John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character from the Collection of "Mr. Punch."
by Leech, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1887. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Three volumes bound in one volume. Publisher's full red cloth heavily embossed with gilt illustrations and lettering on front cover, a.e.g., patterned green floral endpapers, rebacked with a matching red cloth spine. The original spine is laid in, in rear. Profusely illustrated with b&w cartoons by John Leech, several per page, spanning the years he worked for Punch. . Front hinge is starting, some droplet marks and rubbing to both covers, front endpaper torn near the spine rubbing to edges of book with some fraying to the fore-edges, p. 9 has been repaired with tape at the bottom edge and is chipped along the fore-edge, p. 13 has a 2" tear at the fore-edge which affects 2 comic panels, heavy thumbing to most of the book but it is almost all confined to the margins and affects only a handfull of the comic panels. NO ownership markings. GOOD. . B&W engravings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 280; 273; 264 (8) pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19719
- Title
- John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character from the Collection of "Mr. Punch."
- Author
- Leech, John
- Illustrator
- John Leech
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury, Agnew & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Punch;, CARTOONS;, John Leech;, Charicatures;, Political Cartoons;, Humor;, Illustratated books;, Punch Magazine;, Rare Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Jacket
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- Rebacked
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- Gilt
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