The Comic Offering

London, 1835. Complete run. Minor wear to joints, spines mildy but evenly faded, some foxing to preliminaries, texts clean. All quite sound and attractive. Complete run. Five volumes. 1831: xii, 351 p; 1832: xii, 374p, (vi, ads); 1833: xii, 347p; 1834: xii, 347p; 1835: xii, 345p, (xxvi, ads). All profusely illustrated with frontispieces, engraved titles, full-page plates and… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1835. Complete run of The Comic Offering, the first British humor periodical written, edited, and illustrated by a woman. "Elegantly bound in Morocco, uniquely embossed and gilt," this illustrated gift annual was the work of young Louisa Henrietta Sheridan (1810-1841): "we have not hitherto had, among the catalogue of annual publications, one of a… Read more about this item

Lodon: Smith, Elder and Co, 1832. 1st edition. Leather. Very Good. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 12mo., xii, 373, (6) pp., illustrated with b&w engraved plates throughout; 6 pages of ads at the rear. Bound in full burgundy leather, with elaborate decoration, stamped in blind. All edges gilt. Light edge wear. Front end paper missing (starts with… Read more about this item

Smith, Elder and Co. Used - Good. The Comic Offering; Or Ladies' Melange of Literary Mirth, for MDCCCXXXV. 18mo. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine; Blindstamped decoration to boards. Light yellow endpapers (lacking front free endpaper). All edges gilt. B/W engraved illustrations throughout.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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