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Anonymous - My Contributions to Punch

Title: My Contributions to Punch
Description: Not Stated, None, 1891-1896 . Leather. A wonderful full calf volume in a signed binding, consisting of one-hundred mounted illustrations taken from the pages of 'Punch&apos. An impressive selection of one-hundred mounted and hand numbered illustrations drawn from the pages of the influential nineteenth century weekly magazine 'Punch, or The London Charivari&apos. These illustrations have been carefully removed from the pages of 'Punch' and pasted in.With numerous examples each of illustrations from such figures as cartoonist Reginald Cleaver, illustrator Everard Hopkins, caricaturist Phil May, and illustrator Bernard Partridge. All were regular contributors to the pages of Punch.Titled 'My Contributions to Punch', following the title page is a four page index, providing the title of each illustration, the date of the issue in which it appeared, and the page number within this volume. Each page features a hand-written number corresponding to plate number.Known for its humour and satirical tone, 'Punch' was founded in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells, and is remembered for helping to coin the term 'cartoon&apos.With the monogram 'AR' in gilt to the front board. Rebacked, in a full calf signed binding with gilt detailing. Back strip laid down, with boards restored. Rubbing to board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Reginald Cleaver; Bernard Partridge et. al. Very Good .

Keywords: punch Punch, or The London Charivari periodical victorian illustration Punch, or The London Charivari Reginald Cleaver; Bernard Partridge et. al.

Price: GBP 395.00 = appr. US$ 564.05 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 833F21

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