Description: OFFERED HERE FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE IS THIS 2 VOLUME SET: THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. IT WAS WRITTEN BY GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT, 1811 - 1856. IT IS PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN STEELE. THE VOLUMES WERE PUBLISHED AT THE PUNCH OFFICE, 85 FLEET STREET IN 1847. THE PRINTERS WERE BRADBURY AND EVANS, WHITEFRIARS, LONDON. THEY ARE FIRST EDITIONS IN THIS FORM. THEY WOULD HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN PUBLISHED IN PARTS. THEY ARE QUARTER LEATHER BOUND WITH BEAUTIFUL MARBLING...A BIT WORN AND FADED, TO BOTH INNER AND OUTER BOARDS AND PAGE ENDINGS. IN EACH VOLUME THERE ARE 10 COLORED ETCHINGS AND 120 WOODCUTS. THERE ARE NO TISSUE GUARDS TO THE ETCHINGS SO THERE IS OFFSETTING. THE SPINE HAS 4 RAISED BANDS. THERE IS DECORATIVE GILT. VOLUME ONE HAS A TABLE OF CONTENTS, VOLUME TWO DOES NOT. THERE ARE 322 PAGES IN VOL. 1 AND 304 IN THE SECOND. OTHER THAN THE OFFSETTING MENTIONED, THE PAGES ARE REMARKABLY CLEAN AND BRIGHT. DESPITE THE TITLE THE BOOKS ARE REALLY SERIOUS HISTORY BUT WITH A SLANT. THE FIRST 2 PAGES OF VOLUME 1 HAVE LOOSE SHEETS FOR THE BOTTOM HALF AS DOES THE TITLE PAGE AND THE FOLLOWING PAGE OF VOLUME 2. THE BINDING IS OTHERWISE TIGHT. HAPPY BIDDING!
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Year Printed: 1847
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: COMIC HISTORY
Binding: QUARTER LEATHER
Region: Europe
Illustrator: JOHN LEECH
Author: GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT
Subject: ENGLISH HISTORY
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Character Family: N/A
Publisher: PUNCH
Place of Publication: LONDON
Special Attributes: FIRST EDITION, Illustrated, Luxury Edition
