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418365Punch Office. Hardcover. Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Set of two volumes bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and gilt decoration and embossing to the boards damage to the spine tearing fraying and discoloration tight binding no pages loose or missing rubbing to the corners foxing and tanning throughout the text illustrated by John Leech with ten coloured etchings and one hundred and twenty woodcuts. Published at the Punch Office in London in 1847 and 1848. Punch Office hardcover
18521006H24London: Bradbury and Evans 1852. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". John Leech. A vividly illustrated Punch-era satire of Roman history recounting classical history with sharp humour illustrated with ten colour plates and numerous in-text engravings by John Leech. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards.Illustrated with an engraved title page ten colour plates and numerous in-text woodcut engravings. Collated complete. This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc from copies held at various institutions including the University of Cambridge Libraries Eton College Library National Library of Scotland and the Victoria Albert Museum libraries. A humorous and satirical history of ancient Rome recounting classical history in a light comic style from the legendary foundation to the later Republic and Empire.By Gilbert Abbott à Beckett 1811-1856 a comic writer and one of the original staff of Punch. John Leech 1817-1864 was a leading Victorian illustrator and caricaturist best known for his long association with Punch. He illustrated numerous works including A Christmas Carol and was renowned for his lively expressive drawings. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards. Externally sound. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in minor loss to calf and paper with very slight loss to lower edge of front board. Rubbing to boards and spine. Cracking to front joint at head of spine. Front and rear hinges strained but holding. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean if typically age toned with the odd spot. Slight offsetting from colour plates to facing pages. Slight loss to upper fore edge of plate facing pp. 1; very small chip to fore edge of plate facing pp. 80 not affecting the images. Good Bradbury and Evans hardcover
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mon0000028352Bradbury and Evans 1000. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. bradbury & Evans edition on green cloth with gilded images and lettering to spine and frontis Bradbury and Evans hardcover
1850GEN31-F-9London : Bradbury Evans and Co. c1850. Cloth. Good. 9" by 5.5". John Leech. An illustrated edition of this comic history of Rome. Illustrated with 10 full colour plates by John Leech. Gilbert Abbott a Beckett was an English humorist who was one of the original staff of Punch and a contributor to his death. In a green cloth binding. Externally Sound with some rubbing and bumping. Wear to head and tail of spine. Hinges tender. Internally generally firmly bound although strained in places with one plate detached but present. Pages generally bright and clean with some cockling and spotting. Good Bradbury, Evans and Co. hardcover
1847LTH27-E-9London: Punch 1847. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". John Leech. A first edition of A Beckett's most renowned work. this is a lively history of England told in a style that was highly unusual at its times of publication. With copious illustrations throughout by John Leech including twenty coloured plates collated complete. Gilbert Abbott a Beckett 1811 1856 was an English humorist and contributor to Punch magazine. He is perhaps best known as the author of Comic History of England Comic History of Rome Comic Blackstone and other comic works. Complete in two volumes. Rebound in half-calf with marbled boards. Externally generally smart though with some loss to the paper and some rubbing. Internally generally firmly bound. Ink inscription to front pastedown and private ex-libris blindstamp to front free-endpaper. Pages are quite bright though with some slight marginal browning offsetting from the plates and some occasional spotting. Slight staining to the final few pages of the second volume also. Very Good Indeed Punch hardcover
1847LTH27-F-9London: Punch 1847. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". John Leech. A first edition of A Beckett's most renowned work This is a lively history of England told in a style that was highly unusual at its times of publication. With copious illustrations throughout by John Leech including twenty coloured plates collated complete. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett 1811 1856 was an English humorist and contributor to Punch magazine. He is perhaps best known as the author of Comic History of England Comic History of Rome Comic Blackstone and other comic works. Complete in two volumes. Rebound in half-calf with marbled boards. Externally very smart. Internally firmly bound. Pages have some foxing and handling marks. Near Fine Punch hardcover
1847GEN22-E-9London : Punch 1847. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". John Leech. A first edition of A Beckett's most famous work this is a lively history of England told in a style that was highly unusual at its times of publication. With copious illustrations throughout by John Leech including twenty coloured plates collated complete. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett 1811 1856 was an English humorist and contributor to Punch magazine. He is perhaps best known as the author of Comic History of England Comic History of Rome Comic Blackstone and other comic works. Complete in two volumes. In brown cloth bindings with gilt decoration. Externally sound with a little rubbing and wear to the heads and tails of the spines. Marks to the boards. Bumping to the corners. Internally generally firmly bound although front hinge of volume II has failed and is detached from textblock. Ink signatures to front pastedowns. Pages have some spotting throughout affecting plates. Very Good Punch hardcover
1852GEN22-H-14London : Bradbury Evans and Co. 1852. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". John Leech. One of A Beckett's most famous works this is a lively history of the Roman Empire told in a style that was highly unusual at its times of publication. One of A Beckett's most famous works this is a lively history of the Roman Empire told in a style that was highly unusual at its times of publication. With copious illustrations throughout by John Leech including ten coloured plates collated complete. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett 1811 1856 was an English humorist and contributor to Punch magazine. He is perhaps best known as the author of Comic History of England Comic History of Rome Comic Blackstone and other comic works. Bookseller's label S. and T. Gilbert to front pastedown. In a green cloth binding with gilt decoration. Externally smart with just a couple of marks to the boards and some wear to the head and tail of the spine. Internally generally firmly bound though strained in places. Front hinge strained but firm Pages have some scattered light spotting. Very Good Bradbury, Evans and Co. hardcover
1864GEN22-E-1London : Punch 1864. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". John Leech. One of A Beckett's most famous works this is a lively history of England told in a style that was highly unusual at its times of publication. With copious illustrations throughout by John Leech including twenty coloured plates collated complete. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett 1811 1856 was an English humorist and contributor to Punch magazine. He is perhaps best known as the author of Comic History of England Comic History of Rome Comic Blackstone and other comic works. Two volumes bound in one. In a green cloth binding with gilt decoration. Externally sound with a little rubbing and wear to the head and tail of the spine. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages have some scattered light spotting. Very Good Punch hardcover
1846015195Published at The Punch Office 1846. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Beautiful Fine Copy In Light Full Brown Leather Six Compartments With Gilt.First Edition1846 Parts 1-IV Gorgeous Copy. Published at The Punch Office Hardcover
1852796A67London: Bradbury Agnew & Co. c1852. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". John Leech . An early printing of this humorous retelling of the history of Rome with ten hand-coloured plates by Punch artist John Leech. An early edition of this work dated from Jisc. A comical re-telling of the history of Rome by English humourist Gilbert Abbot A Beckett from the foundation of Rome to the end of the Roman Republic. Beckett was one of the original staff for 'Punch' magazine. With ten full page coloured plates by John Leech. as well as numerous woodcuts in text. Leech was noted caricaturist best known for his work with Punch often combining political satire with light social comedy. Leech was also the first illustrator of Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol. Collated complete. In a half morocco binding over cloth covered boards and new endpapers. Externally smart with some shelf wear and minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities hint of sunning to the spine. With some damp marking tot he leather. Previous ownership inscription to the original front free endpaper bound in with the volume dated 1911. Internally the binding is split to the title page holding firm. The text-block following is firmly bound. With the occasional minor odd spot to the odd leaf otherwise the pages are very clean throughout. With an illustrated title page and ten full page coloured plates as well as numerous woodcuts in text. Collated complete. Good Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. hardcover
18751222E018London: Bradbury Agnew and Co. 1875 Circa. Reprint . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xii 308. Very Good Plus. 5.75 x 8.75 inches 14 x 22 cm. Red cloth binding with gilt illustration to front board and spine. All page edges gilt. Light stain to front pastedown endpaper. Occasional patches of light foxing. Complete with 10 hand-coloured plates and numerous illustrations within the text. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches 14 x 22 cm. Bradbury, Agnew and Co. hardcover
1846H29106London: Published at the Punch Office 1846. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. First seprate & first one-volume edition. Small 8vo eaarly 20th century half red morocco and marbled boards raised bands by Root & Sons. Very good with light rubbing and wear to joints and edges original cloth cover mounted on the front pastedown and spine cloth mounted on rear pastedown. Frontispiece by Cruikshank. Published at the Punch Office hardcover
1852001437London: Bradbury Evans and Co 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. John Leech. The Comic History of Rome" by Gilbert Abbott Beckett. Illustrated by John Leech with 10 hand-colored steel engravings and 98 in-text woodcuts. Published by Bradbury Evans and Co. in London in 1852. 308 pages. Book measures approximately 8.75" x 5.75". Half-bound in leather with marbled boards fore-edges and endpapers. The book is in good plus condition. The red leather is moderately worn and chipped. The top of the front joint is cracked. Cardboard exposed at the corners and at the top and bottom edges of the book. The textblock is clean and surprisingly fresh with only a few minor scattered instances of foxing. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # E6-13. Bradbury, Evans, and Co hardcover
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1856845N23London: Bradbury and Evans 1856. Fine Binding. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". George Cruickshank. Gilbert Abbott Beckett satirises contemporary Victorian laws in this playful commentary A neat copy of this whimsical story from English lawyer and humourist Gilbert Abbott Beckett with a frontispiece by Victorian illustrator George Cruickshank. As well as producing around fifty plays contributing to several newspapers and editing the comic paper Figaro in London Beckett was also one of the original staff at Punch magazine. In this work Beckett provides a satirical commentary on contemporary British laws with a particular focus on the division of property and the laws surrounding public and private wrongdoings. Bookplate of Egerton Parker to recto of front free endpaper. In a quarter calf binding over marbled boards. Externally generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards with a little wear and discolouration of the calf towards the extremities. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Bradbury and Evans unknown
1847845A65London: At the Punch Office 1847-8. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". John Leech. A beautiful first edition of this celebrated humorous history of England by Gilbert A Beckett and John Leech in one beautiful morocco bound volume signed Hatchards. Initially published in parts between 1846 and 1848. The first book form edition complete in two volumes bound in one exceptionally bright Hatchards signed binding.Featuring ten hand coloured etching plates to each volume and numerous further vignette woodcuts throughout by famous caricaturist John Leech. Collated complete. Leech was best known for his work with Punch and enjoys fame as the first illustrator of Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol.A celebrated humorous retelling of British history by Gilbert Abbott A' Beckett from the Roman Invasion with chapters concerned with William the Conqueror Henry VIII and the Commonwealth and concluding with George the Second.Gilbert Abbott A' Beckett was an English humourist who also authored his famous retelling of Roman history The Comic History of Rome often seen with the present volume.Complete with half titles and unique title page preface/advertisements contents and engraving list to each volume. Featuring the armorial bookplate to the Earl of Birkenhead to front pastedown and pictorial bookplate from Egerton Parker to front free endpaper. Rebound in full straight up grain morocco signed Hatchards with five raised bands gilt to top edge gilt tooling to spine and extremities renewed endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear light fading to back strip. Internally firmly bound. Light faint minor spotting to first and last few leaves pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed At the Punch Office hardcover
1852847T17London: Bradbury Evans and Co. 1852. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of this illustrated comic re-telling of the history of Rome by Gilbert Abbot A Beckett. Illustrated throughout with ten engravings on steel and many engravings on wood. Collated complete. A lively history of the Roman Empire told in a style that was highly unusual at the time of publication including chapters on: the foundation of Rome the first war against the Samnites the first Punic war and the overthrow of Crassus. Written by Gilbert Abbot A Beckett an English humorist best known for this work. In the original green cloth binding. Externally smart with light shelf wear and bumping to the extremities. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Very Good Bradbury, Evans, and Co. hardcover
1852848B71London : Bradbury Agnew & Co 1852. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". John Leech. An early copy of this illustrated comic history of Rome with ten hand coloured plates by John Leech. An early copy of The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett. This work is a comic history of Rome from the founding of the city to the end of the commonwealth. Illustrated by John Leech with ten hand coloured plates and various wood engravings throughout the text. Collated complete. Beckett was an English humourist. Undated dated from Jisc. In the original cloth binding. Externally smart with some marks to the boards fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting and is generally firm rear hinge is starting and is loosening. Frontispiece is loose. Internally generally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good Bradbury, Agnew & Co hardcover
ABE-4530635737Bradbury and Evans ILLS BY John Leech book much better then scan suggests spine is bright minor edgewear Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Bradbury and Evans hardcover
97728London: Punch Office 1852. . First editions. 8vo. 10 parts in 9 as issued 10 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech illustrations; some light general toning minor offsetting from plates original pictorial printed wrappers; advertisements on inside wrappers and lower wrapper a little minor creasing and rubbing to edges first part with professional repair to spine small hole to upper wrapper. Preserved in modern cloth chemise and morocco-backed solander box by Hyman Zucker of Philadelphia. <br /> <br /> Abbey Life 434; Tooley 296 London: Punch Office, 1852. hardcover
