Posts Tagged: basic innuendo
Pearls of wisdom
Novelty Evenings, by Pearl A Cole. ‘The Pearl Series’, Printers Proprietary, Melbourne. (n.d. I’m guessing 1950s). Can you think of any novelties evenings you’ve had with pearls? Well Ms Cole certainly can! She’s got whole lists of them!
Pearls of wisdom
Novelty Evenings, by Pearl A Cole. ‘The Pearl Series’, Printers Proprietary, Melbourne. (n.d. I’m guessing 1950s). Can you think of any novelties evenings you’ve had with pearls? Well Ms Cole certainly can! She’s got whole lists of them!
One has to start somewhere
Foreign Birds for Beginners. By DHS Risdon. Iliffe Books, 1965. See also the companion volume: British Lads for Beginners, available in several translations. Having let the joke write itself, I’ll briefly pause to note that the rather ropy art on
One has to start somewhere
Foreign Birds for Beginners. By DHS Risdon. Iliffe Books, 1965. See also the companion volume: British Lads for Beginners, available in several translations. Having let the joke write itself, I’ll briefly pause to note that the rather ropy art on
Nell 2: Me 0
How Nell Scored. By Bessie Marchant. Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, nd. (circa 1930?) Attentive readers will realise that this is my second copy of Nell. Last time she scored up a tree, this time it’s with fish! On our
Nell 2: Me 0
How Nell Scored. By Bessie Marchant. Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, nd. (circa 1930?) Attentive readers will realise that this is my second copy of Nell. Last time she scored up a tree, this time it’s with fish! On our
Unsavory doings
Aircraftman Poke. By Chris Savery (see what I did there?). Lutterworth Press, London, 1958 (this printing 1963). This is one of those titles that just make me stare in disbelief when it turns up on a sale table. What on
Unsavory doings
Aircraftman Poke. By Chris Savery (see what I did there?). Lutterworth Press, London, 1958 (this printing 1963). This is one of those titles that just make me stare in disbelief when it turns up on a sale table. What on
So many have felt it…
The Fellowship of the Hand. By Edward D. Hoch. Stoneshire Books, London, 1981. I’m just being childish again, aren’t I? And I’m not sure why, but the cover and the breathless synopsis … Jazine got in the way — so
So many have felt it…
The Fellowship of the Hand. By Edward D. Hoch. Stoneshire Books, London, 1981. I’m just being childish again, aren’t I? And I’m not sure why, but the cover and the breathless synopsis … Jazine got in the way — so
We’ve all worked with a few
Working with Tools for Fun and Profit. By A Fredrick Collins. New Home Library, Philadelphia, 1946. (not the Fredrick Collins, please note) I must say that I’m rather taken by the cover illustration. Here we are in the 40s, when
We’ve all worked with a few
Working with Tools for Fun and Profit. By A Fredrick Collins. New Home Library, Philadelphia, 1946. (not the Fredrick Collins, please note) I must say that I’m rather taken by the cover illustration. Here we are in the 40s, when
We all have our dreams…
What are yours? The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations. by Charlotte M Yonge. MacMillan & Co, 1915. Look at all those hopefuls on the frontispiece!
We all have our dreams…
What are yours? The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations. by Charlotte M Yonge. MacMillan & Co, 1915. Look at all those hopefuls on the frontispiece!
But, of course, ask nicely first
Roger the Ranger. by EF Pollard. SW Partridge & co. nd (‘first published in 1893 and frequently reprinted’, this copy is 20s or 30s.) No-one seems to call their children Roger any more. I can’t imagine why. It used to
But, of course, ask nicely first
Roger the Ranger. by EF Pollard. SW Partridge & co. nd (‘first published in 1893 and frequently reprinted’, this copy is 20s or 30s.) No-one seems to call their children Roger any more. I can’t imagine why. It used to
Antibiotics might help with that
Rimfire on the Prod Charles Ballew, London: Wright & Brown, 1944 It just sounds so uncomfortable: no wonder he looks like he’s in a bad mood. Also, just to add insult to … unfortunate condition … it seems that he’s
Antibiotics might help with that
Rimfire on the Prod Charles Ballew, London: Wright & Brown, 1944 It just sounds so uncomfortable: no wonder he looks like he’s in a bad mood. Also, just to add insult to … unfortunate condition … it seems that he’s
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If you’re into flexible couplings for friction clutching, shafting etc, I think it’s really important to be insulated, don’t you? From the back of an electrical manual printed very early last century. Quite instructive.
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If you’re into flexible couplings for friction clutching, shafting etc, I think it’s really important to be insulated, don’t you? From the back of an electrical manual printed very early last century. Quite instructive.
Queer doings and other inadvertentalia 