Punch or The London Charivari, volumes CVIII & CVIX (108 & 109) , January - December, 1895 (two volumes complete) by Burnand, Sir Francis - 1895

Office of Punch, 1885. Book. Good. hardback. hardback, quarto, two volumes containing the complete weekly issues and almanack for 1885, uniformly bound in red half calf with marbled boards. Spines ornately gilt and title in gilt on iron-railings green morocco labels, water staining to spines, a little rubbed to extremities, some foxing to the closed fore-edge else very good tightly bound issues, illustrated throughout in b&w..

Punch Office, 1841. Hardcover. Good. Punch or the London Charivari. Profusely illustrated. Massive 135 volume set. Includes volumes 1-15; 17-23; 25; 32-33; 36; 41-46; 48-49; 54-145; 147-155. 4to, 30 cm. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gold Punch and Toby on spine. Some of the early volumes lacking spines, chipping with loss to the original cloth bindings. Volumes bound in 6 month intervals, Jan-June; July-Dec. <br><br> Punch was a British magazine of humor and satire established in 1841. It quickly it rose to pre-eminence as a widely-read weekly that blended social commentary, with humor and wit. Punch appealed to reform-minded Victorian British middle-class sentiment, without espousing revolutionary spirit or radicalism. For example, the magazine's support for the repeal of the corn-laws and general support for the aims of the Chartists. The magazine was thickly populated by the political cartoons of John Tenniel and other artists. Punch's satirized the evolving… Read More