Author: SPIELMANN, MARION HARRY (1858-1948)
Title: The history of 'Punch'
Description: London ; Paris ; Melbourne : Cassell and Company. Limited 1895. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked. leather backed green buckram boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 592 pages; Loosely inserted is a manuscript postcard from the author dated Sept. '31 from Uplands. Folkestone addressed to Malcolm Elwin (literary biographer). Dickens interest; his short submission on London sanitation was 'declined with thanks'; the text is reproduced here. Subjects; Journalists - England. English wit and humor - History and criticism. Journalists. English. Journalism - Great Britain - History - 19th century. Periodicals - Publishing - Great Britain - History - 19th century.Journalists - Great BritainEnglish wit and humor. Pictorial.Caricatures and cartoons - England. by M.H. Spielmann ; with numerous illustrations.Weight in Kg appr.:

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