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| | 1 | Title: | The miseries of human life, or, The last groans of Timothy Testy and Samuel Sensitive: with a few supplementary sighs from Mrs. Testy, with which are now for the first time interspersed, varieties, incidental to the principal matter, in prose and verse, in nine additional dialogues as overheard by James Beresford | | | | Creator: | Beresford, James, 1764-1840 | Greey, Edward | | | | Publication: | Printer for W. Miller, London, 1807. | | | | Notes: | Vol. 2 title reads: The miseries of human life; or, The last groans of Timothy Testy ... In nine additional dialogues, as overheard by James Beresford ... | | | | Extent: | 2 v. ; 17 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Newberry Library | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 2 | Title: | "Ask mamma" or, The richest commoner in England | | | | Creator: | Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805-1864 | Leech, John, 1817-1864 | Bradbury, Agnew and Co | | | | Publication: | Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Ld., 10 Bouverie St, London, [1858?]. | | | | Notes: | Author of "Sponge's sporting tour" = Robert Smith Surtees. "Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Ld., printers, London and Tonbridge."--Title page verso. Illustrated by John Leech. | | | | Extent: | [5], viii-x, [2], 423, [1] pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations (some col.) ; 21 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor | Hunting stories | English wit and humor | Hunting stories
| | | Collection: | Huntington Library | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 4 | Title: | The comic Bradshaw, or, Bubbles from the boiler | | | | Creator: | Reach, Angus B. (Angus Bethune), 1821-1856 | Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895 | Bogue, David, 1807 or 1808-1856 | Armour, A. Watson (Andrew Watson)III, 1908-1991 | Armour, Jean S., 1914-1963 | Horton, Carolyn | A. Watson Armour III Collection (Newberry Library) | | | | Publication: | D. Bogue, London, 1848. | | | | Extent: | 64 pages : illustrations ; 14 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor | Railroads -- Humor | English wit and humor | Railroads | Humor
| | | Collection: | Newberry Library | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 5 | Title: | Anecdotes and manners of a few ancient and modern oddities: instersprsed with deducive inferences : and occasional observations : tending to reclaim some interlocutory foibles which often occur in the common intercourses of society : to which are added, notes, critical and explanatory | | | | Creator: | Storry, W. | Wolstenholme, John, active 1801-1828 | Scatcherd and Letterman | Archibald Constable & Co | Francis J. Crowley Collection (Newberry Library) | | | | Notes: | A collection of anecdotes, many of them concerning Yorkshire. | | | | Extent: | 83 pages ; 18 cm | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor | Yorkshire (England) -- Anecdotes | English wit and humor | Anecdotes
| | | Collection: | Newberry Library | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 6 | Title: | John Betjeman's collected poems | | | | Alt. Title: | Collected poems | | | | Creator: | Betjeman, John, 1906-1984 | Jacques Barzun Collection (Columbia University Libraries) | | | | Publication: | Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959, c1958. | | | | Notes: | Rare Book copy: From the library of Jacques Barzun. | | | | Extent: | xxvi, 279 p. ; 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 7 | Title: | Comic arithmetic | | | | Creator: | Leigh, Percival, 1813-1889 | Forrester, Alfred Henry, 1804-1872 | | | | Publication: | R. Bentley, London, 1844. | | | | Notes: | Partly in verse. BLC attributes authorship to Percival Leigh, with ill. by Alfred Crowquill [i.e. A.H. Forrester]. NUC pre-1956 attributes authorship to Forrester. Original covers bound in at end. | | | | Extent: | v, 177 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 8 | Title: | Sketches of Mr. Mathews' invitations: comprising a full account of this admirable lecture on character, manners and peculiarities; with the most laughable of the stories and adventures, and seven original comic songs ... together with a descriptive sketch of the new monopolylogue, called, "The city barge." | | | | Creator: | Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835 | Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 | | | | Publication: | Printed by and for J. Limbird, London, 1826. | | | | Extent: | 28 p. col. front. (fold.) 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 9 | Title: | Fragmenta aulica: Or, Court and state jests in noble drollery. True and reall. Ascertained to their times, places, and persons as they were delivered by the most eminent wits of the late century | | | | Publication: | Printed for Jos. Coniers, London, 1663. | | | | Notes: | Binder's title: Court jests. Preface signed: T. S.; the t.-p. of the first edition, 1662, has: By T. S., gent. Wing S-162. "A table of the names of those persons in these collections": 8 p. at end. | | | | Extent: | 5 p. l., 144, [9] p. front. 14 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Anecdotes | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 10 | Title: | Wit and wisdom, or, The world's jest book: forming a rich banquet of anecdote and wit expressly calculated "to set the table in a roar" : being also an agreeable travelling companion | | | | Publication: | J. Smith, London, [between 1826 and 1840] | | | | Notes: | Range of dates from NUC and BM. | | | | Extent: | 574 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 11 | Title: | Hood's own; or, Laughter from year to year. Being a further collection of his wit and humour | | | | Creator: | Hood, Thomas, 1799-1845 | Hood, Tom, 1835-1874 | | | | Publication: | E. Moxon, London, 1869. | | | | Notes: | The first series, prose, verse and pictures from Hood's Comic annuals, was issued in monthly parts, 1838-1839. Collected from "The old 'London', 'Hood's magazine', the 'Whimsicalities', 'Whims and Oddities' and four or five 'Comic annuals'."--Pref. | | | | Extent: | xii, 564 p. front., illus. 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 12 | Title: | Joe Miller's complete jest book: being a collection of the most excellent bon mots, brilliant jests, and striking anecdotes in the English language | | | | Creator: | Mottley, John, 1692-1750 | Miller, Joe, 1684-1738 | | | | Publication: | H. G. Bohn, London, 1848. | | | | Notes: | Added t.p. : engr., wth vignette. The original edition of "Joe Miller", is the basis of the present publication. cf. Pref. | | | | Extent: | 500 p. : front. ; 15 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 13 | Title: | Comic alphabets: their origin, development, nature | | | | Creator: | Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979 | Jacques Barzun Collection (Columbia University Libraries) | | | | Publication: | Routledge & Paul, London, [1961] | | | | Notes: | Rare Book copy: Inscribed by the author to Jacques Barzun; from the library of Jacques Barzun. | | | | Extent: | 134 p. illus. 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor | Alphabets
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 14 | Title: | The jokes of the Cambridge coffee-houses in the seventeenth century | | | | Creator: | Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889 | | | | Publication: | Tilt and Bogue, London, 1842. | | | | Extent: | 69, [1] p. 15 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 15 | Title: | A satyr against wit | | | | Creator: | Blackmore, RichardSir, -1729 | | | | Publication: | Printed for Samuel Crouch, at the corner of Pope's-Head-Alley, over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, London, 1700. | | | | Notes: | Written by Sir Richard Blackmore. Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat. In verse. Wing B3084. | | | | Extent: | 15 p. 31 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 16 | Title: | The Foundling hospital for wit | | | | Creator: | Silence, Samuel. | Silence, Timothy, 1708-1759 | | | | Publication: | Printed for G. Lion, London, 1743-1749. | | | | Notes: | Editors: 1743, Samuel Silence; 1745-1749, Timothy Silence. Cf. BLC. Imprint varies: No. 2, Printed for J. Lyon; no. 3-6, Printed for W. Webb. Headpieces; tailpieces; initials. No. 1 is reprint, 1763. | | | | Extent: | 6 v. ; 21 cm. (8vo) | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 17 | Title: | The Wit's magazine: or, Library of Momus | | | | Creator: | Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809 | | | | Publication: | Printed for Harrison and Co, London, 1784-84. | | | | Notes: | Thomas Holcroft, editor. | | | | Extent: | 2 v. in 1. fold. front., fold. plates. 21 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 18 | Title: | The Repository: a select collection of fugitive pieces of wit and humour, in prose and verse | | | | Creator: | Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807 | | | | Publication: | Printed for E. and C. Dilly, London, 1777. | | | | Notes: | Edited by Isaac Reed. | | | | Extent: | v. in ; 16 cm. (8vo) | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 19 | Title: | A Collection of scarce, curious, and valuable pieces, both in verse and prose: chiefly selected from the fugitive productions of the most eminent wits of the present age | | | | Creator: | Ruddiman, Walter, 1687-1770 | Dalrymple, Hugh, 1690-1755 | Bramston, James, 1694?-1744 | Smalridge, George, 1663-1719 | King, William, 1663-1712 | Jenyns, Soame, 1704-1787 | Miller, James, 1706-1744 | Scott, Thomas, 1705-1775 | Sheridan, Thomas, 1687-1738 | | | | Publication: | Printed by T. Ruddiman and co, Edinburgh, 1785. | | | | Notes: | "Advertisement" signed Tho Ruddiman, Edinburgh, 1785. Binder's title: Ruddiman's collection. | | | | Extent: | 2 p. l. [iii]-iv, [iii]-iv, 412 p. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
| 20 | Title: | Nonsense songs, stories, botany, and alphabets | | | | Creator: | Lear, Edward, 1812-1888 | | | | Publication: | Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1882. | | | | Notes: | Mitchel collection. | | | | Extent: | [140] p. illus. 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | English wit and humor
| | | Collection: | Columbia University | | | | | View Full Record | |
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