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Punch, or The London Charivari. Vols. LXVI, LXVII for the year 1874, 2 volumes.
Various · London
- Author
- Various
- Date
- 1874
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- The Office
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 4to.(8" x 11") approx 275 pp each. Half tan polished leather over marbled boards. Spine with five blindstamp decorated raised bands, gilt lettering to black leather in second and fourth compartments, single floral blindstamp centered to each other compartment. All edges lightly speckled brown, marbled endpapers. Minor edgewear, corners lightly bumped an rubbed with tips rubbed through. Leather scuffed and rubbed to corners and spine. Marbled boards lightly scuffed and rubbed.
- Format
- Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Artists at Punch included John Tenniel who worked for the magazine from 1850 and was its chief cartoonist from 1864 to 1901. The editors took the anarchic puppet Mr Punch, of Punch and Judy, as their mascot—the character appears in many magazine covers—with the character also an inspiration for the magazine's name. With its satire of the contemporary, social, and political scene, Punch became a household name in Victorian Britain. Sales of 40,000 copies a week by 1850 rose above 100,000 by 1910. After the 1940s, when its circulation peaked, it went into a long decline, closing in 1992. It was revived in 1996, but closed again in 2002.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Category
- History & Americana
- Record
- S.I.9818
Punch, or The London Charivari. Vols. LXVI, LXVII for the year 1874, 2 volumes. Various authors. 1874. London: The Office. 4to.(8" x 11") approx 275 pp each. Half tan polished leather over marbled boards. Spine with five blindstamp decorated raised bands, gilt lettering to black leather in second and fourth compartments, single floral blindstamp centered to each other compartment. All edges lightly speckled brown, marbled endpapers. Minor edgewear, corners lightly bumped an rubbed with tips rubbed through. Leather scuffed and rubbed to corners and spine. Marbled boards lightly scuffed and rubbed. Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Artists at Punch included John Tenniel who worked for the magazine from 1850 and was its chief cartoonist from 1864 to 1901. The editors took the anarchic puppet Mr Punch, of Punch and Judy, as their mascot—the character appears in many magazine covers—with the character also an inspiration for the magazine's name. With its satire of the contemporary, social, and political scene, Punch became a household name in Victorian Britain. Sales of 40,000 copies a week by 1850 rose above 100,000 by 1910. After the 1940s, when its circulation peaked, it went into a long decline, closing in 1992. It was revived in 1996, but closed again in 2002.
Condition
Very Good
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