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Steve Bell


Apes of Wrath
Steve Bell's astonishing take on the catastrophe that is George W. Bush - published to tie in with a major Guardian celebration of Bell's work

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413774507 | £12.99 | 16 Sep 2004 | Find out more

Bell's Eye: Twenty Years of Drawing Blood
Steve Bell is an award-winning political cartoonist, and is best known for his leader-page 'IF. . . . ' strip that appears in The Guardian. His work has also been published in major political periodicals and has provided animations for national television

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413725400 | £12.99 | 13 Sep 1999 | Find out more

Chairman Blair's Little Red Book
The thoughts and wisdom of Chairman Blair distilled for the masses by Britain's funniest political cartoonist - an indispensable handbook for New Labour's historic second term of office

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413760005 | £6.99 | 01 Apr 2001 | Find out more

If. . . Bottoms Out
Steve Bell is an award-winning political cartoonist, and is best known for his leader-page 'IF. . . . ' strip that appears in The Guardian. His work has also been published in major political periodicals and has provided animations for national television

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780749315054 | £5.99 | 24 Oct 1993 | Find out more

The If... Files
Steve Bell is an award-winning political cartoonist, and is best known for his leader-page "If..." strip that appears in The Guardian. His work has also been published in major political periodicals and has provided animations for national telev

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413722300 | £9.99 | 29 Oct 1997 | Find out more

If... Marches On
The stunning new bumper collection of Steve Bell's If... cartoons

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413775719 | £12.99 | 25 May 2006 | Find out more

My Vision for a New You
Steve Bell takes us inside the mind of Tony Blair

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413775931 | £12.99 | 19 Oct 2006 | Find out more

Unspeakable If
The astonishing new Steve Bell collection

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413773579 | £10.99 | 02 Oct 2003 | Find out more

Unstoppable If
The latest collection of Steve Bell's award-winning If cartoons from the Guardian

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413759900 | £10.99 | 18 Oct 2001 | Find out more

Simon Bond


Complete Uses of a Dead Cat
Three cult classics in one volume, celebrating 20 years of funerary feline fun - "Appalling, cruel and very funny" Mail on Sunday

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413760401 | £6.99 | 07 Mar 2001 | Find out more

Claire Bretecher


Agrippina
Agrippina is an awful, over-intellectual brat of 14 years, constantly demanding large sums of money from her father, correcting her mother's use of out-of-date slang and trying to put down her intellectual boyfriend, Modem

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780749308124 | £5.99 | 01 Oct 1992 | Find out more

Mel Calman


A Little Light Worrying
"A champion of the considered understatement and an artist who has written the human condition in a nutshell" (Ralph Steadman)

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413714404 | £7.99 | 16 Jun 1997 | Find out more

John Cleese


A Pocketful of Python Volume 2
A celebration of the silly and enduring genius of the Monty Python team. Each volume in the Pocketfuls series is picked by a different Python and includes their best visual and verbal gags

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413741608 | £6.99 | 03 Nov 1999 | Find out more

Ivor Cutler


Glasgow Dreamer
A message in a bottle for anyone anywhere in the world who has ever been a child

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186x120mm | ISBN: 9780413736000 | £7.99 | 03 Sep 1998 | Find out more

Life In a Scotch Sitting Room Volume 2
Ivor Cutler writes: "This book is me. It is my life. It is your life too - a bit - I expect. I am still reeling from the beauty, the intensity. And the sheer bloody arbitrariness of homo stupidiens"

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186x120mm | ISBN: 9780413735805 | £7.99 | 03 Sep 1998 | Find out more

Christopher Douglas


The Word of Pod
The collected weekly Guardian columns of Dave Podmore, cricketer ordinaire

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413772145 | £6.99 | 19 Sep 2002 | Find out more

Michael Frayn


The Additional Michael Frayn
More comic essays from Michael Frayn to follow The Original Michael Frayn

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413747600 | £7.99 | 08 Jun 2000 | Find out more

Collected Columns
'Brilliantly funny' Daily Express

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413776488 | £9.99 | 07 Jun 2007 | Find out more

The Original Michael Frayn
A classic collection containing the best and funniest pieces from the Guardian and the Observer columns 1959 - 1968

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413639707 | £7.99 | 13 Sep 1999 | Find out more

Speak After the Beep: Studies in the art of communicating with inanimate and semi-animate objects
"Frayn's book is a joy" (Ned Sherrin, Evening Standard); "Frayn recently made a welcome return to the Guardian and people like me ... will welcome the resulting slim volume of reprinted pieces, Speak After the Beep" (Richard Ingrams, S

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413720603 | £7.99 | 03 Jul 1997 | Find out more

Terry Gilliam


A Pocketful of Python Volume 4
A celebration of the silly and enduring genius of the Monty Python team. Each volume in the Pocketfuls series is picked by a different Python and includes their best visual and verbal gags.

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413750105 | £6.99 | 05 Oct 2000 | Find out more

Eric Idle


A Pocketful of Python Volume 5
A celebration of the silly and enduring genius of the Monty Python team. Each volume in the Pocketfuls series is picked by a different Python and includes their best visual and verbal gags

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413760104 | £6.99 | 14 Nov 2002 | Find out more

Terry Jones


The Complete Ripping Yarns
To celebrate the Python Anniversary, the return to print of Michael Palin and Terry Jones' The Complete Ripping Yarns

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248x187mm | ISBN: 9780413773609 | £10.99 | 03 Nov 1999 | Find out more

A Pocketful of Python Volume 1
A celebration of the silly and enduring genius of the Monty Python team. Each volume in the Pocketfuls series is picked by a different Python and includes their best visual and verbal gags

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413732903 | £6.99 | 03 Nov 1999 | Find out more

Dillie Keane


The Joy Of Sequins
Lyrics from the hit revue shows of Fascinating Aida

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413691101 | £9.99 | 04 Dec 1994 | Find out more

Tom Lehrer


Too Many Songs: With not enough drawings by Ronald Searle
Words and music from Tom Lehrer's three much-loved record collections

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413742308 | £14.99 | 28 Oct 1999 | Find out more

Sue Macartney-Snape


Absolutely Typical Too
"The most significant volume of social observation since The Sloane Ranger's Handbook" (Nicholas Coleridge)

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186x120mm | ISBN: 9780413717900 | £9.99 | 16 Oct 1997 | Find out more

Absolutely Typical Too: More Social Stereotypes from the Telegraph Magazine
Now in paperback, the second volume of the hugely popular Social Stereotypes

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186x120mm | ISBN: 9780413721006 | £5.99 | 01 Oct 1998 | Find out more

Ed McLachlan


McLachlan
A stunning retrospective over forty years of work by one of Britain's funniest and most influential cartoonists

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210x300mm | ISBN: 9780413762009 | £9.99 | 04 Oct 2001 | Find out more

J.B. Morton


Cram Me With Eels: The best of Beachcomber's unpublished humour
Beachcomber is back!

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413775238 | £7.99 | 14 Jun 2007 | Find out more

Frank Muir


The Utterly Ultimate 'My Word!' Collection
"A partnership of great ingenuity" (Daily Telegraph)

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413564207 | £8.99 | 04 Nov 1998 | Find out more

Andrew Nickolds


Cabinet Pudding
Private Eye meets Rory Bremner and Delia Smith in the most delicious political satire since the advent of New Labour

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413772855 | £8.99 | 04 Dec 2002 | Find out more

Michael Palin


A Pocketful of Python Volume 3
This new volume continues the series of pocket anthologies for which each of the Pythons makes a personal choice of favourite bits from the vast Python oeuvre. Michael Palin's selection contains classics of silliness that include The Cheese Shop sketch.

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413750006 | £6.99 | 05 Oct 2000 | Find out more

Weekend
Michael Palin's first stage play premiered in the West End in 1994

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413689405 | £8.99 | 16 May 1994 | Find out more

S.J. Perelman


The Most of S J Perelman: The Definitive Collection
Introduced by Bill Bryson, the definitive collection of the great American humourist

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413455000 | £10.99 | 22 Mar 2001 | Find out more

Monty Python


The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok
Back by popular demand... The extraordinary comic genius of Monty Python is on full display in this humour classic

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413776426 | £12.99 | 10 Dec 2007 | Find out more

The Complete Monty Python Book

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413772800 | £12.99 | 01 Oct 1998 | Find out more

The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Songbook
Reissue of a classic Monty Python humour title containing all their most famous songs, with a foreword by 'Elvis Presley', and complete instructions on how to play the piano

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413775290 | £10.99 | 06 Oct 2005 | Find out more

Monty Python's Big Red Book
"I laughed a lot" SJ Perelman (no relation)

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413774200 | £9.99 | 03 Nov 1999 | Find out more

The Very Best of Monty Python
The essential gags, sketches and songs, individually selected and introduced by the Python team

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Paperback | ISBN: 9780413776150 | £9.99 | 09 Nov 2006 | Find out more

Alexei Sayle


Alexei Sayle's Great Bus Journeys of the World
Reissue of these bizarre and hilarious cartoons and writings by a popular TV actor and comedian.

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413626707 | £6.99 | 19 Oct 1989 | Find out more

W.C. Sellar


1066 And All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates
One of the best-selling, best-loved humour titles of all time

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413772701 | £6.99 | 24 Sep 1998 | Find out more

1066 And All That (And More)
Includes: Boxed set containing: 1066 and All That; And Now All This; Garden Rubbish; Horse Nonsense; PLUS A FREE T-SHIRT
A boxed set of 4 classic humour titles by the authors of 1066 and All That - plus a free T-shirt

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413739506 | £19.99 | 13 Sep 1999 | Find out more

1066 And All That - 75th Anniversary Edition: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates
Special 75th anniversary edition of one of the best-selling, best-loved humour titles of all time - with stunning new illustrations by Steven Appleby

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413775276 | £9.99 | 20 Oct 2005 | Find out more

And Now All This: Being Vol. 1 of the Hole Pocket Treasury of Absolutely General Knowledge
A reissue of this hilarious sequel to the best-selling classic 1066 and All That, And Now All This is a fabulously funny introduction to every aspect of Education and General Knowledge

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413773807 | £4.99 | 06 Sep 1999 | Find out more

Garden Rubbish: And other Country Bumps
From the authors of 1066 And All That - 'all the History you can remember is in the book' - an uproariously funny single-volume guide to everything you ever needed to know about gardens and gardening, nature and nurture, now reissued for the first time in

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413739803 | £4.99 | 13 Sep 1999 | Find out more

Horse Nonsense
From the authors and illustrator of 1066 And All That, an uproariously funny single-volume guide to all matters equine and equestrian, now reissued for the first time in paperback

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413739902 | £4.99 | 13 Sep 1999 | Find out more

Norman Thelwell


Angels on Horseback
Since their debut appearance in Punch over forty years ago, Norman Thelwell's cartoons and drawings have delighted millions of people all over the world. His portrayals of sporting pursuits, human beings at play, the life of the countryside and, of course

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413774699 | £9.99 | 30 Jan 2008 | Find out more

Belt Up
Thelwell has produced a motoring manual containing copious advice for the reader, not only on the technical aspects of the motor car, but also on the joys - and the hazards - of owning one. Traffic jams, noise, breakdowns, fuel shortages and, of course, l

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780749310561 | £3.99 | 04 Jun 1992 | Find out more

The Compleat Tangler
Since their debut appearance in Punch over forty years ago, Norman Thelwell's cartoons and drawings have delighted millions of people all over the world. His portrayals of sporting pursuits, human beings at play, the life of the countryside and, of course

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413774620 | £9.99 | 23 Feb 2005 | Find out more

Gymkhana
Reissue of classic title by the great British cartoonist

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413775429 | £9.99 | 13 Oct 2005 | Find out more

A Leg at Each Corner
Since their debut appearance in Punch over forty years ago, Norman Thelwell's cartoons and drawings have delighted millions of people all over the world. His portrayals of sporting pursuits, human beings at play, the life of the countryside and, of course

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Hardback | ISBN: 9780413774538 | £9.99 | 24 Nov 2004 | Find out more

Magnificat
Drawn from decades of devastating experience with cats, Thelwell's Magnificat is a hilarious tribute to the mysterious relationship humans have long had with the feline species

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413762207 | £9.99 | 30 Jan 2008 | Find out more

Play It As It Lies
Unlike many authorities, Thelwell likes to have a bit of a crack at things himself before producing the definitive book on any subject and Play It As It Lies is no exception to this rule. Not only has he frequently watched golf on television, he has also

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780749309855 | £4.99 | 03 Oct 1991 | Find out more

Pony Cavalcade
Includes: Angels on Horseback; A Leg at Each Corner; Riding Academy
This omnibus edition contains much of Norman Thelwell's invaluable advice to aspiring equestrians on how to get into the saddle and stay there; each item illustrated with inimitable and deadly clarity

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413737908 | £8.99 | 07 Mar 1999 | Find out more

Pony Panorama
Includes: Gymkhana; Thelwell Goes West; Penelope
An unflinching student of pony psychology, Norman Thelwell continues to entertain millions of readers the world over - be they in the saddle or the armchair - with his unerringly accurate portraits of the equestrian life

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413738509 | £7.99 | 07 Mar 1999 | Find out more

Riding Academy
Reissue of classic title by the great British cartoonist

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413775412 | £9.99 | 13 Oct 2005 | Find out more

Thelwell Country
Reissue of classic cartoon titles by a national treasure

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413776181 | £9.99 | 16 Nov 2006 | Find out more

Thelwell's Book of Leisure
Reissue of classic cartoon titles by a national treasure

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413776174 | £9.99 | 16 Nov 2006 | Find out more

Thelwell's Brat Race
Bringing up children has never been easy. At no time have parents had a greater arsenal of child-rearing manuals at their disposal and yet huge questions still go unanswered. Here is Thelwell's answer - a book devoted solely to children. Heedless of perso

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780749309862 | £3.99 | 04 Dec 1991 | Find out more

This Desirable Plot
The quest for the ideal home is often a hazardous, if ultimately rewarding experience. Thelwell has studied the rules of the game and produced a book both to instruct and to amuse. Starting with a translation of estate agents' language, he goes on to the

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780749303945 | £3.99 | 04 Jun 1992 | Find out more

Top Dog
The hilarious canine compendium, essential for new and experienced dog-owners alike

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198x129mm | ISBN: 9780413762306 | £5.99 | 01 Aug 2002 | Find out more





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