Search Results: Comedy Humour Caricatures from Madoc Books

London:: Hutchinson & Co. . 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. ROBINSON Heath. VG, First edition, [1934], in the publishers illustrated boards, a little light soiling. Re-spined in green cloth with printed titles. Internally, half title, frontis, [4], (v-vi), 11-95 pp, [1], 90+ humorous B&W illustrations, occasional light spot & light margin finger soiling. (312*251 mm).

London: No 13, Bell Yard, Temple Bar.: B. Blake. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ILLMAN Thomas D1859/60. VG, 1815, 1st ed, 15 pls (complete). In contemporary green quarter cloth over marked brown boards, corners & edges a little bumped & worn. Spine, worn ink title to white paper label, edges bumped & worn. Internally, coloured frontis, additional engraved TP with hand coloured image, [2], [1], 2-269 pp, 15 pls (hand coloured), text block edges uncut, printed by J McGowan and Son, Great Windmill Street. A very nice copy, un-restored. (136*227 mm). (Abbey Life 254. Tooley 238. Prideaux 334). No matter how much Combe earned from his various publications, he always spent more! He died, still in debt, at his Lambeth Road address on 19 June 1823. The obituary in The Times the next day stated that: [h]e was a gentleman who, in the course of this protracted life, had suffered many fortunes, and had become known to so many people… Read More

London: 18, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden.: Pyall and Hunt, 1825. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. M.E. [EGERTON M]. First edition, VG, 23 pls, 1825. Quarto, [4], 73, [1, blank] pp, with twenty-three hand-colored aquatint plates, plates watermarked -J WHATMAN 1824, the earliest state of the plates before they were altered. Light green paper-covered boards, with the original pink printed label on front cover and with facsimile label on spine, some minor foxing throughout, not affecting text, book or plates in any way. In a gilt titled red cloth chemise. A wonderful uncut copy. A second edition was published in London also in 1825 by Thomas M'Lean. (Abbey, Life, 290. Colas 938. Hiler, p. 263. Tooley 206). Humorous illustrations which show masculine and feminine costume. EGERTON, Michael (fl. 1821/29, also known as: "Omnium Gatherum," "Olio Rigmaroll," "Old Rigmaroll"). The plates are… Read More

London, Paris, New York, & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. BAYARD Emile [Antoine] 1837-1891. VG+, First Limited edition, in the publishers tall pale blue cloth, coloured illustrations & gilt titles, bevelled edges. Spine, gilt title, edges bumped. Internally, half title, paper guarded frontis, rubricated title, [9], (ix-xxiv) 44 pp, including 12 photogravure signed illustrations (4 full page, 8 half page) & 8 interesting headers, printed on thick Whatmans hand made papers, pale blue end papers, damp mark to top board R corner, t.e.g., remainder uncut. Accompanied by the Cassell 4 page sales sheet indicating that there were 6 plays published with more to come! (432*345 mm). 0,

LOndon: 10, Bouverie St, EC: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., Ld,. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. LEECH John 1817-1864. VG, 83 engravings, not dated but 1888 (Tooley). In the publishers red cloth, bevelled edges gilt titles & image, black ink tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, faded, gilt titles, gilt & black ink tooling, edges bumped. Internally, half title, engraved title with coloured woodcut, [5], (vi-viii), [4], [1], 2-423 pp, 13 engravings on steel (hand coloured) + title leaf with coloured woodcut, 18 engravings on wood, full page (of 19), 51 other engravings on wood within text, yellow endpapers, upper joint cracked, some light offsetting to half title, evidence of bookplate removal to fpd, yellow endpapers, (223*146 mm). A satirical look at Victorian society, their manners, mores and class rigidity. The son of the family, the central character of the book, has many hurdles to overcome in pursuit of a happy ending.

Cambridge: London 96 Strand: Macmillan and Co; Ackermann and Co:, 1851. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ROGET John Lewis. Rare Cambridge Satire, inscribed by the author VG, 1851, First & Only Edition, complete, in the original grey printed soft paper wrappers, as issued & then housed in a contemporary, worn red cloth binding. Internally, lithographed title page and 9 leaves of plates, authors inscription to printed wrap (Mrs Billings) also ink ownership name to fep (AC Billing), short margin chip to pl6 edge, occasional spot & some light edge browning, wear resulting in some loss the cloth spine & front edges, printed by R. Appel's Anastatic Process L3 Gerrard Street, Soho. A very rare & amusing look at life whilst attending Cambridge University. Per WorldCar 4 copies in the US & 2 copies in the UK (Cambridge) only. (364*259 mm). (Halkett & Laing 3rd ed vol1 p271. Deslandes Oxbridge Men p304). He also published: A… Read More

Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. CYNICUS. 30 numbered & captioned colour lithographs, 250*190 mm, bound into a green cloth binding, no titles, depicting political scenes on thick card. c1900's. Remains of removed bookplate to fpd.

London: W. Egerton, 1824. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. PASQUIN Peter [ie EGERTON Michael]. The Misadventures of a Free-Loader Told in Six Beautifully Hand Coloured Aquatints First edition, later issue, oblong folio, six bright and beautifully hand coloured aquatint plates, watermarked 1835, with guards, unsigned with imprint: London, Published by W Egerton, 1824. Later pink wrappers with facsimile label on front wrapper, armourial bookplate on inside front wrapper (Harry Twyford Peters), chemised in a quarter red morocco slipcase. A Fine Example (253*358 mm). (Abbey Life 289. Prideaux p347). Egerton was a social caricaturist who worked in London in the 1820's in the manner of George Cruikshank (see Houfe p294). These amusing plates depict the misadventures of a free loader.

PAternoster Row, London: RS Kirby. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Isaac Cruikshank 1756?-1811?. Superbly bound in full red leather by Riviere, gilt edge tooling, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn, the odd small mark. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & title, front joint a little rubbed. Internally, hand coloured frontis dated 1817 published by Allen & Co, engraved decorative titlepage, (iv), (v), 6-217 pp, [1] pl list, printed by M Allen, London, 100 B&W plates on 99 leaves, of which plates 1, 2 & 3 folding, text block edges marbled, not dated but the plates are dated 1796-1817, turn ins in decorative gilt tooling, bookplate of Charles Tennant, The Glen, (1823-1906 Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician) to fpd, no other inscriptions, A lovely copy of a very desirable and scarce title, the first edition was published in 1797 with fewer plates, this edition was published c1816. Woodward, caricaturist and… Read More

London: Paternoster-Row.: Sherwood, Jones and Co, 1825. First Edition 1st Printing. Full Leather. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CRUIKSHANK Robert [68] 1789-1856. ROWLANDSON Thomas [2]. WAGEMA T [1].. 2 Vols, 1825 & 26, Near Fine, 1st ed 1st Issue, 72 pls (71 hand coloured + 1 B&W), complete. In a superb full red morocco by Riviere and Son, tips a little brushed. Spines, raised bands, gilt titles, tiny spot to rear vol 1. Internally, white endpapers, gilt tooling to board edges, & turn ins, a.e.g., bookplate fpd (WS Adams). Vol 1, frontis, (xxiii), 417 pp, 36 coloured plates, + 28 engravings on wood. Vol 2, 1826, frontis, (xv), 399 pp, + coloured frontis and 36 plates + 8 engravings on wood, page 222 blank. All complete as called for, occasional light offsetting. A very nice set, superbly bound. (Folio, 148*239 mm). (Abbey Life 325. Tooley 266-9. Prideaux 310/328). WS Adams, probably one of Edinburgh's most prominent accountants, and book… Read More

No. 1 St. James's St. London: W. Sams, 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. QUIZ Peter [ie EGERTON Daniel Thomas]. Rollicking and rare social spoof by Egerton. First edition, oblong quarto, hand coloured engraved title page and twelve hand coloured aquatint plates after Egerton (watermarked 1822), modern antique style mottled calf, covers ruled in gilt, red morocco label, lettered and decoratively tooled in gilt on front cover. (350*261 mm). (Abbey Life 287. Colas 937). Rollicking and rare social spoof by Egerton, only the second copy we have ever see - the first in boards. There is a variant issue with the imprint of Thomas McLean on the title page. Both the Abbey and Colas collations (copies on boards) agree with the above: engraved title plus twelve plates. Curiously, these plates were later issued in an ever rare compilation entitled The Melange of Humour (nd) along with plates by Henry Alken and others.

No. 1 St. James's St. London: W. Sams, 1824. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. QUIZ Peter [ie EGERTON Daniel Thomas]. A Satire on The high and low life in Town and Country. Hand coloured engraved title page and twelve plates, all hand coloured aquatints, some numbered, 4to, bound by Riviere in nineteenth century calf, gilt edge tooling, edges & corners rubbed, spine raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, edges worn, gilt tooling to board edges & turn-ins, blue marbled boards, binders & dealers stamp to verso fep, t.e.g, First issue, with prepublication watermarks of 1822, a remarkable suite of English Regency colour plates satirizing the high and low life in Town and Country. Tooley 203 mentions an unnumbered plate (Knocked Senseless by Knight of the Whip) not present here, or in the Abbey copy (in original wrappers), or in any copy listed. The original wrappers call for Twelve Plates and therefore the plate in question, which was… Read More

London: 26, Haymarket: Thomas McLean. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. ALKEN Henry. ONE OF THE RAREST COLOUR PLATE SPORTING BOOKS c1830, First edition, early issue, with some plates watermarked 1828 and 1829, folio, letterpress title, and forty two hand coloured etched plates, some heightened with gum arabic. In contemporary half dark green morocco over ripple grain olive cloth, spine with gilt bands and lettering, light brown endpapers, spine tips expertly repaired, cloth sides slightly spotted, marginal tears on eighth and twenty fourth plates (not affecting lettering of image) neatly repaired, evidence of book label removal to fpd. An Excellent example in a contemporary binding. (329*226 mm). (Mellon/Podeschi 136. Scherdt I p17-18. Siltzer p72. Tooley 36).

London: Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row: J. Robins and Co., 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. STOTHARD. MIDDIMAN. LANDSEER J.. Fifty superb hand coloured portraits. Quarto, [2], 8 pp (pl descriptions), fifty hand-colored engraved plates, printed on pink paper, attractively bound by Kelly & Sons (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full dark green straight grain morocco. Covers decoratively bordered in gilt and blind, spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, board edges decoratively tooled in gilt, turn-in ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. A wonderful copy of this extremely scarce album of portraits. (279*216 mm). (Wilson's 'Wonderful Characters' [1821] p. 8). Robert Cooper (fl. 1800-1836) was largely employed during the first quarter of the century in engraving portraits. Among the publications on which he was engaged were: 'La Belle Assemblée,' a fashionable periodical; 'Old Mortality' and… Read More

London. No. 26, Haymarket: Thomas M'Lean, 1824. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. PASQUIN Peter [ie ALKEN Henry]. A Scarce work Probably by Henry Alken, with Six Humorous Hand Coloured Plates First edition, oblong folio, cover title, one blank leaf, and six hand coloured engraved plates (unnumbered and signed Peter Pasquin, Delt.), each with six figures, plates watermarked 1824. Original publishers brown wrappers, expertly rebacked and repaired to style, back wrapper advertising other works by McLean, including many Alken, plates very bright and fresh, with minimal finger soiling. Housed in a navy blue buckram portfolio, gilt titles, with book label (Alfred N Beadleston). Overall an excellent copy of this very scarce work. A witty series making ingenious connections between the characters depicted and common flowers, six designs with floral captions appearing on each plate. (371*262 mm). (Dixon 69 (without wrappers); Siltzer, p. 71. No listing at Abbey or… Read More

London. Whitefriars: Bradbury & Evans, 1855. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In the publishers blue embossed cloth, gilt titles & images, corners worn. Re-spined in blue cloth, no title. Internally, illustrated title plus 80 leaves depicting their adventures, + the printers leaf, with tissue leaves, some light spotting, last leaf has been replaced with VG facsimile, a.e.g. hinges strengthened, new endpapers. (2938235 mm). The first edition had been issued the year previously.

London: R Ackermann, 1822. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thomas Rowlandson 1756-1827. VG, 1st ed, 1822, 24 fine, hand coloured plates Of the Late Doctor Syntax: A Poem, by the Author of the Three Tours. In red half leather with marbled boards, gilt tooling. Spine has raised bands, gilt tooling and title, leather faded slightly. Internally, marbled endpapers, (5), 267 pp, (1), directions to the binders, includes the 24 (of 24) fine hand coloured aquatint plates by Rowlandson, some light offsetting from plates, but a Very Good copy. The last of the genuine 'authorised' Syntax books, and Combe's final completed work; he died a few months later. Tooley Abbey Prideaux. (OCLC 298937655). Issued either in 8 monthly parts or as this in boards.

London: Repository of Wit and Humour, No. 26, Haymarket: Thomas M'Lean, 1826. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong. ALKEN Henry. True Sportsmen are We for the Game Once in View. First edition, later issue, oblong folio, [2] leaves (containing letterpress title and Address leaf), forty three hand coloured etched plates (including added pictorial title), with the original tissue guards, title and plates dated 1822 & some watermarked 1825, each plate contains two to six comical scenes, including several hunting or sporting scenes, illustrating titles of popular songs. Publisher's half dark green road over marbled boards, original green road gilt lettering label on front cover, smooth spine, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, with the original printed paper label mounted on front paste down, book label to fpd (Ward), neatly repaired tear to lower margin of one plate _With--mixture without measure), contemporary ink owners… Read More

London: Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard: Grant and Griffith, (Successors to J. Harris), 1852. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. BROWNE H.K. [Hablot Knight] "Phiz.. Five Humorous Hand Coloured Engraved Plates by Phiz First edition, oblong folio, cover title, woodcut title vignette and five hand coloured engraved plates, with guards. Nineteenth century half red straight grain morocco, ruled in gilt, over red marbled boards, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, red marbled endpapers, a few short marginal tears and repairs. An Excellent example. (231*324 mm). (Buchanan-Brown Phiz! p196). The plates are captioned: Smelling, A Pair of Snuffers Tasting Crummy-rather-Oh my Seeing. Now then Gents open your eyes_blew yr precious noses and don't breathe on the glasses! Feeling A nice young man: with expectations Hearing. The Crow doth sing as sweetly as the Lark When neither is attended

Banbury: Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. NIELSON Kay. Signed by Nielsen, in the publishers DeLuxe, gilt pictorial, green stained vellum, spine gilt. [1913]. Internally, [1] signed & numbered limitation leaf, [1], half title, frontis, illustrated title, (v-xii), [1], 14-163 pp, [1], 26 tipped in colour plates by Neilsen, all mounted within decorative borders, each with a captioned tissue guard, 9 headers & 7 footers accompanying the 7 tales, printed endpapers, small neat ink inscription to ffep, t.e.g., remainder uncut, lacks the 2 ties, boards a little rubbed at edges, minor scratch to lower board. An edition limited to 500 copies. A nice example! (covers VG+, text & plates Near Fine). (310*257 mm). Tales are: Minon-Minette; Felicia, or, The pot of pinks; The twelve dancing princesses; Rosanie, or, The inconstant prince; The man who never laughed; John and the ghosts; The czarina's violet.