Marx Twain (8 results)
More imagesThe Best After-Dinner Stories (The Folio Society)
Heald, Tim; Chaucer, Geoffrey; Shakespeare, William; Thackeray, William Makepeace; Johnson, Samuel; Purves, Libby; Walpole, Horace; Wodehouse, P.G. [Pelham Grenville]; Manser, Jose; The King's Tradesmen; Chesteron, G.K. [Gilbert Keith]; Warner, Pelham; Barham, R.H.; Dickens, Charles; Ingrams, Richard; Grady, Henry W.; Twain, Mark [Clemens, Samuel Langhorne]; Holroyd, Michael; Herbert, A.P.; Churchill, Winston S. [Spencer]; Baldwin, Stanley; Fothergill, John; West, Mae; Parker, Dorothy; Marx, Groucho; Sitwell, Osbert; Baring, Maurice; Grenfell, Joyce; Waugh, Evelyn; Hoffnung, Gerard; Garland, Patrick; James, Clive; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Gordon, John; Lord Beaverbrook; Parris, Matthew; Brandreth, Gyles; The Think Tank; Kington, Miles; Mortimer, John; Trollope, Joanna; Davies, Robertson; HM the Queen; Scott, Margaret; Braun, Thomas; White, Alan; Steadman, Ralph; Fielding, Helen; Lipman, Maureen; Burnett, David; Ind, William; Cooper, Jilly; Ustinov, Peter
Language: English
Published by The Folio Society, 2003
- Hardcover
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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Add to basketHard 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 author…s, 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.
Published by Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1963
- Softcover
Seller: POQUETTE'S BOOKS, DEWITT, MI, U.S.A.POQUETTE'S BOOKS
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Published by Prentice-Hall, Inc
- Softcover
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.The Book Garden
Contact seller5-star sellerTrade Paperback. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. Some soiling and small tears to the cover. The book is in great condition! Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Published by Bobbs-Merrill, 1967
- Softcover
Seller: Black Tree Books, Davenport Center, NY, U.S.A.Black Tree Books
Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. A good plus condition copy. Bright wraps show thumbed losses at the bottom of the fore-edge. The edition remains square and the binding firm. Internally, notes on the fly and half-title pages. The text remains unobstructed and in above average reading condition.
HUCKLEBERRY FINN Text, Sources and Criticism
Twain, Mark; Lynn, Kenneth S. - William Dean Howells, T. S. Eliot, Leo Marx, Bernard De Voto, Et Al.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.Evolving Lens Bookseller
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Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good+ in wraps. Text is clean and unmarked. ; Harbrace Sourcebooks Series. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.
Language: Spanish
- Softcover
Seller: Libros Ambigú, Madrid, M, SpainLibros Ambigú
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Condition: Bueno. Cotal. Tapa blanda. Cubierta deslucida. 20 cm. Bueno.
Published by HEMMA NON DATE
- Hardcover
Condition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketCouverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO30107681: NON DATE. In-8. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 124 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs hors texte. Dos manquant. . . . Classification Dewey : 840-Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française.
Published by PETITE BIBLIOTHEQUE PAYOT, 1993
- Softcover
Condition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketCouverture souple. Condition: bon. RO20121020: 10-1993. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 317 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.
