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Rare and modern books

Punch, or the London Charivari. Vol. CII, 1892.

London: At The Office, 1892.,

120.00 €

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(Berlin, Germany)

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Publishers
London: At The Office, 1892.
Size
312 S. plus Punch's Almanack for 1893. Fadengehefteter Originalpappband.
Dust jacket
No
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

Der Almanack und vor allem der der hintere Deckel mit st�eren Feuchtigkeitsspuren. - Punch enjoyed an audience including: Elizabeth Barrett, Robert Browning, Thomas Carlyle, Edward FitzGerald, Charlotte Bront�Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and James Russell Lowell. Punch gave several phrases to the English language, including The Crystal Palace, and the "Curate's egg" (first seen in an 1895 cartoon). Several British humour classics were first serialised in Punch, such as the Diary of a Nobody and 1066 and All That. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the artistic roster included Harry Furniss, Linley Sambourne, Francis Carruthers Gould, and Phil May.