Dickens M Peter (18 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various authors, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.…

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Condition: New. In English.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Condition: New. pp. 176.

Condition: New. pp. 176.

First Edition. ONCE AGAINST THE LAW, Macmillan, 1968, first edition, fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper with a small very gentle bump to the lower front fore edge corner tip. Twenty-two tales of mystery and suspense dedicated to the proposition that great writers, when they write mystery stories, write great mystery stories. Contributions from John Steinbeck (HOW MR. HOGAN ROBBED A BANK), Jorge Luis Borges, Sinclair Lewis, Geoffrey Chaucer, Ogden Nash, Stephen Crane, James T. Farrell, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Herber Gold, Honor Balzac, Albert Maltz, Robert M. Coates, W.S. Gilbert, Leo Tolstoy, Alberto Moravia, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Joyce Cary, Peter Ustinov & Luigi Pirandello. From the collection of author William Tenn. Nice association thus.…

Original Card. Condition: As New. First Edition. 24pp, Illus, 2 page colour depiction, no creases or marks, clean and in very good, near new condition.

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Paperback. Condition: New.

Illus. Paperback. v.g. A statistical survey, listing the different methods of employment found (alphabetically by profession) in Dickens's major works.