London: Published at the Office / Printed by the Whitefriars Press 1913-1915. (hardcover) [various pagination]. Good. 6 volumes: Vol. CXLIV (January-June, 1913) - Vol. CXLIX (July-December, 1915). Handsome publisher's bound copies. In burgundy cloth boards, punch devices in gilt to spine, volume date in gilt to spine, top board with punch emblem in gilt within black floral border, rear board with same border blindstamped, top and bottom boards with four-rule border to edges. Boards rubbed, with general light shelfwear. Cloth of some volumes ever-so slightly uniformly faded (as common), no longer the deep burgundy which they once were. All edges gilt for 1913-1914; top edge gilt only for 1915. Head of spines bumped, chipping to head of CXLVII. All gutters either with starting or early-signs of starting, boards remain entirely secure. Although the binding may be slightly shaken, the textblock remains clean throughout. Free of underlining, marginalia, or any other such blemishes. Some pages lightly dust-dirtied early and late; with foxing early and late; occasional foxing to fore-edge. Filled with the engravings and sketches for which Punch is famous. A handsome set, from a formative era in the history of Great Britain and the world in general..

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Bookseller: Spafford Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 120592
Title: The Punch, or the London Charivari (Vol. Cxliv - Vol. Cxlix).
Author: Punch
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Published at the Office / Printed by the Whitefriars Press
Place of Publication: London
Keywords: Britain, Cartoons, England, First World War, Great Britain, Humour, England London, Periodical, Political Cartoons, Political Satire, Politics, Satire, World War 1, WW1
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.