limited edition prints very funny books greeting cards calendars

2012/2013 Catalogue
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© Oliver Preston
limited edition prints
Very funny Books
Greeting cards
Calendars
Notelets
Torches
Puzzles
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Greeting cards and signed, limited edition prints Greeting cards (RRP £2.00). 5” wide and 7” high, are blank inside, with the image ‘captions’ on
the front. Or you can order a LIMITED EDITION PRINT for £45.00, from a run of 850, and measuring (with the mount) 34cm x 39cm, all prints are signed and numbered
by the artist, and mounted with washlines, and come in a presentation cellophane wrapping. Allow two weeks for delivery of the prints.
“Please don’t talk
whilst I’m interrupting.”
“Now that the children have gone,
the wife really looks forward to
a bit of quality time with me.”
Card OPC28 • Print OPCPR28
“…and what’s your wife’s hobby?”
“When I started this journey
I was a curate.”
Card OPC29 • Print OPCPR29
Card OPC33 • Print OPCPR33
Rugby Lineout
Champagne Ladies
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“…and Noah seth,
‘Sod the dodos’,
and so it came to pass.”
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“Since we moved to the
country, our quality of life
has doubled.”
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“…and then he comes downstairs
wearing plus-fours and
carrying a gun…”
Card OPC40 • Print OPCPR40
Will take offers
“Shall we join the men? “
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“The traffic wardens around here
are absolute bastards.”
“Yo babe! I’m on the tube.”
“The old trout’s on the other line.”
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“This only ever happens
when it’s my turn
to drive home.”
Card OPC50 • Print OPCPR50
Card OPC13 • Print OPCPR13
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“Grab a seat.”
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“We’re only keeping it all going
for the sake of the children.”
“I’m afraid the house has
gone to the dogs.”
“…and did you
pack the bags yourself?”
“Would you like me to
have a go?”
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“You’ve got to be joking.”
“It was either him or us.”
“Would it help if I took my feet
out of the stirrups?”
“It’s the only way of getting
the guns out again after lunch.”
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‘Would you like to know
what they would have been
worth as a pair?’
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“Mummy, everyone’s gone.
Now can we get back into
our own car ?”
Card OPC110 • Print OPCPR110
Caught Short
Snowboarders this way
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Ecole de Ski
“I’m going to have to hurry you.
It won’t be on the market
for long.”
Card OPC117 • Print OPCPR117
“Your dog’s picked up some
bad habits this summer.”
“Well we can’t afford to send
them ALL to Eton.”
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Card OPC116 • Print OPCPR116
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“The knees, Mrs Pickering.
Bend zee knees.”
“It’s the only way of getting them
out again after lunch.”
“Don’t just stand there.
Call a designer.”
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“Okay I lost my service.
Spare us the amateur dramatics.”
“After you.
No, please, after YOU!”
“I won’t be skiing today. It’s the
wrong type of snow.”
Deerstalker
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“I don’t care what your
SATNAV says.
Those are my lettuces.”
Card OPC196 • Print OPCPR196
“I don’t think you’ve met.
They’re terribly horsey.”
“Hey guys, they’ve changed
the sheets !”
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“Do you remember central heating?
That little button you press and
everything warms up?”
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“Surprise!”
“What anniversary?!!”
“Seeing as it’s a special occasion,
I thought I’d look after the children”
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“Frankly I don’t care.
I just want to know the quickest way
to the restaurant.”
Card OPC158 • Print OPCPR158
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“Darling, it’s so nice
to be celebrating your
39th birthday YET AGAIN.”
Card OPC223 • Print OPCPR223
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“We’d like to up our insurance.
The grandchildren are
coming to stay.”
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“If it’s THAT important,
why don’t you get it yourself ?”
“Ladies, LADIES, PLEASE!
It’s only a game of Bridge.”
“Do I look as though
I need a work permit?”
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“Is ANYONE
listening to my story ?”
“Which one of you fools
asked him about the weather ?”
“Daddy,
it’s a Boys’ shoot.”
Card OPC247 • Print OPCPR247
Card OPC250 • Print OPCPR250
“Let’s pretend.
You’re George Clooney
and we’re the Sugarbabes.”
Card OPC252 • Print OPCPR252
“So we said,
‘Stuff the garden.
Let’s have a drink instead.’ “
Card OPC260 • Print OPCPR260
“Well, it certainly buggers up
our restaurant booking
at one o’clock.”
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“Very nice, darling.
Did you keep the receipt ?”
Thwack
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“Very nice, but is there
room to swing a cat ?”
“It’s only me.”
“Who does your snow?”
“Ignore the dogs. They beg.”
Card OPC273 • Print OPCPR273
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Card OPC279 • Print OPCPR279
Card OPC297 • Print OPCPR297
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“I know you’re in there.”
“Ah yes, that’s my husband.
I recognise my shopping.”
“...and don’t all cheer if I hit one.”
“This is nothing.
You should see her playing Bridge.”
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Card OPC343 • Print OPCPR343
“Granny, do you call us all
DARLING because you can’t
remember our names?”
Card OPC344 • Print OPCPR344
“Well, at least we can afford
the heating this year.”
(Burning Euros...)
Card OPC346 • Print OPCPR346
“... and please, please,
PLEASE, get well soon.”
“We had a few too many drinks,
so we decided to take a bus home.”
Card OPC347 • Print OPCPR347
Card OPC348 • Print OPCPR348
Hip Replacement.
Husband Replacement.
“...and after all that,
did you actually land the fish?”
Tennis boob.
Card OPC349• Print OPCPR349
“I think you’re a bit out of our
league. Maybe you should go to
our Chelsea meetings.”
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“Did anyone see
where that went?”
“Coo-ee! We’re ready for your
pièce de resistance.”
“You’re speaking to the
head of sales, can I help?”
Card OPC359 • Print OPCPR359
Card OPC363 • Print OPCPR363
“Mummy can’t be bothered
to get up, so we drive
ourselves to school.”
Card OPC370 • Print OPCPR370
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oliVer preston mitorcHes
a handy handbag torch, with a very funny oliver Preston cartoon. there are eIgHt
popular designs, which are the perfect present - for women’s handbags or men’s top
pockets. each powerful torch measures 85mm long x 70mm wide, is a very slimline
RRP £4.99
5mm deep, and lasts up to three years.
CODE MT88
CODE MT89
CODE MT90
CODE MT91
CODE MT92
CODE MT93
CODE MT94
CODE MT95
2013 slimline calendars From oliVer preston
© Oliver Preston
My Plants Commit Suicide 2013 - CODE MPCS
RRP is £5.99
oliver Preston has turned his attention to gardening - a hilarious colour calendar full
of colourful seasonal cartoons. the calendar is slimline, month to view, with lots of
space to write appointments and activities, birthdays, holidays and those all important
diary dates. the calendar is supplied with a stiffener, and cellophane wrapped.
Another Country 2013 - CODE ACCAL
RRP £5.99
the “another Country” calendar is a slimline with 12 of his funniest seasonal cartoons
from the Field Magazine, month to view, with lots of space to write appointments
and activities, birthdays, holidays and those all important diary dates. the calendar is
supplied with a stiffener, and cellophane wrapped.
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GREAT BOOKS... from Oliver Preston
Another Log on the Fire
Fondue and Furs
Hitting the Slopes
RRP £20.00
ISBN: 978-0-9549936-3-4
246 x 189 Hardback pp96
CODE: ALOTF
RRP £20.00
ISBN: 978-0-9549936-4-1
246 x 189mm Hardback pp96
CODE: FNF
RRP £14.95
ISBN: 978-0-9549936-1-0
246 x 189 Hardback pp96
CODE: HTS
Out of Town
© Oliver Preston
Another Log on the Fire is a compendium of
Oliver Preston’s hilarious cartoons from The Field
Magazine and elsewhere, and features his wry
observations on dogs and drink, grandparents,
children, gardening and country sports, and town
and country life. A must for those who love his
keen eye for social observation, wonderful
drawings and witty humour.
This sequel to Shall we Join the Men? features many
of Oliver’s popular cartoons published as greeting
cards, as well as new unseen drawings.Country Life
says: “Oliver Preston’s cartoons are “perfectly observed
with visual jokes in every corner.”
Oliver Preston lifts the lid on skiing in the Swiss Alps
with this witty new book that satirises the famous and
exclusive alpine resort of Gstaad, where fur coated
and feisty, the jet set balance the finer art of shopping
with skiing, and trill to Gstaad’s social mores. They ski
hard during the day, and play hard every night, and
enjoy a cocktail of fondues and raclettes, of exclusive
clubs and chalet hopping.
“Oliver Preston is half swiss, and his talent for
observation and drawing comes from the swiss side
of the family, the humour from his english genes.
If it had been the other way round, his career could
have been a disaster.”
Oliver Preston has turned his wry observations towards
winter sports. Meribel, Val D’Isere, Gstaad, Courchevel,
Zermatt, St. Moritz, Deer Valley, Aspen, Verbier all
feature in the lavish colour cartoons. Whether you are
a beginner, piste perfectionist, or mountain restaurant
gourmet you will delight in these drawings that depict
the endearing lunacy of skiers and resort life. Up the
mountain, down the piste, and a lavish helping of
apres-ski : the stylish cartoons give everyone a chance to
laugh at themselves and this popular sport.
Libby Purves says of the book, “Oliver Preston
captures the heartbreaking fascination of this ridiculous
sport with quiet viciousness. “
Out of Town covers all matters countryside, and is a
compilation of over 80 strip cartoons about life ‘out in
the sticks’, and delightfully exposes the idiosyncracies
of modern day country life. There is an abundance of
shooting and fishing and hunting and racing, of drinking
and eating, of gardening and shopping. Each perfectly
observed cartoon unravels how detached dukes and
rustic residents, weekend commuters and feckless
farmers all live side by side in apparent harmony. Oliver
Preston’s keen eye for humour and delightful drawings
provide a hilarious insight into how they all get on.
Shall we Join the Men?
Ten years of Oliver Preston’s cartoons from The Field
Magazine and elsewhere, featuring 96 pages of
colour and black and white cartoons. From forays
into field sports to a taste for the macabre, with a
lavish helping of languid pretty girls and doting dogs,
the book is a delightful cocktail of wit and graceful
cartoons. The perfect present for men and women.
Jilly Cooper says of the book: “Oliver Preston’s
cartoons bring a smile to my face no matter how
often I look at them. The themes are as achingly
funny as the drawings are exquisite.”
How to be Asked Again
RRP £20.00 £10.00
ISBN: 978-0-9549936-2-7
270 x 100 Hardback pp96
CODE: OOT
RRP £14.95
ISBN: 978-0-9549936-0-3
246 x 189 Hardback pp96
CODE: SWJTM
RRP £20.00
ISBN: 978-1-8468905-7-4
246 x 189 Hardback pp160
CODE: HTBAA
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Rosie Nickerson’s step-by-step guide to modern shooting
etiquette stuffed full of amusing quotes and anecdotes,
instructing the Gun on how to be the perfect guest
out shooting. The book covers in a logical way what
happens: From the moment you receive the shooting
invitation, to arriving at the shoot, shooting safely and
courteously, what never to say and how to tip the
keeper. Hilarious cartoons by Oliver Preston, cartoonist
for The Field Magazine, makes this a very entertaining
book on shooting, the perfect gift for any shooting man
or woman, either novice shot or experienced Gun.
oliVer preston pUZZles
Classic Wentworth wooden jigsaw puzzles.
OPCPZ9
Size: 10” x 14” (25 x 36cm)
RRP £ 29
“I know you’re in there.”
250 uniquely cut pieces, including whimsies.
OPCPZ4
Size: 10” x 14” (25 x 36cm)
RRP £29
“Caught Short.”
250 uniquely cut pieces, including whimsies.
OPCPZ11
Size: 14” x 20” (36 x 52m)
RRP £70
“See you on the Slopes.”
500 uniquely cut pieces, including whimsies.
© Oliver Preston
oliVer preston placemats
handcrafted with a tough melamine finish, and heat resistant to 150°c.
The mats’ weight means a slightly higher postage will be added of £6 UK. Overseas postage on request.
CODE: PLM02 RRP £65
4 large shooting place mats,.
These fun ‘continental’ style mats measure 290mm x 390mm,
are felt backed and have images
‘Only way of getting them out again after lunch’,
‘Get it yourself’,
‘Don’t all clap if I hit something’
and ‘Your dog’s picked up some bad habits’.
CODE: PLM04 RRP £45
4 shooting place mats..
These fun mats measure 220mm x 290mm,
are felt backed and have images
‘Only way of getting them out again after lunch’,
‘Get it yourself’,
‘Don’t all clap if I hit something’
and ‘Your dog’s picked up some bad habits’.
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CODE : PLM05 RRP £45
4 skiing place mats..
These fun mats measure 220mm x 290mm,
are felt backed and have images
‘Only way of getting them out again after lunch’,
‘Quickest way to the restaurant’,
’Anything WITHOUT cheese’,
and ‘Now it’s your turn.’
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oliVer preston notelets A pack of eight A6 notelet cards with diamond flap C6 envelopes, featuring two colour images (4 of each).
Perfect stocking fillers, and ideal for invitations, thank you letters, or just correspondence for sporty types! RRP £6.99
Skiing Notelets
Bridge Notelets
OPNSK
OPNBR
Rugby Notelets
OPNRU
Shooting Notelets
OPNS1
tennis Notelets
Polo Notelets
OPNTE
OPNPO
© Oliver Preston
Dog Notelets
OPNDG
gardening Notelets
OPNGAR
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oliVer preston score cards
Shooting RRP £9.99
eight game score cards measuring 12.5 x 17cm (12.5 x 8.5 folded) featuring the
popular cartoon “It’s the only way of getting the guns out again after lunch” on the
reverse, and space for the name of the shoot on the front. Inside list the guns names,
the date, and a visual of game birds with space for scoring and totals.
Bridge
RRP £6.99
24 double sided Bridge Score cards (48 in total), measuring
10cm x 18.5cm (handy for many Bridge Score card holders),
with six different designs with cartoons and captions.
gReat FuN, and the perfect small present or stocking filler...
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POSTAGE RATES: Postage and packaging on all items to the uK is £4.95 and are sent by Royal Mail or by courier.
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RETURNS: Please check all items immediately on arrival. You can return unused items within 14 days for a full refund or exchange.
We cannot refund or exchange used or damaged items
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