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Punch and Judy
George Cruikshank
1881
George Bell & Sons : London
7.5" by 4.5"
94 [24]
SUMMARY
A delightful book about Punch and Judy, including the show's dialogue and accounts of its history and appraisal.
Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 15.99
EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
Asia Postage: £ 18.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99
DESCRIPTION
The sixth edition.
In the publisher's pictorial cloth binding with gilt detail.
With a frontispiece and twenty-five engraved illustrations, designed and edited by George Cruikshank. Collated complete.
A brilliant book regarding the popular Victorian puppet show, Punch and Judy. Complete with a transcription of the show's dialogue, an account of its origin, history and of other puppet plays in England.
With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book and a bookseller's label to the front paste-down.
CONDITION
In the publisher's pictorial cloth binding with gilt detail. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the edges and spine. Tears to the spine. Spine is darkened. Marks to the boards. Bookseller's label to the front paste-down. Library blind stamp to the front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Binding strained on page 66 and 85. A tear and creasing to the frontispiece tissue guard. A closed tear to the plate on page 81. Pages generally bright and clean with some light age-toning to the edges and the occasional mark.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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