tale of lust, intrigue and corruption set in 19th-century Andalusia. Translated from the Spanish by Peter Bush. ISBN/ASIN: 1843910802. Our Book No: 15785. $12 AUD.

62. De Boos, Charles (2004). Me and My Horse Showing: How I Got Him, How I Kept Him, and All About Him: Being Sketches of Life on the Peel River Diggings [Small Tales of Early Australia]. Canberra: Mulini Press. 38 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, card cover, bottom corner tip front cover little creased, minor edgewear. This historical novelette by Charles de Boos is a very funny story about a Victorian gold miner and the adventures he has with his horse. It is written using 19th century Australian slang and the colloquial language makes the book a fun-filled read. (Originally published, 1870s. No 8 in the series 'Small Tales of Early Australia' series from Mulini Press.). ISBN/ASIN: 0975178415. Our Book No: 29836. $30 AUD.

63. De Kantzow, Megan; Graham, Amanda (illustrator) (2014). Bushranger Bill (Reprint ed). Gosford, NSW: Scholastic Australia. 24 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, stapled, pictorial cover, card covers, colour drawings, minor spinewear, bottom corner rear cover scuffed, minor edgewear corners. The children's picture story of Bushranger Bill, a very romantic poet who lives near the Blue Mist Mountain. He has to rescue Tourmaline Lil from Captain Bluff, and he has come up with a very clever plan. This very funny children's picture story was inspired by two bower birds visiting the author. The illustrations will appeal to any age. ISBN/ASIN: 9781862919020. Our Book No: 40062. $15 AUD.

64. de Kretser, Michelle (2017). The Life to Come (1st ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 375 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, spine lightly creased creased, minor edgewear. This wickedly funny novel, set in Sydney, Paris and Sri Lanka, is about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, societies and nations. Pippa is a writer who longs for success. Celeste tries to convince herself that her feeling for her married lover are returned. Ash makes strategic use of his childhood in Sri Lanka but can't face the memory of a tragedy from that time. The author, Michelle de Kretser, won the Miles Franklin Literary Award for 'Questions of Travel'. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760296568. Our Book No: 30380. $22 AUD.

65. Dennis, C. J.; Gye, Hal (illustrator) (1981). Doreen. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 32 pp. Hardback very small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), illustrated endpapers, full-page colour drawing (and colour frontispiece), small black & white vignettes, top edge reverse side jacket little toned, minimal edgewear. (This copy: Doreen, by C. J. Dennis, 1981.) Facsimile edition of a humorous Christmas story in verse, originally published in 1917. The second sequel to 'The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'. The story of Bill, a larrikin gang member who marries a young woman named Doreen, and becomes a contented husband and father. This book celebrates six years of marriage. ISBN/ASIN: 0207142866. Our Book No: 3204. $20 AUD.

66. Dennis, C. J.; Gye, Hal (illustrator) (1982). Digger Smith. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 32 pp. Hardback very small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour frontispiece & title page vignette, minimal foxing top edge reverse side jacket, minimal foxing top edge, minor edgewear, small owner's written name. (Digger Smith, by C. J. Dennis, 1982.) Facsimile edition in 1982 of a book of the short humorous verses of C. J. Dennis, originally published in 1918, and one of two sequels to 'Ginger Mick'. Written as World War 1 (WW1) was ending, and deals with the effects of war on the men who served 'with Anzac eyes'. Illustrated by Hal Gye. ISBN/ASIN: 0207148570. Our Book No: 17501. $15 AUD.

67. Dessaix, Robert (2014). What Days Are For (1st ed). Sydney: Random House. 231 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), bottom edge covers little rubbed, top corner front cover lightly bumped, minor edgewear jacket. Autobiography of the Australian author who is reflecting on his life after suffering a near fatal heart attack in Sydney. These surprisingly funny recollections are about intimacy, travel, spirituality, enchantment, language and childhood, all combined with his heightened sense of mortality. ISBN/ASIN: 9780857985767. Our Book No: 29249. $20 AUD.

68. Disney, Walt (1978). COMIC: Donald Duck [Walt Disney Comic, no D254]. Sydney: Wogan Pty Ltd. 32 pp. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, colour cartoons, small edge tear front cover, tiny holes bottom edge some pages (not affecting text), edgewear. Australian edition. Cover design: Ducks marching. Three stories: A Bucket of Scones - The Mysterious Soap Bubbles - Moby Dock and Dimwitty: Undersea Swindle. Our Book No: 17296. $20 AUD.

69. Dovas, Paul (editor) (2006). Ha! Magazine: Serious Humour: Launch Issue! [Showing Off Australian Humour]. Sydney, Gladesville: MonkeyShine Media. 68 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, stapled magazine format, colour text-photos & drawings & cartoons, adverts, minor edgewear. The first issue of a magazine, edited by Paul Dovas, that aims to discuss and present serious Australian humour. Includes: Essays on piss-taking (an Australian cultural tradition), and whether Australia has lost its sense of humour. Features about comedians (Graham Kennedy, Daniel Townes, Dom Romeo [Radio Ha Ha], Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Book and show reviews. Showcase of humorous prose pieces received from the public. Many small irreverent and diverse items. ISSN 1833-7082. Trove suggests only two issues were published. SCARCE.). Our Book No: 14048. $20 AUD.

70. Dunn, Stan (1990). Ripples on the Wannon (5th ed). Warrnambool, VIC: Stan Dunn. 60 pp. Paperback oblong, very good condition, stapled, black & white drawings, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name title page). Stan Dunn, an Australian poet ,shares these humorous poems that are very special to him because many come from close friends and acquaintances. There is a printed letter on the last page that the author received from the late Malcolm Fraser, when he was Prime Minister in 1979. (No date, but about 1990, originally published 1978.). ISBN/ASIN: 095931301X. Our Book No: 27802. $12 AUD.

71. Ellis, Bob (2014). The Ellis Laws: Ten Irreverent Laws of Life We Secretly Always Knew, but Have Not Before Now Seen Put into Words [A Penguin Special]. Melbourne: Penguin Group Australia. 84 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, light crease front cover near spine, minor edgewear, faint sticker mark rear cover. In this witty book, Bob Ellis, the well-loved Australian gadfly and wordsmith, investigates dislocation and security, competence and charisma, youth and old age, and other hidden irreverent facts of Australian life. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143572060. Our Book No: 31098. $15 AUD.

72. Evans, Malcolm (1982). Edna Volume Two. Auckland: MOA-MERC Press. 56 pp. Paperback oblong octavo, very good condition, stapled (lightly rusted), black & white cartoons, front cover lightly scratched, minor edgewear spine ends. Rural cartoons by New Zealand cartoonist Malcolm Evans. Edna is hard working and a real Jill of all trades who gets in and helps her husband on the farm. Our Book No: 17719. $12 AUD.

73. Evans, Malcolm (1983). Edna Volume Three. Auckland: MOA-MERC Press. 56 pp. Paperback oblong octavo, very good condition, stapled (rusted), black & white cartoons, faint foxing edges, minor edgewear. Rural cartoons by New Zealand cartoonist Malcolm Evans. Edna is hard working and a real Jill of all trades who gets in and helps her husband on the farm. Our Book No: 23116. $12 AUD.

74. Falk, Lee (1989). Phantom: Romance and the Vesta Pirates [No 925A]. Sydney: Frew Publications. 84 pp. paperback quarto, very good condition, stapled (rusted), black & white cartoons, pages toned as usual, some edgewear corners, sticker mark. The Phantom comic was first published as comic strips in the USA in 1947. The first Australian edition (Frew) was 1948 (The Phantom versus the Jewel Pirates), and has been reprinted since (various titles). This edition is the first collectors edition, containing the original complete uncut story. The earlier Frew printings had deleted the extensive love tangles between The Phantom and Diana (an unusual theme by Lee Falk). Our Book No: 17565. $15 AUD.

75. Feuti, Norm (2005). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Retail 86674 90824 (1st ed). New York: King Features Syndicate. Unnum 21 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), black & white & colour cartoons, minimal edgewear, top corners folder scuffed (spine ends folder little scuffed, tiny mark & creases rear cover), minor rust marks & staple holes top corner some sheets. Syndicated comic strip about retail and shopping in a department store. Founded by Norm Feuti in 2005. The folder contains: 5 colour pages of cartoon strips, 6 pages of related material, 8 pages of black & white comic strips. The label on rear cover of folder is: Yaffa Syndicate Ian Dale, Surry Hills, NSW 2010. This is a lot of fun for people who work in retail and shoppers! Our Book No: 30793. $30 AUD.

76. Flanagan, Kitty; Braham, Sophie (with); Flanagan, Penny (with); Rozenbachs, Adam (with) (2019). Kitty Flanagan's 488 Rules for Life: The Thankless Art of Being Correct (1st, reprint ed). Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 304 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. This book is not a self-help book. It is a comprehensive humorous guide to modern (Australian) behaviour. Kitty Flanagan had a popular segment on ABC TV's 'The Weekly'. A very funny report with the power to change society or help to make it less irritating. Her take on Jordan Peterson's bestselling '12 Rules For Life' (12 is crossed out and replaced with 488). ISBN/ASIN: 9781760875305. Our Book No: 30820. $15 AUD.

77. Flecker, James Elroy (1948). Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Baghdad, and How He Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand: A Play in Five Acts. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books / William Heinemann. 122 pp. Paperback small trade, good plus condition, pages lightly toned as usual, top corner front cover lightly creased, spine & nearby covers lightly faded & toned, spine ends lightly chipped, minor edgewear, small bookshop rubber stamp. James Elroy Flecker dramatised 'Hassan', an old Turkish tale, when he was working in the Middle East in 1911. It is about Hassan, a credulous old man whose friends delighted in playing practical jokes on him. It has proved to be one of the most spectacular plays on the modern English stage, and has been broadcast with equal success. (No 675: Complete and unabridged. Rubber stamp of Penguin Bookshop, Sydney.). ISBN/ASIN: B000PCOENC. Our Book No: 23921. $12 AUD.

78. Garrett, Geoff; Davies, Graeme (2010). Herding Cats: Being Advice to Aspiring Academic and Research Leaders (Reprint ed). Devon: Triarchy Press. 118 pp. Paperback small, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. The authors combine their top-level experience of leading and managing international academic and research institutions with wisdom gleaned from 50 senior colleagues around the world. An amusing guide to leaders and aspiring leaders in academic and research institutions about how to accept and embrace the qualities of their 'cats’, thus to agility and success. ISBN/ASIN: 9780956537959. Our Book No: 30282. $18 AUD.

79. Gogol, Nikolai; Rayfield, Donald (translator) (2017). Dead Souls (New ed) [Alma Classics Evergreens]. Surrey: Alma Books. 359 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. First published in 1842 in Russia. The classic novel is set in a small provincial Russian town. A mysterious stranger named Chichikov, makes a group of landowners a macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are still registered on the landowner’s estate, to reduce their liability for taxes. This is a biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity which has been revered since its original publication as one of the funniest novels of 19-century Russia. ISBN/ASIN: 9781847496287. Our Book No: 30728. $18 AUD.

80. Goldsworthy, Peter (2019). Minotaur (1st ed). Sydney: Viking / Penguin Books. 326 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, corner tip one page folded, minor edgewear, faint sticker mark rear cover. This Australian novel by Peter Goldsworthy is part laugh-out-loud comedy, part a deadly serious study of revenge, part love story, and a slow, journey of self-discovery. As blind Sergeant Rick Zadow navigates his sense of smell, sound, touch, taste and finally sight, his sixth sense tells him to trust his gut instinct in his investigation of the man who tried to kill him. Overlaid is a worker's compensation battle between two psychiatrists about how much compo he should be awarded. ISBN/ASIN: 9780143795698. Our Book No: 31040. $25 AUD.

81. Gore, Da'Vella; Keown, Wallace (illustrator) (1998). This Blessed Life. Wanaka, NZ: Da'Vella Gore / Distributed by D. Gibb. 124 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, black & white drawings, minor edgewear corners. Autobiography of a New Zealand artist and art teacher, Da'Vella Gore. Impulsive by nature, she went out for a pound of butter, and came back with a church. This is her story told with warmth and humour. Her life is drastically changed by a near fatal car crash. She picks up the threads of her busy creative life, and follows her dreams. ISBN/ASIN: 047305602X. Our Book No: 20672. $20 AUD.

82. Haddon, Celia (2010). Cats Behaving Badly: Why Cats Do the Funny Things They Do (Reprint ed). London: Ebury / Random House. 248 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, pages faintly toned, top corner covers little bumped, top corners jacket little creased (minor edgewear). Despite the title, the author provides many practical hints to many situations that only cats can produce. The light-hearted drawings add to the many stories about cats. This book will keep any cat lover busy for hours. ISBN/ASIN: 9780091932152. Our Book No: 28687. $15 AUD.

83. Hall, Tarquin (2010). The Case of the Missing Servant (Reprint ed). London: Arrow Books. 312 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minimal edgewear. This novel features India's most private investigator, Vish Puri. He is chubby, persistent and unmistakably Punjabi. He is assisted by his undercover operatives, Tubelight, Flush and Facecream. He uses modern techniques and methods of detection developed in India more than 2000 years ago. He has to locate a missing maidservant named Mary. Puri's search takes him to the desert oasis of Jaipur and the remote mines of Jharkhand. His surprising adventures reveal India in all its complexity. ISBN/ASIN: 9780099525233. Our Book No: 40964. $15 AUD.

84. Harbach, Otto; Hirsch, Louis A. (music); Dale, Ena (vocal); Hall, Harry (staged by) (1921). Hugh J. Ward Presents: The O'Brien Girl: Learn to Smile. London / Sydney: Chappell & Co. 6 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, looseleaf, little fading edges front cover, minor edgewear & tiny tears, rubber stamp, owner's written name. Scarce Australian printing. Sheet music from Hugh J. Ward's company of comedians, being one hit (Learn to Smile: Eloise, Willie, Larrie and Boys and Girls) from nine listed hits for the musical "The O'Brien Girl". (Copyright date, 1921.). Our Book No: 17851. $15 AUD.

85. Hardy, Marieke (2011). You'll be Sorry When I'm Dead. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 296 pp. Paperback small octavo (with flaps), very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. Marieke Hardy, an Australian screen writer, blogger and radio broadcaster, provides an amazingly honest and funny recounting of her eccentric situations and pleasures, and the unusual people in her life. She is best known for her appearance on the ABC TV 'First Tuesday Book Club’. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742377261. Our Book No: 17533. $20 AUD.

86. Harfield, Mike; Lloyd, David (foreword) (2008). Not Dark Yet: A Very Funny Book, About a Very Serious Game. Cheshire: My Back Pages Publishing. 149 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, black & white photo inside covers, flyleaf lightly spotted, minor edgewear. Relates the stories of epic annual encounters at Clifton Hampden alongside more modest affairs at Lords, Headingley and Old Trafford. If you like cricket, you will enjoy this book. ISBN/ASIN: 9780955421716. Our Book No: 27882. $12 AUD.

87. Henderson, Jeffrey (2002). Aristophanes Lysistrata (Reprint ed) [Clarendon Paperbacks]. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 236 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear corner tips. A new edition of the classic Athenian play for comedy, 'Aristophanes Lysistrata’, edited with commentary by Jeffrey Henderson in 1987. This edition, the first for 60 years, provides much new evidence for those working on anthropological and sociological aspects of Athens, as well as those working in traditional philological fields. It also brings the play up to date in terms of the advances made in Aristohanic scholarship in the past 60 years. In particular, it is the first edition to report all the manuscripts, papyri and testimonial sources of the text, offering a new account of its history and a detailed review of the transmission of the Aristophanic corpus as a whole. Attic comedy draws its characters and plots from everyday Athenian social, political and religious life and so provides a unique glimpse everyday life in Ancient Athens. (Copyright, 1987. This copy is a printed copy of a POD book, dated 2002. The editor is professor of classics, University of Southern California.). ISBN/ASIN: 0198144962. Our Book No: 31119. $20 AUD.

88. Hersh, Stephen; Paley, Nina (2002). Comic Syndication Portfolio: The Hots. New York: King Features Syndicate. Unnum 25 (includes folder) pp. Paperback oblong quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), black & white & colour cartoons, two colour photos, minor edgewear folder (creases edges), staple holes top corner black & white pages (light rust mark few pages). Syndicated comic strip, first published in 2003. The strips are about two young marrieds Max and Hannah, and family and friends that they include in their happy bubble. The childless couple live in a small apartment in New York City's Upper West Side. The coloured card folder contains: six colour pages of cartoon strips, and 12 single pages of black & white cartoons, five related pages including the cartoonists stories. The rear cover has a label from Yaffa Surry Hills Australia. Our Book No: 30801. $25 AUD.

89. Hill, Harry; Russell, Leith (illustrator) (1999). The Principal Toiletition (1st ed). Tumut, NSW: Harry Hill. 60 pp. Paperback quarto, pictorial card covers, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication on title page). The author relates humorous anecdotes about his time as a school teacher and principal for the NSW Department of Education. ISBN/ASIN: 0957742908. Our Book No: 25213. $20 AUD.

90. Hodge, Harry (1938). Death in the Morning (1938 ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 183 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), jacket chipped (flap price-clipped, edgewear, tiny losses edges, faint foxing & toning reverse side, covers little scuffed, three tiny holes front cover), endpapers & flyleaves & title page lightly foxed, light toning pages, edges lightly foxed, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. A crime fiction novel by Harry Hodge set in Australia. The Australian author has written a fast-moving and hair-raising thriller. A monomaniac, obsessed with power, has laid his plans with fiendish cunning. The criminal plans of a national disaster is to be averted by the courage and quick thinking of a few men. The author introduces romance and real humour to brighten his sinister tale. Jimmy Dixon is a sturdy and attractive hero and his romance with the beautiful and talented Valerie is well handled. The stalwart ex-pugilist Brogan, provides plenty of humour. (Harry Hodge is better known for his local history books about the Hill End goldfields, central western New South Wales.). ISBN/ASIN: B0008BRFWC. Our Book No: 40811. $150 AUD.

91. Holden, Robert (1986). Ginger Meggs Souvenir Book: A Birthday Celebration for Ginger Meggs: Congratulations to the Little Aussie Battler! Sydney: James Hardie Library / Blaxland Gallery, Grace Bros. 12 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, pictorial card cover (stapled), colour photos (cartoons), faint sticker mark front cover, minor edgewear. Large-format pamphlet to accompany an exhibition celebrating the 65th birthday of the Ginger Meggs comic strip that was drawn by cartoonist J. C. Bancks and his successors, most recently James Kemsley. First published in 1921. Held in the Blaxland Gallery, Grace Bros department store, Sydney. Researched and written by Robert Holden of the James Hardie Library. (No ISBN in book.). Our Book No: 16738. $25 AUD.

92. Hornadge, Bill (1971). The Yellow Peril: A Squint at Some Australian Attitudes towards Orientals (1st ed). Dubbo, NSW: Review Publications. 56 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, yellow card cover, stapled, cartoons, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. Bill Hornadge has compiled a fascinating detailed anthology of derogatory texts, one-liners, poems and cartoons that satirize Asian (mainly Chinese) immigrants to Australia in the 19th Century. Includes a brief history of Chinese migration, initially as coolies or cooks in the outback, and later as miners drawn to the new goldfields. The author states that exposing this material, rather than ignoring it, hopefully should contribute to reducing racial prejudice. (First edition, 1971. ISBN not printed in book.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909895058. Our Book No: 14120. $25 AUD.

93. Hunt, David (2019). Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia: Volume 2 (Reprint ed). Melbourne, Collingwood: Black Inc. 433 pp. Paperback thick octavo, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. In this Volume 2 to his best-selling history, David Hunt provides a masterpiece of humorous retelling of little known facts about Australia’s past frontier history. This was the Wild South, home to hardy pioneers, gun-slinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, nervous Indigenous people, Caroline Chisholm and sheep. Lots of sheep. We are introduced to Thomas Davey, the hard-drinking Tasmanian governor who invented the Blow My Skull cocktail, and Captain Moonlite, Australia's most famous LGBTI bushranger. Meet William Nicholson, the Melbourne hipster who gave Australia the steam-powered coffee roaster and the world the secret ballot. And say hello to Harry, the first camel used in Australian exploration, who shot dead his owner, explorer John Horrocks. Learn how Truganini's death inspired the Martian invasion of Earth. Discover the role of Hall and Oates in the Myall Creek Massacre. And be reminded why you should never ever smoke with the Wild Colonial Boy and Mad Dan Morgan. ISBN/ASIN: 9781863958844. Our Book No: 18103. $28 AUD.

94. Idriess, Ion L.; Bradley, Jim (compiler) (2008). Gouger of The Bulletin: Paragraphs by Ion L. Idriess. Uralla, NSW: Idriess Enterprises. 208 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, as new condition (in as new dustjacket), minimal edgewear jacket. This is a collection of the contributions of Ion Idriess to 'The Bulletin', the weekly magazine that was first published in 1880 and became an Australian institution of the 20th century. Most were written under a pen-name ('Gouger' was the most common), and have not been recognised, let alone collected before. This collection is a window into Australia's past, which has been revealed by a master storyteller who was an astute observer of nature, the environment and people, and often told with humour. These early paragraphs give an insight into a fascinating man. Compiled by Idriess collector Jim Bradley. ISBN/ASIN: 1876726199. Our Book No: 40941. $65 AUD.

95. Jefferies, Jennifer (2005). Seven Steps to Sanity: For Anyone who Wants to Have It All Without Sacrificing their Health, Sense of Humour or Sanity along the Way (Revised ed) [7 Steps to Sanity]. [Townsville]: Living Energy. 115 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, minimal edgewear. A realistic achievable and easy-to-incorporate plan by Jennifer Jefferies, involving aromatherapy, to help achieve self-actualization and restore and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Revised edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0957818114. Our Book No: 25670. $15 AUD.

96. Jeffries, Roy; Strauss, Johann (1941). Gay Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus) Vocal Selection [The Sparkling Comic Opera: Song Selection of Favorite Items: Plate B4258]. Melbourne - Adelaide - Bendigo: Allan & Co. 16 pp. Paperback small folio, stapled pamphlet, good condition, spine & adjacent page little torn (repaired), pages lightly toned, tide marks top edge rear cover (previous water contact now dry), covers lightly foxed, staples rusted, edgewear, rubber stamp. Copyright date, 1941. Sheet music for six vocal pieces: You and I - Dance through the Night - Love's Call - Let Us Dance - The Laughing Song - Camouflage. Rear cover advert: Allan's Christmas Publications. Our Book No: 15878. $12 AUD.

97. Jellay, Val (1996). Maurie Fields: Keep it Funny (Reprint ed). Melbourne, Richmond: Spectrum Publications. 212 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, corner rear cover creased. Biography of the famous Australian stage and TV actor, written by his wife. Maurie Fields and Val Jellay were real stage troupers, dancers, musicians - you name it, they could do it. ISBN/ASIN: 0867862599. Our Book No: 11305. $12 AUD.

98. Jenkins, Steve; Walter, Derek; Crane, Caprice (with) (2016). Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time (Australian ed). Melbourne: Affirm Press. 212 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, colour photos, top spine lightly bumped, top corner front cover slightly creased, minor edgewear. This is a funny, inspiring story about a very special pig named Esther. Esther came to live with the Canadian author and his partner. Esther started being a 'micro' piglet but soon grew into a huge 270 kilogram loveable adult pig who completely changed their lives. In time, they bought a farm and named it the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary, where they could care for Esther and other animals in need. They have become two of the world's most successful and beloved animal rights activists - alongside Esther, a social media star with many fans around the world. ISBN/ASIN: 9781925344950. Our Book No: 30545. $18 AUD.

99. Johansen, Lenie (Midge); Maynard, Ken (illustrator) (1988). The Dinkum Dictionary: A Ripper Guide to Aussie English (1st ed). Victoria, Ringwood: Viking O’Neil 512 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, minor edgewear jacket, small edge tear fore-edge one page, pages toned, cover corner tips little bumped, spine ends little rubbed. Lenie (Midge) Johansen has taken ten years to collect the colourful and often funny Australian words and phrases that are found in this book. There are more than 16,000 entries. The sketches by Ken Maynard help to illustrate the Aussie ability to use one word or expression to mean many different things, depending on context or circumstance. ISBN/ASIN: 067090113X. Our Book No: 30975. $35 AUD.

100. Johnson, N. R. (1996). Johnson's Official Phantom Price Guide (2nd ed). Queensland: N. R. Johnson. 105 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white illustrations, corners covers little creased, small closed tear spine, spine ends rubbed, white background rear cover little marked, edges lightly foxed, small mark two pages, minor edgewear. Stated as an official and authorized research volume for the purpose of criticism and review. This year (1996) is the 60th anniversary of the Phantom comic strip. In this reference guide, the author has tried to obtain a collection of all Australian, United States, British, and New Zealand comics, as well as rings, games, toys, cards, books, dolls, and Phantom collectibles. Our Book No: 40559. $30 AUD.

101. Jolley, Elizabeth (1983). Mr Scobie's Riddle (1st ed) [An Australian Original]. Melbourne: Penguin Books. 226 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. This unusual award-winning Australian novel by Elizabeth Jolley is a satire about nursing homes. Mr Scobie's arrival at the dysfunctional nursing home of St Christopher and St Jude, run erratically by Matron Price, changes lives. A very simple riddle, plus nephew Hartley and a group of nocturnal poker players, ultimately lead to change in the establishment. The author was a former nurse. ISBN/ASIN: 014006656X. Our Book No: 24728. $12 AUD.

102. Jolliffe, Eric (1970). Jolliffe's Outback, No 91: Cartoons * Australiana * Study for Framing. Sydney, Dee Why: E. Jolliffe. 52 pp. Paperback quarto, good plus condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white cartoons, spine faded, rear cover little marked & creased, corner tip front cover creased, pages lightly toned, some edgewear. Saltbush Bill and Sandy Blight are busy making hay. Jolliffe reports on haysheds, bush tucker, and a trip to Queensland's sugar cane country. Printed price: 45c. (No date, but about 1970. Scarce: numbers 87 to 96 had low print runs.). Our Book No: 17940. $20 AUD.

103. Jolliffe, Eric (1978). Jolliffe's Outback, no 104: Cartoons and Australiana Study to Frame. Sydney, Dee Why: Eric Jolliffe. 80 pp. Paperback quarto, good condition, card cover, stapled, black & white cartoons, pages toned, cover corners & spine little creased, small spots foxing covers & few pages, spine slightly rubbed, top corner front cover & few pages creased, rear cover slightly marked, light foxing inside front cover, some edgewear, minimal biro annotation front & rear covers. Saltbush Bill and friends get up to their usual tricks in these popular cartoons. Extra features and an Aboriginal portrait to frame. Jolliffe visits Wauchope, NSW. (No date, but about 1978, new price $1.00.). Our Book No: 30765. $15 AUD.

104. Jolliffe, Eric (1979). Jolliffe's Outback, no 109: Cartoons and Australiana Study to Frame (1st ed). Sydney, Dee Why: E. Jolliffe. 60 pp. Paperback quarto, good condition, card cover, stapled pamphlet, black & white cartoons, pages toned, front cover corner tips creased, spine little rubbed, few foxed spots inside covers, bottom corner tips last few pages missing (possible insect damage), rubber date stamp on rear cover. Classic cartoons in which Saltbush Bill is still battling out on the farm, while other Australians with a new gold detector are hoping for a new gold rush. Jolliffe takes a look at the earlier gold rush days. Our Book No: 30766. $15 AUD.

105. Jolliffe, Eric (1981). Jolliffe's Outback, no 114: Cartoons and Australiana. Sydney, Dee Why: E. Jolliffe. 74 pp. Paperback oblong quarto, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white cartoons, pages lightly toned, top corner tip creased front cover & few pages, base spine bumped, few tiny dents front cover, minor edgewear (mostly corners), copy 1. Saltbush Bill and Family deal with floods, drought, fire, and many other funny setbacks in these collectible cartoon books. Selection of Sandy Blight cartoons at rear. Plus comments on muddies (crabs), birth of the bush ballad, Barossa barns. Our Book No: 25345. $16 AUD.

106. Jolliffe, Eric (1981). Jolliffe's Outback, no 111: Cartoons and Australiana Study to Frame. Sydney, Dee Why: E. Jolliffe. 66 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, card covers, stapled pamphlet, black & white cartoons, edge tear one page repaired, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. Saltbush Bill and family provide more fun in the outback. With commentary on shearing sheds past and present, the pig-sty, and die-back. Best of Witchetty's Tribe at the rear ("returned from a long walkabout, in response to requests from fans, and rave communications from Al Grassby and others"). Witchetty has been withdrawn from all other periodicals to appear exclusively in "Jolliffe’s Outback" and "Identity", the Aboriginal periodical. "The mail order service for back issues of Jolliffe's Outback is now terminated.". Our Book No: 25610. $20 AUD.

107. Jolliffe, Eric (1987). CALENDAR: Jolliffe's CALENDAR 87 [1987] [Jolliffe's Outback Series]. Sydney, Dee Why: Jolliffe Studios. 24 pp. Paperback quarto, stapled pamphlet (with hole for hanging), very good condition, full-page colour cartoons, minor insect damage top edge first page, minor edgewear, minor annotation & small sticker on calendar. A calendar in an annual Jolliffe series, each showing a full-page colour Jolliffe Outback cartoon facing the monthly calendar on the adjacent page. Our Book No: 6110. $25 AUD.

108. Jolliffe, Eric (1988). CALENDAR: Jolliffe's CALENDAR 1988. Sydney, Dee Why: Jolliffe Studios. Unnum 24 pp. Paperback quarto, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet (with hole near fore-edge for hanging), oblong format (full-page colour cartoons opposite calendar page), minimal edgewear. A calendar in an annual series, each showing a full-page colour Jolliffe Outback cartoon facing the monthly calendar on the adjacent page. (Cover price: $4.95.). Our Book No: 17911. $30 AUD.

109. Jolliffe, Eric (1989). CALENDAR: Jolliffe's Outback CALENDAR 1989. Sydney, Dee Why: Jolliffe Studios. 24 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, stapled pamphlet (with hole for hanging), full-page colour cartoons, tide marks top corner tip rear cover, minor foxing edges few pages, minor edgewear, annotation absent on calendar, copy 1. A calendar in an annual series, each showing a full-page colour Eric Jolliffe Outback cartoon facing the monthly calendar on the adjacent page. Cover price: $5.40. Our Book No: 8379. $15 AUD.

110. Jolliffe, Eric (1989). CALENDAR: Jolliffe's Outback CALENDAR 1989. Sydney, Dee Why: Jolliffe Studios. Unnum 24 pp. Paperback quarto, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet (with hole near fore-edge for hanging), oblong format (full-page colour cartoons opposite calendar page), minimal edgewear, copy 2. A calendar in an annual series, each showing a full-page colour Jolliffe Outback cartoon facing the monthly calendar on the adjacent page. Cover price: $5.40. Our Book No: 8379A. $30 AUD.

111. Jolliffe, Eric (1990). CALENDAR: Jolliffe's Outback CALENDAR 1990. Sydney, Dee Why: Jolliffe Studios. Unnum 24 pp. Paperback quarto, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet (with hole near fore-edge for hanging), oblong format (full-page colour cartoons opposite calendar page), minimal edgewear. A calendar in an annual series, each showing a full-page colour Jolliffe Outback cartoon facing the monthly calendar on the adjacent page. Printed cover price: $5.50. Our Book No: 3727. $30 AUD.

112. Jolliffe, Eric (1990). Jolliffe's Outback, no 125: Crocs [Crocodiles]. Sydney, Dee Why: Jolliffe Studios. 82 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, card cover, stapled pamphlet, black & white cartoons, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. A scarce collection of Eric Jolliffe's Witchetty's Tribe (Aboriginal) crocodile cartoons. Cover price: $3.95. ISSN: 08126062. Contains five commentaries: Salties and freshies [saltwater and freshwater species] * Aboriginal crocodile hunting * Crocs and tourists * The croc industry * Charlene sweetheart [about a crocodile who became friends with Alf Casey]. Published by Jolliffe Studios (82 pages). ISBN/ASIN: B001V9H6CE. Our Book No: 27340. $25 AUD.

113. Jolliffe, Eric (1991). Jolliffe's Outback, no 126: Fishin (1st ed) [Fishing]. Sydney, Dee Why: E. Jolliffe. 83 pp. Paperback oblong quarto, stapled pamphlet, good condition, black & white cartoons, pages lightly toned, few small marks rear cover, creases along spine, minor edgewear, slight annotation front cover. Saltbush Bill and Family and Witchetty's Tribe try their hand at fishing. This one is hard to come by. Our Book No: 29911. $35 AUD.

114. Jolliffe, Eric (1991). CALENDAR: Jolliffe's Outback CALENDAR 1991, featuring Saltbush Bill. Sydney, Dee Why: Jolliffe Studios. Unnum 24 pp. Paperback quarto, very good plus condition, stapled pamphlet (with hole near fore-edge for hanging), oblong format (full-page colour cartoons opposite calendar page), minimal edgewear, autograph (written dedication by cartoonist). A calendar in an annual series, each showing a full-page colour Jolliffe Outback cartoon facing the monthly calendar on the adjacent page. With scarce Jolliffe autograph (on January page): "To James [cartoonist James Kemsley, creator of Ginger Meggs], best wishes from Eric Jolliffe", with arrow pointing to 1991. Cover price: $6.95. Our Book No: 17938. $50 AUD.

115. Jolliffe, Eric (1994). Jolliffe's Outback, no 129: Saltbush Bill's 50th Anniversary. Sydney: Jolliffe Studios. 82 pp. Paperback oblong quarto, very good plus condition, full-page black & white cartoons, page toning absent, minimal edgewear. Saltbush Bill and Family being themselves. There is a photo of Jolliffe (age 87) and his foreword inside front cover in this 50th Anniversary issue. Saltbush Bill first appeared in Pix magazine in 1944. All cartoons are drawn especially for this issue. Our Book No: 25611. $25 AUD.

116. Keane, Bernard; Razer, Helen (2014). A Short History of Stupid: The Decline of Reason and Why Public Debate Makes Us Want to Scream. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 330 pp. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. Bernard Keane and Helen Razer discuss, in a humorous manner, the many ways that public debate and lack of commonsense in media, politics and society can become frustrating. Keane is the correspondent and politics editor in Canberra for Crikey, and Razer (also a Crikey contributor) has elaborated upon her already published thoughts on the impotence of the current Australian public debate. ISBN/ASIN: 9781760110543. Our Book No: 40279. $15 AUD.

117. Keilson, Hans; Searls, Damion (translation) (2011). Comedy in a Minor Key (1st English ed). Melbourne: Scribe Publications. 104 pp. Paperback small thin trade, very good condition, edges & pages little toned, minor creases covers. This book is the story of Wim and Marie, a Dutch couple who first hide a Jew they know as Nico, and must then dispose of his body when he dies of pneumonia. This novella, first published in 1947 and now translated into English for the first time, shows the author at his best. Published to celebrate Keilson's 102nd birthday, and introduces Australian readers to a forgotten author who was a witness to World War 2. Published 1947 as "Komodie in Moll". ISBN/ASIN: 9781921844072. Our Book No: 27726. $15 AUD.

118. Kerry, Pat; Anderson, Dawn (illustrator) (1940). Cobbers of the A.I.F (1st ed). Sydney: New Century Press (Printer). 30 pp. Paperback small trade, good condition, stapled pamphlet, illustrated card covers, staples rusted, edges foxed, covers little faded, pages lightly toned, spine faded, top spine toned (affects first few pages), corners front cover creased, some edgewear, non-author written dedication front flyleaf. These humorous poems feature our koala as the soldiers. At the end there is a poem about the meaning of 'cobber', and a glossary explaining the words in the poems. A very funny little book about a time, middle of World War 2, when every Australian needed a little light humour. Our Book No: 41269. $35 AUD.

119. Khoury, Danny (2004). Tabouli or Not Tabouli: What It Means to be a Lebanese Wog in Sydney. Sydney: Danny Khoury. 62 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. A powerful personal account by Danny Khouri of the hardships that surround growing up as Lebanese in White Australia. In his second book, Danny Khoury wittily discloses his thoughts and experiences in an attempt to bridge ethnic and white. ISBN/ASIN: 0975671502. Our Book No: 13965. $25 AUD.

120. Kirkman, Rick; Scott, Jerry (2001). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Baby Blues: Obliterating Refrigerator Doors Worldwide. New York: King Features Syndicate. 8 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour card folder (loose sheets inserted), colour cartoons, minor edgewear corner tips folder (light foxing near spine front cover). This popular comic strip celebrates the MacPherson family: the fun of being parents to young children. This comic strip has over 40 collections published in seven languages. Includes colour cartoon sheets. Our Book No: 30804. $18 AUD.

121. Kovaleski, John (2001). Comic Syndication Portfolio: BoNanas (1st ed). Washington, DC: Washington Post Writers Group. 16 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, coloured card folder (black background, loose sheets inserted), very good condition, colour & black & white cartoons, minimal edgewear folder (light creases spine, corner tips little scuffed). The popular comic strip that features a 3-foot tall, talking monkey named Bo. Bo muddles through jobs, relationships and anything else life throws at him. The cartoonist won the Fine Toon Fellowship in 2002 presented by The Washington Post Writers Group for his comic strip: BoNanas. The folder contains 9 black & white comic strips (stapled at top corner), and 5 colour comic strips on single pages with the strip one side and blank the other. Our Book No: 30796. $20 AUD.

122. Lane, Elizabeth (1986). Hal Gye: The Man and His Work (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 353 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, colour reproductions, frontispiece, edges foxed, reverse side jacket little foxed (few tiny chips), base spine bumped, edgewear. This is the story of the creator of the naked, winged cupids that adorn C. J. Dennis's poem "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke". The author tells the story related to her over the 20 years they were neighbours and traces his life until his death in 1967. He was a cartoonist, illustrator of books by Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson and Will Ogilvie, and a painter of works held in several state art galleries. He also wrote short stories under the pseudonym of James Hackson. This book is a warm memoir of a multi-talented man, and also has a selection of his full-colour illustrations of works by C. J. Dennis, black & white line drawings, photos, his own account of his early years, and a selection of his short stories. ISBN/ASIN: 0207149003. Our Book No: 28018. $20 AUD.

123. Larson, Julie (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: The Dinette Set. New York: King Features Syndicate. 12 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, colour card folder (loose sheets inserted), colour & black & white cartoons, folder corner tips creased (light creases spine), staple holes & minor rust top corners black & white cartoons This comic strip is about The Penny household: the cooking is pre-packaged, fattening, the clothes are cheap, colourful and elastic, and the home decorating is tacky, meticulously kept, cheap name-brand clutter. The cartoonist pokes fun at everyday situations that The Pennys get into (and out of). The folder contains 4 single colour cartoon pages, 1 related page with readers comments, and 5 single black & white cartoon pages. Label on rear cover of folder: Yaffa Syndicate Pty Ltd, Surry Hills, NSW. Our Book No: 30802. $20 AUD.

124. Laski, Marghanita; Stein, W. (illustrator) (1944). Love on the Supertax [Love on the Super-tax] (1st ed). London: Cresset Press. 127 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in fair dustjacket), small drawings (vignettes), pages faintly toned (wartime economy paper), inner hinge little split (all pages firm), edge tears jacket repaired (tape repairs & little foxing & staining reverse side, some loss spine ends, flap price-clipped), edges cloth cover little faded, some edgewear, bookshop rubber stamp, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. First edition. (This copy: Hardback dustjacket.) The first novel by Marghanita Laski is a social satire of English society that demonstrates a disturbing "two nations in one country" (as stated by Disraeli). Clarissa, an upper class girl falls in love with a Communist agitator, but it does not end well because of their very different social backgrounds. ISBN/ASIN: B002A8RHOC. Our Book No: 17832. $20 AUD.

125. Lear, Edward (1982). A Book of Nonsense [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library]. London / Tokyo: Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan. Unnum pp. Hardback quarto, very good plus condition, colour cartoons, pictorial embossed blue cloth cover (gilt decoration & lettering), gilt edges, in cardboard slipcase. Facsimile edition. Lear's famous book of nonsense verse was first published in 1846, and it was the first to popularize the format of limericks, a term however not commonly used until the 1890s. This facsimile is based on the Routledge colour edition of 1875. The cartoons are placed one or two per page, with one or two interleaved blank pages. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.). Our Book No: 16935. $45 AUD.

126. Lee, Vic (2002). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Pardon My Planet. New York: King Features Syndicate. Unnum 20 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small oblong quarto, very good condition, colour card folder (loose pages inserted), colour & black & white cartoons, minor edgewear corner tips folder (base spine slightly scuffed). This comic strip [later named Pardon Our Planet] is about the dark and light in everyone. The cartoonist finds fun in everything that makes us uncomfortable. The folder contains 8 single colour cartoon pages, and 10 single black & white cartoon pages. Label on rear cover of folder: Yaffa Syndicate Pty Ltd, Surry Hills, NSW. Our Book No: 30803. $20 AUD.

127. Lindesay, Vane (1988). Aussie Osities (1st ed). Melbourne, Richmond: Greenhouse Publications. 106 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white & colour text-photos, light foxing edges, spine & corner front cover little creased, covers little toned in places, minor edgewear. A charming and very funny look at Australia and Australians. In the years leading up to Federation a desire for a material identity began to emerge. Vane Lindesay looks at the tangible expressions of this patriotic urge as it was manifested in our buildings, homes, hobbies and applied art. ISBN/ASIN: 086436170X. Our Book No: 30399. $18 AUD.

128. Lindesay, Vane (introduction) (1979). It's Moments Like These: Cartoons Behind a Nation's Catch-cry. Melbourne: Sun Books. 96 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, top corner front cover creased, pages lightly toned, covers lifting outwards slightly, minor edgewear. This very entertaining book, introduced by Vane Lindesay, brings together for the first time some of the best of the many Minties cartoons that have featured in magazines and newspapers over the years. The famous catch-phase ('It's Moments Like These') became an accepted part of the Australian idiom. The cartoons stand alone as the gauge of a whole epoch of graphic art. ISBN/ASIN: 0725103396. Our Book No: 29043. $20 AUD.

129. Lindsay, Norman (1933). Saturdee (1st ed). Sydney: Endeavour Press. 260 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), top spine jacket torn & repaired (small edge tears & edge loss), front pastedown creased along spine, cloth spine faintly faded, fore-edge faintly foxed, some edgewear, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. True classic of Australian literature. A comic novel by Norman Lindsay of small boys growing up in Redheap - the town that is the setting for Norman Lindsay's three novels about boyhood and adolescence in the Ballarat district of Victoria, where he himself grew up [Creswell, Victoria]. It is very much a book about boys - not at all a book for boys. First edition in the very scarce dustjacket ! Our Book No: 17339. $175 AUD.

130. Lindsay, Norman (1965). The Cousin from Fiji [Humorbooks]. Sydney: Ure Smith. 282 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, minor edgewear. This novel by Norman Lindsay, set in Ballarat in the 1890s, is a sparkling tale of country-town amours and eccentricities. Eighteen-year-old Ella Bellairs arrives from Fiji with her lovelorn mother and stirs up the strait-laced churchgoing household in Ballarat. Humorbooks edition from Ure Smith, 1965. Originally published, 1945. (Excellent condition.). Our Book No: 1241. $25 AUD.

131. Lindsay, Norman (1980). Bohemians at The Bulletin (Reprint ed). Sydney: Arkon / Angus & Robertson. 160 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, full-page black & white drawings, minor edgewear. Norman Lindsay provides a lively, humorous look at Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, Miles Franklin, Steele Rudd and other notable writers from those wild bohemian days at 'The Bulletin' magazine. Superbly illustrated his iconic Norman Lindsay drawings (graphic art). (Originally published as 'Bohemians of The Bulletin', 1965. This copy: the 1980 reprint of the Arkon paperback edition, 1977.). ISBN/ASIN: 0207135673. Our Book No: 18404. $20 AUD.

132. Lindsay, Norman; Wingrove, Keith (selected by) (1983). Norman Lindsay's Bears. Melbourne: Sun Books. 72 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear, edges lightly foxed, light foxing front flyleaf, spine lightly faded. This book features the bear Billy Bluegum who became well known through his appearance in the Bulletin and the Lone Hand, and later in the children's classic "The Magic Pudding". This book includes both the first and the last Billy Bluegum pictures drawn by Norman Lindsay. ISBN/ASIN: 0725104317. Our Book No: 26171. $15 AUD.

133. Lindsay, Norman (1985). The Magic Pudding: Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his Friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff (Reprint ed). Sydney: Bluegum / Angus & Robertson. 173 pp. Paperback, very good plus condition, black & white drawings, minimal edgewear. Written and illustrated by Norman Lindsay. A small format edition of the classic madcap children's stories about a cantankerous walking magic pudding that shares the dessert which never runs out. The adventures of three friends who defend the pudding from thieves. There are occasional bursts of exuberant singing. ISBN/ASIN: 0207146136. Our Book No: 4279. $15 AUD.

134. Lower, Lennie; Cook, Patrick (cartoons); Pearl, Cyril (memoir); Thompson, Tom (selection, introduction) (1983). Here's Lower (1st ed) [Lennie Lower]. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger. 191 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), purple endpapers, black & white cartoons & frontispiece portrait, some foxing top edge, spine minimally faded jacket as common (some foxing top edge reverse side), owner's written name. A selection of 73 whimsical Lennie Lower columns in the Daiy Telegraph and other newspapers of the 1930s that celebrate his legacy. These short improbable tales are the showcase for Lower's natural anarchy - the fruits of his years as Australia's leading columnist and humorist of the 1930s. Cartoons by Patrick Cook. First edition. ISBN/ASIN: 0868060712. Our Book No: 2551. $20 AUD.

135. Macdonald, Alexander; Slessor, Kenneth (contributor) (1972). The Ukulele Player Under the Lamp (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 266 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), edges lightly foxed, some edgewear jacket (reverse side lightly foxed & toned), spine ends & corners scuffed, few foxed spots & light toning endpapers, toned strip free flyleaves Humorous autobiography of Alexander Macdonald, the well-known Sydney humorist. Anecdotes of life on the Australian Broadcasting Commission, of Mo, and of Peter Finch. He spent most of his boyhood in a Catholic seminary school in Scotland. He joined the ABC in Sydney as a writer, and later wrote gags for Jack Davey and Roy Rene (Mo). The poet Kenneth Slessor rounds off the book with a lively panorama of Sydney bohemian life in the 1930s and 40s. . ISBN/ASIN: 0207124574. Our Book No: 31014. $15 AUD.

136. Macintyre, Ben (2009). The Last Word: Tales from the Tip of the Mother Tongue (1st ed). London: Bloomsbury. 312 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), boards little rubbed, pages lightly toned, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). This book is a collection of pieces by Ben Macintyre that will tease and tantalise all who enjoy all things lexical. Learn the advantage of having your own signature word. Look at the classic texts and the difference if they had been given happier endings. Can you distinguish Spanglish from Chinglish? This book is funny, profound and celebrates the richness and resilience of the English language. ISBN/ASIN: 9781408803332. Our Book No: 31105. $25 AUD.

137. Maher, John; Groves, Judith (illustrator) (1998). Chomsky for Beginners / Introducing Chomsky (Reprint ed). London: Icon Books. 175 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white cartoons, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, cover photo differs from stock photo. Traces Chomsky's understanding of the cognitive realities involved in the use of language and the technical apparatus needed to represent it. The author also describes his radical critique of the institutions of power and pathways of oppression, and his commitment to freedom and justice. ISBN/ASIN: 1874166420. Our Book No: 22008. $12 AUD.

138. Maybank, Thomas (1937). Mirth by Maybank for Young and Old Alike. London & Melbourne: Ward Lock & Co., Limited. 48 pp. Hardback large oblong folio (24.0 x 37.0 cm), good condition only, red cloth spine & paper-covered board cover (little scuffed, edges worn), full-page black & white drawings, endpapers creased, few edge tears & edge pieces missing (repaired), few small stains, pages lightly toned (some foxed), notable edgewear. A scarce and delightful large-format classic humorous children's picture book, published in 1937. Thomas Maybank (1869 - 1029, pen-name) was an English comic artist and illustrator. The detailed endpaper comic scenes he drew for the Ward Lock 'Wonder Book' series for children are here collected. He was a frequent contributor to 'Punch' magazine. A scarce early collectible Ward Lock publication. ISBN/ASIN: B0010ONLU6. Our Book No: 14900. $160 AUD.

139. McAlary, Frank (1946). Up and Atom! University Students' Festival Song Book 1946. Sydney: Students Representative Council (SRC), University of Sydney. 32 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, stapled pamphlet (staples little rusted), black & white drawings & cartoons, pages toned, archival tape repairs (tape along spine, missing tips bottom corner front cover & first few pages), cover toned & little foxed, some spinewear & edgewear. The first University of Sydney songbook since 1940. Contains a humorous piece on pre-atomic culture. The usual university student rag about party time and criticising the university. Also contains cartoons and poems. SCARCE: Only one copy is listed in Trove. Our Book No: 16219. $80 AUD.

140. McGruder, Aaron (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: The Boondocks (1st ed). Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. Unnum 22 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, coloured card folder (title & publisher tab on fore-edge, little toned), very good condition, loose sheets inserted, colour & black & white cartoons, black & white media material, black & white portrait, colour photo rear cover folder (minor edgewear, spine ends & corners creased), staple holes & rust marks top corner few pages, minimal bumping. The popular comic strip made its initial debut in 1997. The cartoons are about a group of African-American city kids adjusting to life in white suburbia, The cartoons combine childhood antics with contemporary political and social satire. Aaron seeks to initiate thought, help improve the state of racial discourse, and expand the types of humor found on newspaper comic pages. The folder contains: 4 black & white folded cartoon pages, 2 colour folded cartoon pages, and 14 related pages, including his story. Our Book No: 30798. $20 AUD.

141. McKee, Richard; Schrapnel, B. M. W. (pseudonym) (1997). The Clan of the Flapdragon and Other Adventures in Etymology, by B. M. W. Schrapnel, Ph.D. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. 183 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor foxing top edge, minor edgewear. Dr Shrapnel, the pseudonymous critic, satirises a variety of subjects in and out of academe. These adventurous essays include lampoons on writing, language, and literature. In his outrageously funny chapters and critical asides, Schrapnel returns us to the joy that language can still inspire. These satirical essays were originally published in his satirical column in 'Oasis, A Literary Magazine' from 1992 to 1996. Dr Shrapnel is the pen-name of Richard McKee, and American academic and teacher of writing and art design. ISBN/ASIN: 0817308814. Our Book No: 23331. $20 AUD.

142. McPherson, John (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Close to Home (1st ed). Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. 19 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder with title & publisher tab on fore-edge (loose sheets inserted), colour cartoons, black & white cartoons, black & white media material, black & white photo of cartoonist inside folder, minimal edgewear folder (light creases along spine, spine ends & corners of folder creased), top folded coloured pages little creased. The popular comic strip was syndicated in 1992. The cartoonist sees the oddities, the idiosyncrasies, and inconsistencies that make us human. His very unique style and ability to make fun of life's situations often hits close to home. The folder contains: 4 black & white folded pages, 2 colour folded pages, and 11 related pages, including his autobiography. Our Book No: 30792. $20 AUD.

143. Mercier, Emile (1950). Wake Me Up at Nine! Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 122 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white cartoons, base spine repaired, pages little toned, minor edgewear. The first little book of the collected cartoons of Emile Mercier, that first appeared in The Sun newspaper, Sydney. ISBN/ASIN: B0007KFVRK. Our Book No: 21547. $50 AUD.

144. Mercier, Emile (1955). Emile Mercier Cartoon Clippings (32 cartoons). Sydney: Emile Mercier. Each: 1 pp. Each of 32 clippings: Ephemera, oblong small octavo, good plus condition, single sheet, colour cartoon, reverse side lightly toned (few moderately), perforated top edge (most), lightly folded (1), some edgewear. A scarce collection of delightful Emile Mercier colour cartoons, perhaps removed from a calendar or brochure. A couple of duplicates. (Estimated date, 1950s, consistent with his cartoon books.). Our Book No: 17778. $150 AUD.

145. Mercier, Emile (1956). I'm Waiting for an Earthquake! (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 128 pp. Paperback small oblong, good condition, card covers (colour possibly uniformly little faded, blue cloth spine), black & white cartoons, insect damage (small holes) fore-edge front flyleaf, covers & edges minimally foxed, pages lightly toned as usual, some edgewear. A great little collection of Emile Mercier's cartoons that first appeared in The Sun newspaper, Sydney. Our Book No: 21550. $20 AUD.

146. Mercier, Emile (1958). My Wife's Swallowed a Bishop (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 128 pp. Paperback small oblong, good plus condition, card covers (red cloth spine), black & white cartoons, pages toned as usual, front & rear inner hinge little split (all pages firm), rear cover little marked, some edgewear. A great little book of Emile Mercier's cartoons that appeared in The Sun newspaper, Sydney. Australian humour from the 1950s about Australian society. (Exists in two states: this has a red cloth spine, instead of the less common blue cloth.). Our Book No: 21552. $30 AUD.

147. Mercier, Emile (1959). Is My Slip Showing? Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 127 pp. Paperback small oblong, very good condition, card covers (new black cloth spine), black & white cartoons, small stain ear cover, few marks, minor patchy foxing, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. A great little book of Emile Mercier's cartoons about Australian life that first appeared in The Sun newspaper. The sections are: Racing rorts & roar, TV titters, Wheelskids, Grog & grub, Then there's sport, Feminosities, Ah - the weather, Xmaskits, Mixed gravy. ISBN/ASIN: B001PBMWBI. Our Book No: 21548. $60 AUD.

148. Mercier, Emile (1961). Don't Shove! (1st ed) [Dont Shove]. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 128 pp. Paperback small oblong, very good condition, card covers (blue cloth spine), black & white cartoons, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, bookshop rubber stamp, old price marks. Great little book of Emile Mercier's cartoons that appeared in The Sun newspaper. The cover has an elephant telling a mouse who has bumped into him after falling from his bike not to shove !! (Excellent copy without foxing & tears.). Our Book No: 21551. $60 AUD.

149. Mercier, Emile; Buchanan, John; Thorby, John (1975). Emile Mercier's Australia. Sydney, Lane Cove: Project Publishing. 98 pp. Paperback quarto, good condition, stapled (rusted), black & white cartoons, covers rubbed, top spine little torn repaired, pages lightly toned, some edgewear. Scarce collection of Emile Mercier's cartoons, most of which appeared in The Sun newspaper, Sydney. One of three collections of his cartoons published by Project Publications. (No date, but 1970s, Trove. Printed price $1.50.). Our Book No: 17910. $50 AUD.

150. Miller, Jonathan; Van Loon, Borin (2000). Introducing Darwin and Evolution. Cambridge / New York: Icon Books / Totem Books. 174 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear, barcode sticker title page. The life and work of the great English scientist, Charles Darwin, who formulated theories of evolution. Jonathan Miller provides a clear historical perspective on the progress from pre-Darwinian biology to modern genetics and the crucial discovery of chromosomes. Brilliant cartoons by Borin Van Loon. Originally published as 'Darwin for Beginners', 1992. Australian printing. ISBN/ASIN: 1840461535. Our Book No: 24370. $12 AUD.

151. Mitchell, Simon (2006). It's a Funny Old World. [Port Macquarie, NSW]: Simon Mitchell. 129 pp. Paperback trade, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication). This book is about a character named Bob Bobbin, who is involved in humorous yet peculiar events which develop through the course of his life. It is a witty and satirical journey that Bob is forced to take, and he comes to his own conclusions regarding culture, religion, politics, race, society and sexism. ISBN/ASIN: 0980300703. Our Book No: 27022. $18 AUD.

152. Morgan, Sally (2012). The Greedy Crocodile: A Collection of Australian Stories by Sally Morgan (New ed). Sydney, Newtown: Walker Books Australia. 76 pp. Paperback quarto, very good condition, colour drawings (some full-page), front cover creased (bottom corner tip little bumped), minor edgewear. A collection of then illustrated Australian fun stories for children and young people by bestselling Aboriginal author Sally Morgan. She previously wrote the prize-winning autobiography 'My Place'. The ten stories are about Aboriginal legends and mythology and understanding country (nature). Have you ever wished your brother was a fish? Or screamed so loud that the hairs of a caterpillar fell off? The suggested reading age is primary school. (New edition. Originally published, Penguin Books, 1992.) SCARCE. ISBN/ASIN: 9781921720659. Our Book No: 40573. $25 AUD.

153. Nawaz, Zarqa (2015). Laughing All the Way to the Mosque: The Misadventures of a Muslim Woman (1st this ed). London: Virago Press. 221 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, spine lightly creased, minor edgewear corners covers & few pages. The author is a practising Muslim in a Western society (Canada), and in this very funny book she describes the many ways that she has got into strife by being herself. Famous for her TV program "Little Mosque on the Prairie". ISBN/ASIN: 9780349005935. Our Book No: 29661. $16 AUD.

154. Nowra, Louis (2001). Abaza: A Modern Encyclopedia. Sydney: Picador / Pan Macmillan. 435 pp. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, faint foxing top edge, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. First edition. Louis Nowra is an acclaimed playwright, novelist and screenwriter. A cardboard box mysteriously turns up in Australia. Inside it are hundreds of pieces of paper that contain entries for an encyclopedia of the modern Pacific nation, Abaza. This is a novel of dark humour and stunning originality. ISBN/ASIN: 0330363107. Our Book No: 26724. $15 AUD.

155. O'Donovan, Annie; Tandberg, Ron (1984). Tandberg's Age of Consensus. Melbourne, Hawthorn: Anne O'Donovan. 96 pp. Paperback oblong octavo, very good condition, black & white cartoons, few black & white text-photos, bottom corner creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This is cartoonist Ron Tandberg's third book. Most of the political cartoons in this collection originally appeared in 'The Age' newspaper. ISBN/ASIN: 0908476167. Our Book No: 2691. $14 AUD.

156. O'Grady, John (1970). So Sue Me (1st ed). Sydney: Ure Smith. 91 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, spine minimally creased, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. John O'Grady is the author of the bestselling humorous book on the Australian character: 'They're A Weird Mob'. These followup essays state his humorous thoughts and conclusions on life and people. "After about 60 years of kocking around and being knocked about, a man acquires a sort of philosophy." First edition stated. ISBN/ASIN: 0725400129. Our Book No: 24090. $12 AUD.

157. O'Grady, John; Culotta, Nino (pseudonym); Pidgeon, W. E. (WEP) (illustrator) (1972). Aussie English: An Explanation of the Australian Idiom. Sydney: Ure Smith. 104 pp. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), pages toned as usual, rear cover jacket rubbed (flap unclipped, reverse side little foxed, some edgewear). A humorous classic about the Australian language by John O'Grady, the author of the iconic bestselling ’They're a Weird Mob'. Illustrated by WEP (W. E. Pidgeon). Combined sales of all his books on Aussies and their language exceed 2 million copies. ISBN/ASIN: 072540082X. Our Book No: 11685. $16 AUD.

158. O'Grady, John; Culotta, Nino (pseudonym); Pidgeon, W. E. (WEP) (illustrator) (1980). Aussie English: An Explanation of the Australian Idiom (22nd imp ed). Sydney: Summit Books. 104 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, small black & white drawings (vignettes), pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. A humorous classic about the Australian language by John O'Grady, the author of the iconic bestselling ’They're a Weird Mob'. Illustrated by WEP (W. E. Pidgeon). Combined sales of all his books on Aussies and their language exceed 2 million copies. (The scarce Summit Books edition.). ISBN/ASIN: 0727105124. Our Book No: 4653. $20 AUD.

159. O'Grady, John; Benier, Frank (illustrator) (1981). Survival in the Doghouse (Reprint ed). Sydney: Lansdowne Press. 94 pp. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear, non-author written dedication. John O'Grady, the author of the bestselling ‘They're A Weird Mob’, gives some tips on housework, cooking and cleaning, supported by Frank Benier's cartoons. Three men are out of favour with their missus, so they try to cook, clean and shop for themselves. But how did it work out in the end, or did they crawl home to the missus abashed? (Originally published in 1973 by Ure Smith. This copy is the 1981 reprint by Lansdowne Press, same ISBN.). ISBN/ASIN: 0701815906. Our Book No: 24742. $15 AUD.

160. O'Hanlon, Ardal (1998). The Talk of the Town (Reprint ed). London: Sceptre 244 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, spine little creased, small indentation fore-edge, minor edgewear corners. First comic novel by the Irish comedian who plays Father Dougal Maguire in the TV comedy Father Ted. ISBN/ASIN: 0340693088. Our Book No: 40249. $18 AUD.

161. O'Hare, Mark (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Citizen Dog. Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. 11 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), colour cartoons, black & white cartoons & media material, colour photo rear cover, minimal edgewear folder (bottom corner tips creased, creases along spine, fore-edge name tag creased, label on rear cover). The popular dog comic strip by Mark O'Hare that is loved internationally. The comic was first published in 1995, and ended May 2001 when Mark O'Hare felt he could not do the best for the cartoon. The strip features a lovable dog named Fergus and a male companion named Mel who are sharing the fun of being together. Our Book No: 30795. $20 AUD.

162. O'Sullivan, Dudsy (2006). The Hair-raising Adventures of Juniper Jasper. Sydney, Allambie Heights: New Frontier Publishing. 204 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minimal edgewear. This fun-filled children's and young adults novel by Dudsy O'Sullivan is an exciting adventure for ages 8 to 12. Juniper Jasper is a very unusual name, and she has ambition to make a fortune by discovering the world's first cure for baldness. Helped by an orang-utan, who has a little hair to spare, she cooks up a perfect potion, but it proves to be highly dangerous stuff. ISBN/ASIN: 1921042508. Our Book No: 26976. $15 AUD.

163. Overton, Margaret (2012). Good in a Crisis: A Memoir. London: Bloomsbury. 237 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. This is a very funny story of divorce, dating and many other life experiences. On a date with one of many Mr. Wrongs, Margaret Overton discovered that she had a brain aneurysm. As an American medical specialist (anaesthetist), she had been so busy looking after other people she had forgotten to look after herself. ISBN/ASIN: 9781408824351. Our Book No: 40457. $20 AUD.

164. Oxlade, Boyd; Maloney, Shane (introduction) (2012). Death in Brunswick. Melbourne: Text Publishing. 204 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. This crime fiction comedy novel is about a man called Carl who works in the kitchen of a seedy rock'n'roll joint in the ethnically-diverse Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. This is a cult novel with irresistible black humour. ISBN/ASIN: 9781922079800. Our Book No: 27359. $12 AUD.

165. Page, Geoff (2006). Lawrie and Shirley, the Final Cadenza: A Movie in Verse (1st ed). Canberra: Pandanus Books. 121 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, tiny mark fore-edge, minor edgewear. This is a romantic comedy-in-verse about a couple's late-life love affair. A vivid cast of characters surround Lawrie and Shirley, led by their censorious adult children. ISBN/ASIN: 1740762142. Our Book No: 25744. $20 AUD.

166. Page, Nick; Bicknell, Joanna; Hutchinson, Tim (Illustrator) (2013). Mouseton Abbey: The Missing Diamond (1st ed). Herts: Make Believe Ideas. Unnum 28 pp. Hardback wide quarto, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good dustjacket), colour drawings, minor edgewear jacket. Children's picture story based on the Downton Abbey TV series. It is Cheesemas at Mouseton Abbey. The Mouseton family pass around their most precious treasure - the Great Big Cheesy Diamond and everyone gets to make a wish. This year the Diamond is missing, and Lord Mouseton and his helpers have to search for it. Will they find it in time? The charming illustrations will delight any age. ISBN/ASIN: 9781782356141. Our Book No: 30024. $20 AUD.

167. Palmer, Jerry (1994). Taking Humour Seriously (1st p/b ed). London: Routledge. 203 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, covers & spine little scratched, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear corners. Examines the role humour and comedy play in many different types of society, including written expression. Literary criticism, biology, anthropology, Freud are all discussed. The author argues that we must take humour seriously (as well as humorously) or fail to understand a fundamental part of culture. ISBN/ASIN: 0415102677. Our Book No: 29190. $18 AUD.

168. Paterson, A. B. (1917). Three Elephant Power and Other Stories (1st ed). Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 140 pp. Hardback small, no jacket (missing, as common), good condition, pictorial green cloth cover, endpapers toned, pages lightly toned, few small faded patches cloth cover, endpapers & edges& title page foxed, some edgewear. First edition. Humorous short stories originally published in the Bulletin magazine, Evening News, Town and Country Journal, Sydney Mail, and Pastoral Review. Our Book No: 17438. $20 AUD.

169. Pearl, Cyril (1969). The Girl with the Swansdown Seat. Sydney: Horwitz. 277 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white drawings, light toning pages, minor edgewear, owner's written name & date on flyleaf. Cyril Pearl provides a light-hearted look at the sexual realities behind the facade of mid-Victorian morality. He slices away at the myth of the Victorian era as puritan and sombre piety. Instead it was more like the Elizabethan era, an age when personal and sexual freedom made England (at the heights her colonial powers) a merry land and lived with gusto. The most exhaustive but entertaining study of Victorian morals. Written by the author of 'Wild Men of Sydney’. Our Book No: 22939. $12 AUD.

170. Peattie, Charles; Taylor, Russell (1990). The Best of Alex II (Australian ed). Canberra: Financial Review Library. 64 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, top corner front cover little creased, base spine little bumped, minor edgewear, autographs (written gift dedication title page by both cartoonists). A second collector's edition of Australia's favourite corporate comic strip, Alex, drawn by British cartoonists Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor, as published in the 'Australian Financial Review' newspaper. (1 of 2 available copies. Australian edition. Unnumbered pages.). ISBN/ASIN: 1862900442. Our Book No: 22610. $25 AUD.

171. Peattie, Charles; Taylor, Russell (1991). The Best of Alex III (Australian ed). Canberra: Financial Review Library. 64 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, top corner tip faintly creased front cover, minor edgewear. A third collector's edition of Australia's favourite corporate comic strip, Alex, drawn by British cartoonists Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor, as published in the 'Australian Financial Review' newspaper. (Australian edition. Unnumbered pages.). ISBN/ASIN: 1862900531. Our Book No: 24113. $15 AUD.

172. Peattie, Charles; Taylor, Russell (1997). Alex Feels the Pinch (1st ed). London: Headline Book Publishing. 128 pp. Paperback oblong narrow quarto, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear. A collection of the corporate comic strip Alex from the business pages of the 'Daily Telegraph', by British cartoonists Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor. The tables are turned on Alex as his new head of department is a woman. (First edition. Unnumbered pages.). ISBN/ASIN: 074727696X. Our Book No: 26376. $15 AUD.

173. Petersen, Gwen (2009). Everything I Know About Life I Learned from My Horse (1st ed). Minneapolis: Voyageur Press. 224 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket. The American author relates some hilarious tales that every horse lover and horse rider will like. ISBN/ASIN: 9780760336908. Our Book No: 27129. $12 AUD.

174. Petty, Bruce; Radcliffe, Russ (editor) (2008). Petty's Parallel Worlds. Melbourne: High Horse Books. 186 pp. Hardback small square quarto, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour cartoons (few single-colour), minor edgewear jacket (few small scratches). This book showcases the range of Bruce Petty's artistic & political cartoon styles, as well as his intellectual and moral concerns. Much of the work has been previously unpublished. Edited by Russ Radcliffe, and published by High Horse Books, Melbourne. ISBN/ASIN: 9780646490281. Our Book No: 26851. $30 AUD.

175. Piccolo, Rina (2002). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Tina's Groove (1st ed). New York: King Features Syndicate. Unnum 22 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), includes cut-out Tina doll on back of folder, glossy colour cartoons, black & white cartoons, glossy colour character page, minimal edgewear folder (light creases along spine, top corners creased). This popular syndicated comic strip is about the personal and workplace adventures of a single, smart, attractive waitress who works at Pepper's Restaurant. Includes a short biography of the cartoonist and a few photos inside the cover of the folder, and a page telling a little about the characters in the strip. Our Book No: 30785. $30 AUD.

176. Pilato, Herbie; Asher, William (foreword) (2004). Bewitched Forever: The Immortal Companion to Television's Most Magical Supernatural Situation Comedy (3rd (40th Anniversary) ed). Irving,TX: Tapestry Press. 302 pp. Paperback large wide trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos, few tiny marks bottom edge, minor edgewear. This biography by Herbie Pilato of the American actor Elizabeth Montgomery is based on exclusive interviews with her prior to her death in 1995. This book contains everything a fan might want to know about the 1960s TV Series 'Bewitched'. It has background information , cast and staff biographies, script summaries, awards, trivia, etc. It also includes the later 'Tabitha' TV series. 40th Anniversary edition. ISBN/ASIN: 1930819404. Our Book No: 41174. $45 AUD.

177. Pope, Mr [Alexander] (1925). The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-comical Poem in Five Canto's [Haslewood Books Series]. [England]: Chiswick Press / Frederick Etchells and Hugh Macdonald. 59 pp. Hardback octavo, no jacket (missing) as common, very good condition, red & black text on title page, board cover, cloth spine (little mottled, gilt spine lettering), black & white drawings (including frontispiece), untrimmed edges, minor edgewear & toning. (No 590 of a limited edition of 725 copies.) Set up from an octavo of 1718, with a very few substitutions from later readings, and preserving the six-line illustrations. A mock-epic poem, in which a hideous crime is committed at a fashionable London society gathering. The victim is the beautiful, innocent Belinda, her attacker is the dastardly Baron, and his weapon of choice is a pair of scissors. A sharp and witty tale of the most famous bad hair day in the history of literature. Our Book No: 15635. $20 AUD.

178. Popovic, Dr Helena (2012). In Search of My Father: Dementia is No Match for a Daughter's Determination (Reprint ed). Brisbane: Choose Health. 346 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. An inspiring story by Dr Helena Popovic, a Serbian-Australian medical practitioner and motivational speaker, who is the daughter and carer for her father: the man beyond the grief, despair and dementia. This moving story is part personal diary, part scientific treatise and part practical guide, put together with humorous anecdotes. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742840048. Our Book No: 26664. $30 AUD.

179. Potter, Stephen (1962). Supermanship, or How to Continue to Stay Top Without Actually Falling Apart. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 112 pp. Paperback, very good condition, classic orange cover, minor foxing edges & inside covers, pages toned as usual, minor edgewear. A humorous take on how to stay on top, by Stephen Potter, the popular author of 'Gamesmanship', 'Lifemanship' and 'One-Upmanship'. ISBN/ASIN: B000H02KS8. Our Book No: 9218. $12 AUD.

180. Power, Ed; Dejesus, Melissa (2010). Comic Syndication Portfolio: My Cage. New York: King Features Syndicate. Unnum 24 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), colour & black & white cartoons & character pages, minor edgewear folder (light creases spine, spine ends & corners creased), some staple holes, slight rust some pages (staples & paperclip removed), few corner tips creased (some black & white pages). The My Cage comic strip debuted on May 6, 2007, and the final strip ran on October 31, 2010. This is the first Manga-inspired comic (Japanese-style cartoons) to be syndicated by King Features. Depicts characters in the busy corporate world. The folder contains 6 single colour cartoon pages, 6 related pages (4 colour, 2 black & white), and 10 single black & white pages. Label on rear cover of folder is from Yaffa Syndicate Pty Ltd Ian Dale, Surry Hills, NSW. Our Book No: 30800. $25 AUD.

181. Price, Hilary (2001). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Who Reads Rhymes with Oranges? People who are Smart, Witty and Incredibly Good-looking (1st ed). New York: King Features Syndicate. 18 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (containing looseleaf sheets), colour & black & white cartoons, minimal edgewear folder (light creases along spine, two small light marks rear cover, tiny scuff rear cover folder), staple holes top colour pages & bottom black & whites pages, tiny rust mark one page. This portfolio folder introduces the popular comic strip, Rhymes with Oranges, which has appeared in American newspapers nationwide and has made cameos in various magazines. The folder contains 12 black & white comic strips and 10 colour comic strips on single pages with the strip one side and blank the other. The cartoons are about daily living, and features our lives living with cats, dogs, computers and companions. Hilary is the youngest woman at 25 in 1995 to have a syndicated a comic strip. . Our Book No: 30789. $25 AUD.

182. Pugh, Peter; Flint, Carl (illustrator) (1997). Thatcher for Beginners (1st ed). Cambridge: Icon Books. 173 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white cartoons, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. Peter Pugh analyzes the state of Britain that brought conservative Margaret Thatcher to power, assesses her influence, and asks what, if anything, was the philosophy behind the policies of this extraordinary figure in 20th century politics. Thatcher controversially claimed "there is no such thing as society". A focus is breaking the coal and print unions, and the disaster if the poll tax. The cartoons by Carl Flint are iconic. ISBN/ASIN: 1874166536. Our Book No: 24757. $12 AUD.

183. Ramczyk, Suzanne M. (2002). Delicious Dissembling: A Compleat Guide to Performing Restoration Comedy. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 186 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few black & white drawings, spine lightly faded, minor edgewear. Drawing on her directing experience, and years of leading workshops on Restoration theatre, Suzanne Ramczyk provides an historic overview of the period and the literature. She also provides analysis of the major literary devices and features, methods to approach vocal interpretation of highly artificial text, a solid grounding in period manners and movement, specific exercises to get actors quickly and easily into the Restoration style, detailed artwork of period costumes, as well as illustrations of such period necessities as bows, curtsies, the 'language' of the fan and snuff-taking. The author is an American professor of theatre arts. ISBN/ASIN: 0325003750. Our Book No: 23407. $20 AUD.

184. Renton, Ronald W. (editor); Osborne, Brian D. (editor) (2003). Exploring New Roads: Essays on Neil Munro. Isle of Colonsay, Scotland: House of Lochar. 245 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black text-photos & drawings (including frontispiece), minor edgewear. A collection of new essays on the life and work of Neil Munro. Munro is increasingly recognised as a significant figure on the Scottish literary scene. This collection is the first to bring scholarly attention to the many aspects of his career, including journalism, historical novels and humour. Edited by Ronald Renton and Brian Osborne. ISBN/ASIN: 1899863761. Our Book No: 23319. $15 AUD.

185. Ridley, Michael J.; Neary, Bryan (1980). The Book of Gremlins. London: J. M. Dent. 160 pp. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour cartoons, minor edgewear. A natural cartoon history by Michael Ridley of those little mythological critters who cause untold disarray and mayhem - The Gremlin. Illustrated endpapers by Bryan Neary. In fact the whole book is lavishly illustrated with various forms of gremlinhood by Neary. By using a new scientific instrument - the gremelscope - Ridley and Neave document the social behaviour and philosophy of gremlins. By the making of this invisible world visible, the is book will undoubtedly become more important than Charles Darwin's 'Origin of the Species'. ISBN/ASIN: 0460045008. Our Book No: 14492. $25 AUD.

186. Riemer, A. P. (Andrew) (1980). Antics Fables: Patterns of Evasion in Shakespeare's Comedies. Sydney: Sydney University Press (SUP). 229 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (little rubbed). A. P. (Andrew) Riemer examines Shakespeare's comedy plays and examines their curious, often teasing treatment of those moral, philosophical, and even religious issues that criticism has consistently isolated as representing Shakespeare's comic themes. Consists of series of chapters, each dealing with a characteristic aspect of the comedies. The focus of the study is an extended examination of "The Winter's Tale". Riemer is an academic at the University of Sydney known for his study of Shakespeare, and also for his popular books describing his migrant experiences (he was born in Hungary). ISBN/ASIN: 042400075X. Our Book No: 28817. $20 AUD.

187. Russell, Rob (2007). Merinos, Mallee Roots and Making Tracks (1st ed). Ballarat, VIC: R. T. R. Russell. 179 pp. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, black & white text-photos. Rob's third book again takes us on his classing run, and relates the humour of the Australian sheepyards, woolsheds, country pubs and homesteads. ISBN/ASIN: 9780646474014. Our Book No: 14889. $15 AUD.

188. Salisbury, Allan [Sols] (1987). Snake: Love At First Slight!! No. 1 (1st ed). Melbourne: Budget Books. 74 pp. Paperback oblong, very good condition, black & white drawings, crease in rear cover, minor edgewear. Selected strips from the Snake Tales cartoons. Well-known and loved comic strip character. Snake will keep everyone in the family happy for hours reading this collection. Some have appeared in various papers. ISBN/ASIN: 0868019127. Our Book No: 30768. $15 AUD.

189. Salisbury, Allan [Sols] (1988). Sunday Snake (1st ed). Melbourne: Budget Books. 78 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings, minor edgewear, top edge lightly foxed, tiny mark fore-edge, spine ends little scuffed, title on spine slightly faded, small dents top part of fore-edge (maybe printing error), autograph (written dedication & drawing). Selected strips from the Sunday Snake Tales cartoons. A well-known and loved comic strip character. Snake will keep everyone in the family happy for hours reading this collection. Some have appeared in various papers. Includes a story about the author. (Rare written dedication between two cartoonists. Dedication to "James [Kemsley, who drew Ginger Meggs] from Sols and Old Fang Face", with a rubber stamp of footprints and the word "SNAKE !!”.). ISBN/ASIN: 0732302935. Our Book No: 30771. $25 AUD.

190. Saw, Ron; Friend, Donald (illustrator) (1984). Brief Encounters. Sydney, Cammeray: Richard Griffin. 64 pp. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings (some full-page), single-colour endpaper drawings, minor edgewear. Subtitle: "Brief Encounters with Uncles, Great Aunts, Wombats, Womcats, Tomcats, Randy Bantam Roosters, Ducks, Pigeons, Seagulls, Elephants, Horses, Dogs, Flora and Fauna, as Well as Rare Specimens of Humanity." A selection of 15 humorous Australian anecdotes by journalist and humorist Ron Saw, mostly from The Bulletin magazine archives, and illustrated by the Australian artist Donald Friend. (Limited edition, 2000 copies.) ISBN/ASIN: 0959303049. Our Book No: 16414. $30 AUD.

191. Schneider, Peter (1992). The German Comedy: Scenes of Life after The Wall. New York: Noonday Press / Farrar Strauss Giroux. 211 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, light foxing edges, minor edgewear. Peter Schneider examines German culture after the famous Berlin Wall was demolished. He shrewdly records telling vignettes that capture the paradoxes and absurdities of life in the absence of the legendary wall. These reveal the contradictions between the two merged Germany's, that could lead to a moral vacuum in which the ghosts that haunt German history are forgotten. The author is the best-known German political essayist. Translated from the German language. ISBN/ASIN: 0374523584. Our Book No: 23731. $15 AUD.

192. Scott, Jerry; Borgman, Jim (2001). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Zits (1st ed). New York: King Features Syndicate. 8 (includes folder) pp. Paperback oblong quarto, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), very good condition, colour cartoons, minimal edgewear folder (edge tear & small creases spine, corner tips creased). The popular comic strip that is loved internationally, which debuted in 1997, and has become extremely populAR. About the family and school life of an American teenager, with surreal elements. It has been twice honored with the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award as the best Newspaper Comic Strip, and in 1999 received the Max and Moritz Award for best International Comic Strip. Four example sheets of colour cartoons. Explanatory notes and reader impressions inside covers. Our Book No: 30781. $25 AUD.

193. Seal, Graham (2001). Great Australian Urban Myths: The Cane Toad High. Sydney: HarperCollins. 240 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. A collection by Graham Seal of over 100 contemporary Australian legends (modern folklore), mainly macabre and/or humorous. This revised edition updates old favourites (such as the Granny on the Roofrack, and the Stolen Kidneys). New legends have been scooped from the every-increasing pool, such as getting high by stroking a cane toad. Includes an urban-legend-busting kit. From bunyips and yowies to the more modern exploding dunny and electronic worms. ISBN/ASIN: 0732269865. Our Book No: 17896. $15 AUD.

194. Shah, Sami (2014). I, Migrant: A Comedian's Journey from Karachi to the Outback. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 282 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Sami Shah is a well-known Pakistani journalist and comedian who migrated to Australia from big-noisy-city Karachi and to settle in sleepy country town of Northam, Western Australia (his wife was a counsellor at the asylum seeker detention centre). In this very funny autobiography he tells a very moving story of what it's like to leave the dysfunctional home you love (and its terrorist bombings) to start a new life in a very different country. ISBN/ASIN: 9781743319345. Our Book No: 30067. $30 AUD.

195. Shiell, Annette (editor); Stone, Mick (checklist) (1998). Bonzer: Australian Comics, 1900s - 1990s. Melbourne, Redhill South: Elgua Media. 188 pp. Paperback small folio, as new condition, numerous colour photos (of comics), copy 2. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. From Ginger Meggs to Zero Assassin - just as Australian society has changed over the years, so have Australian comics. The essays and comics collected here chronicle these changes and show what a valuable cultural resource this underrated art form really is. The book features a comprehensive list of Australian comics, biographical details of the artists themselves and over 350 examples of their work. As much of this material has never been published together before, 'Bonzer' will prove to be an invaluable reference for students, librarians, researchers and collectors. Edited by Annette Shiell, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University. Checklist compiled by Mick Stone. Includes chapter notes, select bibliography, further reading, plus index. (1 of 2 available copies. With laid-in slip notifying correct ISBN: incorrect 1876308125 printed in book.). ISBN/ASIN: 1876677007. Our Book No: 17257. $30 AUD.

196. Shiell, Annette (editor); Stone, Mick (checklist) (1998). Bonzer: Australian Comics, 1900s - 1990s. Melbourne, Redhill South: Elgua Media. 188 pp. Paperback small folio, as new condition, numerous colour photos (of comics), copy 1. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. From Ginger Meggs to Zero Assassin - just as Australian society has changed over the years, so have Australian comics. The essays and comics collected here chronicle these changes and show what a valuable cultural resource this underrated art form really is. The book features a comprehensive list of Australian comics, biographical details of the artists themselves and over 350 examples of their work. As much of this material has never been published together before, 'Bonzer' will prove to be an invaluable reference for students, librarians, researchers and collectors. Edited by Annette Shiell, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University. Checklist compiled by Mick Stone. Includes chapter notes, select bibliography, further reading, plus index. (1 of 2 available copies. With laid-in slip notifying correct ISBN: incorrect 1876308125 printed in book.). ISBN/ASIN: 1876677007. Our Book No: 17257A. $30 AUD.

197. Sorenson, Edward S.; Lindsay, Percy (illustrator) (1925). Murty Brown. Sydney: States Publishing Company. 190 pp. Hardback very small, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, red cloth cover, frontispiece drawing, front inner hinge minimally split (pages firm), edges foxed, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. The last novel (or series of connected stories) by a little-known but prolific Norwegian-Australian writer, about the search for buried treasure in the Australian outback. Humorous in the style of Henry Lawson, with outdated viewpoints regarding Aborigines. Our Book No: 4047. $15 AUD.

198. Spencer, Lloyd; Krauze, Andrzej (1996). Hegel for Beginners (1st ed). London: Icon Books. 174 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear, edges lightly toned. Cartoon biography of the German philosopher who had a profound influence on the ideas and political events of the 20th century. ISBN/ASIN: 1874166447. Our Book No: 25874. $14 AUD.

199. Stromoski, Rick; McGarry, Steve (2003). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Mullets (1st ed). Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. 16 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (title & publisher tab on fore-edge), loose sheets inserted, colour & black & white cartoons, black & white & colour media material, colour photo portraits, minor edgewear folder (title & publisher tab slightly bumped, top corners folder creased). This comic strip was launched on November 24, 2003, and ended January 15, 2005. It is about two friends, Kevin and Scab (with mullet haircuts), who share a trailer and work at a place called Mildew’s Hardware Store. The folder contains: six black & white folded cartoon pages, four colour folded cartoon pages (one page is thin card, the other three are paper), and four explanatory pages, including their story and photos. Our Book No: 30799. $25 AUD.

200. Sullivan, Arthur; Rowe, Bolton; Stephenson, B. C.; Spencer, Roderick (vocal score); Rees, Terence (libretto note) (1975). The Zoo: A Musical Folly [Plate C.R.16356a]. London: J. B. Cramer & Co. 92 pp. Paperback small folio, very good condition, rear cover few toned spots, some edgewear, faint sticker mark front cover, owner rubber stamp title page. Sheet music for 'The Zoo', a burlesque of the conventions of grand opera, originally performed in 1875, written by B. C. Stephenson, under the pen-name 'Bolton Rowe', with music by Arthur Sullivan. With a note on the libretto by Terence Rees, copyright date 1975. This 1975 edition for the first time restores some text originally deleted. Set in the Zoological Gardens, London. ISBN/ASIN: B0018DCPQK. Our Book No: 15401. $30 AUD.

201. Tandberg, Ron (1982). Tandberg Draws the Line: The Second Age of Tandberg. Sydney: Edward Arnold. 80 pp. Paperback oblong octavo, very good condition, black & white cartoons, few black & white text-photos, light foxing edges, spine faintly creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. In addition to recent political cartoons published in 'The Age' newspaper, this second collection of Tandberg cartoons contains work published in the mid-1960s in the satirical magazine 'Tom Thumb’, and cartoons drawn from the journal of the Victorian Secondary Teachers' Association. (Unnumbered pages.). ISBN/ASIN: 0713180528. Our Book No: 28709. $16 AUD.

202. Taylor, Karla (1989). Chaucer Reads "The Divine Comedy". Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 292 pp. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear. It has long been known that English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (author of The Canterbury Tales) was influenced by the Italian poet Dante (author of The Divine Comedy). Demonstrates that Chaucer's reaction to The Divine Comedy shaped the most fundamental aspects of his poetic art, particularly narrative authentication (credibility of his fictional worlds). SALE PRICE. ISBN/ASIN: 0804715440. Our Book No: 14261. $25 AUD.

203. Teffi; Chandler, Robert (translator) (2016). Memories from Moscow to the Black Sea (1st ed). London: Puskin Press. 349 pp. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, minor edgewear jacket, minimal split front hinge (pages firm), sticker mark. The fascinating story of the Russian writer and satirist Teffi. This book is her blackly funny and heart breaking account of her final journey into exile across Russia. Published in English for the first time, it confirms the rediscovery of Teffi as one of the most humane, perceptive observers of her time. ISBN/ASIN: 9781782271697. Our Book No: 40345. $25 AUD.

204. Thatcher, Charles Robert (1964). Thatcher's Colonial Songs: Forming a Complete Comic History of the Early Diggings (Facsimile ed) [Colonial Minstrel]. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). 180 pp. Hardback small, no jacket as issued, very good condition, tan leatherette boards, light foxing edges & endpapers, faint toning pages, minor edgewear, library stamp. This book contains words of the new collection of songs (poetry) by the Inimitable Charles Thatcher, also known as The Colonial Minstrel (blackface theatre of heroic songs, poetry and comedy). Thatcher came to Australia from England to make his fortune on the Goldfields. This edition has been reproduced with the kind permission of Mr B. G. Brett of Melbourne, owner of the original copy (published by Cole's Book Arcade in 1864). A facsimile published by the Libraries Board of South Australia (LBSA). ISBN/ASIN: B0007JI01K. Our Book No: 40315. $30 AUD.

205. Tonra, Mark (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: James. Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. 16 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, card folder (red & black title on white card), sheets loosely inserted, black & white cartoons (some in colour), minimal edgewear folder (light creases & bumping spine, corner tips little creased, faint foxing rear cover). This short-lived cartoon strip is about a boy named James who is hard to handle, last to know, first to crack, and easy to love. Released 2000 to 2004. The strip is drawn with unique simplicity, and offers everyone something to enjoy. Numerous loose sheets of sample cartoon strips. Our Book No: 30806. $20 AUD.

206. Toomey, Jim (2001). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Sherman's Lagoon (1st ed). New York: King Features Syndicate. 8 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), very good condition, colour cartoons, minimal edgewear folder (top corner creased, base spine little scuffed), minor edgewear. The popular comic strip has has wide appeal. The loose sheets consist of cartoon strips and related material. The cartoons are set in the sunny South Pacific, and feature: Sherman the shark, Megan his wife who keeps him on a short leash, Fillmore the Sea Turtle, Ernest a brilliant brain surgeon who appears as a fish, Hawthorne the Hermit Crab, Bob the Bottom Dweller. The very funny sea creatures educate and raise awareness of the marine environment. Our Book No: 30794. $18 AUD.

207. Tranberg, Charles (2007). I Love the Illusion: The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead (1st ed). Albany, GA: BearManor Media. 420 pp. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear. A biography by Charles Tranberg about the American actor who is best known for her role as Endora in the popular TV series "Bewitched". The author found that Agnes was a fascinating subject. She was one of the few actresses who succeeded in every realm of show business: stage, radio, film, and television. ISBN/ASIN: 159393095X. Our Book No: 40832. $30 AUD.

208. Trickett, Joyce (1987). The Cattitudes of Chairman Miaow. Sydney: Spastic Centre of New South Wales. 48 pp. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, beautiful colour drawings (some full-page), minor edgewear. A beautifully illustrated children’s picture story by Joyce Trickett about an educated ginger cat. The rhymes that go with each drawing are just a purrfect way to appeal to all cat lovers, both children and adults alike. The author has had a versatile career including teaching speech and drama. This book is her gift to raise funds for the Spastic Centre of New South Wales. ISBN/ASIN: 0959865756. Our Book No: 20363. $30 AUD.

209. Trout, Nick (2009). Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humour, Healing and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon (Reprint ed). Sydney: Hachette. 286 pp. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. American animal surgeon provides a fascinating look at the comedy and drama, difficulties and rewards involved with loving and healing animals. ISBN/ASIN: 9780733624933. Our Book No: 26687. $15 AUD.

210. Trudeau, G. B. (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Doonesbury - What a Long, Strange Strip It's Been (1st ed). Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. 16 (includes folder) pp. Paperback quarto, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), very good condition, black & white & colour cartoon sheets, single colour photo, folder little creased & bumped, minimal edgewear. Doonesbury is a syndicated comic strip by American cartoonist Garry Trudeau, first published in 1970 (an early success for Universal Press Syndicate). A Pulitzer prize winner. This coloured card folder portfolio contains: two colour pages of comic strips folded in half (strip one side, blank reverse side), and four pages of black & white cartoons folded in half, eight single pages of comic related blurb, mostly about Doonesbury. These comics were at times controversial because of their political content. Our Book No: 30784. $30 AUD.

211. Turnley, Cole; Cole, E. W. (1974). Cole's Funny Picture Book, No. 3 (2nd, reprint ed). Sydney: Cole Publications. 192 pp. Hardback quarto, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, pictorial cover, black & white drawings & cartoons & text-photos, colour photos, pages lightly toned as usual, minor edgewear. A book of humour, cartoons, puzzles and wisdom for young adults. Inspired by two original picture books by E. W. Cole (this one edited by his grandson, Cole Turnley). The pictorial cover contains a rainbow pattern. Cover text includes: 'Or Family Amuser and Instructor, To Delight the Children and Make Home Happier. The Best Child's Picture Book In The World’. (Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 3 by Cole Publications was first published in 1951. This copy is the Second Edition, 1974 reprint.). ISBN/ASIN: 0909900043. Our Book No: 18457. $40 AUD.

212. Unger, Jim (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Herman - The Classic Comic Panel is Back! (Revised ed). Chicago: United Feature Syndicate. 14 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), colour cartoons, black & white cartoons, minimal edgewear folder (light creases along spine, spine ends & corners of folder creased), light rust marks top corner two pages, tiny staple holes 7 pages, top edge one page creased. The popular comic strip that is loved internationally. Jim Unger first started Herman in 1974, and he retired in 1992. He has now personally revised his cartoons to reappear again. All characters are rendered in his unique style as hulking, beetle-browed figures. The folder contains: 4 black & white single cartoon pages folded, 3 colour cartoon pages, and 5 Herman-related pages including a letter from Jim Unger. Our Book No: 30791. $25 AUD.

213. Ursell, Martin (2004). You Can Draw Cartoons: A Step-by-step Guide to Drawing Great Cartoons (Reprint ed). Surrey: B Small Publishing. 32 pp. Paperback small quarto, very good plus condition, black & white drawings, tiny dent front cover. This book is a guide to drawing cartoons. There are many tips and advice on how to draw cartoons and have fun at the same time. The author has suggestions for making up a cartoon story and gives ideas on how to keep a sketchbook. ISBN/ASIN: 9781902915142. Our Book No: 30290. $15 AUD.

214. Valentine, Buddy (2003). Comic Syndication Portfolio: The Toontown Bugle: Babs and Aldo. New York: Squid Inc. / King Features Syndicate. 5 pp. Paperback large folio, very good condition, black & white & colour cartoons, colour cartoons, light creases along spine, top corners creased, faint toning, minor edgewear. These comic strips are part of The Toontown Bugle which includes other articles related to the strip. The large folio paper is folded in half. There is a mixture of black & white and colour cartoon strips. The strip is a new daily and Sunday comic strip with the title of Babs & Aldo. The stars are two toddlers, one a perfect little lady named Babs, and the other a pint-sized barrel of dynamite disguised as a little boy named Aldo. They are opposites, she likes tea parties with Barbie and Raggedy Ann. He likes to get down and dirty, especially when a mud puddle gets in the way. Our Book No: 30805. $18 AUD.

215. Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller (Anon) (1895). The Blunders of a Bashful Man, by the Author of A Bad Boy's Diary, the Funniest Book Ever Printed. Melbourne: E. W. Cole. 120 pp. Paperback small, very good condition, card cover, few black & white drawings, pages toned, spine repaired (black cloth), few page edges repaired, some edgewear. Humorous adventure stories for young adults. The author also wrote "A Bad Boy's Diary" (see advert inside rear cover). Some people incorrectly assume the author is George Wilbur Peck, who wrote a series of "Bad Boy" humorous novels post-dating Victor's novel (see advert inside front cover for "Peck's Bad Boy and his Pa"). Rear page: a list of 10 schoolbooks published by E. W. Cole. (Scarce. No date, but 1890s, Trove. Originally published, New York, 1891.) Our Book No: 17256. $50 AUD.

216. Wadsworth, Yoland (1984). Do It Yourself Social Research (Reprint ed). Melbourne: Victorian Council of Social Service / Melbourne Family Care Organization / Allen & Unwin. 89 pp. Paperback small folio, very good condition, black & white cartoons, minor edgewear. A popular pictorial guide by Yoland Wadsworth to social research methods. (The scarce first edition, 1984, reprint. Publisher: Victorian Council of Social Service in association with Allen & Unwin.). ISBN/ASIN: 0043000991. Our Book No: 11263. $15 AUD.

217. Wain, George (1949). The Adventures of Albert: Book 2: At School. London: Collins Clear-Type Press. 32 pp. Paperback, stapled pamphlet, very good condition, single-colour drawings, minor foxing edges, minor edgewear, minimal annotation (digit) one page. (Estimated date: 1949, Worldcat.) A school reader in the Albert and Alice Jenks series of four booklets. They have the flavour of a comic so as to encourage reading in youngsters. Our Book No: 10737. $12 AUD.

218. Walker, Brian; Walker, Greg; Browne, Chance (artist) (2003). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Hi and Lois: Looking for a Warm, Bright Spot on the Comics Pages? (1st ed). New York: King Features Syndicate. 6 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, coloured card folder (loose sheets inserted), very good condition, colour cartoons, minimal edgewear folder (light creases along spine, small light mark near spine). The popular comic strip of a suburban family that is loved internationally. This comic strip is about the Flagston family made up of Hi [Hiram] and Lois, their children, Chip, Dot, Ditto and little Trixie, and their canine companion, Dawg. Hi and Lois is a pun on high and low. Created by Mort Walker and Dik Browne, two of the most celebrated cartoonists in comic art history, but today continued by their sons, including artist Chance Browne. The loose sheets consist of cartoon strips and explanatory material. Our Book No: 30783. $25 AUD.

219. Wand, Judy; Yerbury, Claire (illustrator) (1993). The Beef from Bullamakanka. Maraylya, NSW: Self-Published: Dalhalla Publishing. 28 pp. Paperback quarto, stapled, thin card covers, very good condition, black & white drawings, light creasing spine, top corners little worn, minor edgewear. This very special humorous children's book by Judy Wand has tongue twisters in verse, and very interesting drawings by Claire Yerbury, which make it a lot of fun for any age. The verses depict Australian life by puns on peculiar Australian town names, real and imaginary. ISBN/ASIN: 0646160788. Our Book No: 27991. $25 AUD.

220. Wheen, Francis (2009). Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Age of Paranoia (1st ed). London: Fourth Estate. 344 pp. Paperback octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Francis Wheen provides an hilarious and jaw-dropping chronicle of the 1970s, golden age of the paranoid style. The 1970s evokes memories of Abba and Fawlty Towers, but it was really a theme park of mass paranoia on the verge of a collective nervous breakdown, huddled over candles waiting for the next terrorist bomb, kidnapping or food shortage warning. Whether it was Nixon's demented behaviour in the White House, Idi Amin, Harold Wilson's insistence that 'they' were out to get him, or the trial of Rupert Bear, it is a story too fantastic to be true. With his acute sense of the absurd he exposes the sickly decade in which nations were brought to a halt by power cuts, military coups, economic anarchy and the arrival of Uri Geller. ISBN/ASIN: 9780007294862. Our Book No: 17668. $16 AUD.

221. White, Patrick (2007). The Solid Mandala (Australian Vintage ed). Sydney: Vintage books / Random House Australia. 317 pp. Paperback large trade, very good condition, fore-edge front cover & few pages little creased, minor edgewear. A classic tragicomedy of two people living one life. Arthur and Waldo Brown were born twins and destined never to to grow away from each other. They spent their childhood, youth, middle-age and retirement together. They even shared the same girl. But their worldview differed. Waldo was a superior intelligent man of reason, who saw everything but understood little. Arthur was an innocent fool, but understood in his blundering way. Arthur finally murdered Waldo. Patrick White is the only Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for his intricate novels. ISBN/ASIN: 9781742759012. Our Book No: 18362. $18 AUD.

222. Wilson, Tom; Wilson, Tom Jnr (2000). Comic Syndication Portfolio: Ziggy - A Classic in His Own Time (1st ed). Kansas City, MO: Universal Press Syndicate. Unnum 29 (includes folder) pp. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, coloured card folder (loose pages inserted), colour cartoons, black & white cartoons, minimal edgewear folder (light creases along spine & corners), light rust marks top corner two sheets, tiny staple holes two pages. A popular comic strip that is loved internationally. Ziggy, the comic little guy with a big head and even bigger heart, marked his quarter-century anniversary June, 1996. Tom Wilson started the strip in 1971, his son Tom Wilson Jnr now draws the cartoon. The folder contains: 4 black & white single sheets folded in the middle, 2 colour, 8 black & white foreign language strips, and 7 Ziggy-related pages. Our Book No: 30787. $30 AUD.

223. Winton, Tourist Promotion Association (1990). The Bronze Swagman Book of Bush Verse: "Lester's Tale" 1990 Winning Verse (19th ed). Winton, QLD: Winton Tourist Promotion Association. 120 pp. Paperback trade, card covers, very good condition, small black & white drawings, pages toned as usual, spine little faded, minor edgewear. These wonderful bush ballads (bush poems) cover almost every facet of Australian country life. They are humorous, beautiful, and sometimes tragic in describing the many incidents that occur in country living. One of a series of yearly booklets containing poems submitted to the Winton Tourist Promotion Association (Queensland) to celebrate Waltzing Matilda country. Each year the 'best poem' is awarded. Our Book No: 24623. $12 AUD.

224. Wraxall, Decima (2010). Black Stockings White Veil: A Tale of Adversity, Triumph and Romance at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (2nd ed). Sydney, Dundas Valley: Raxa Books. 292 pp. Paperback small trade, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear, faint sticker mark bottom corner inside cover. This self-published memoir by Decima Wraxall follows the lives of nurses in the 1950s at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) in Sydney before the era of university studies. The author finds huge Nightingale wards, quaint treatments such as cupping and mustard plasters, and a creed of breaking the spirit, plus, short staffing and exhaustion made each day a challenge. This book moves between being funny and poignant. (Originally published, 2008. This copy: 2010 reprint, described as Second edition, same ISBN.). ISBN/ASIN: 0980495407. Our Book No: 41232. $60 AUD.