Punch, or The London charivari.
Charles William Shirley Brooks (1815/6-1874)
Category
Books
Date
1841 - 1952
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3075432
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. : ill. ; 4to. Holdings: vols. 1-223 (1841-1952). Shelved with Spielmann's "The history of 'Punch'" (London, 1895). Punch's almanacks for 1900-1952 bound in at start of relevant volumes. Bookseller's pencil code and note on front free endpaper verso in v. 1-4: "mpss/OH[?]R" and "26 vols including Spielmann's History of Punch.". Pencil number on title page verso of v. 148: "B3778". Provenance: Pencil inscriptions on front covers of some later issues of Punch's almanacks and Punch summer numbers: "Fairhaven" or "Lord Fairhaven" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)] and "fp". Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Pencil inscription on title page verso of v. 112: "Capn [Binsk?] / E. Grinstead". Bookseller's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso in v. 101-149: 'J & E. Bumpus. 350, Oxford Street, W.'. Gilt stamped armorial centrepiece on upper boards (v. 150-223): coat of arms of Lord Fairhaven [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full red morocco; gilt and blind fillets to form an outer border on boards; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper boards (v. 1-149 and 178-187): coat of arms of the United Kingdom; gilt stamped armorial centrepiece on upper boards (v. 150-177 and 188-223): coat of arms of Lord Fairhaven [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; upper boards lettered direct (gilt tooled) (v. 1-149 and 178-187): 'Punch' and vol. nos.; four raised bands; gilt tooled spines, lettered direct: 'Punch', vol. nos. and dates; gilt textblock edges; gilt rolled turn-ins; marbled endpapers. Binder's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso in v. 150-177, 188-203, 206-207 and 216-221: 'Birdsall Northampton.'. Binder's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso in v. 178-187 (erased in v. 186-187): 'Robson & Co. Ltd. / 7. Hanover Street. W.1.'. Binder's ink-stamp on front pastedown in v. 204-205, 208-211, 214-215, and 222-223: 'Birdsall Northampton.'.
Makers and roles
Charles William Shirley Brooks (1815/6-1874), editor Sir Francis Cowley Bunard (1836-1917) , editor Mark Lemon (1809-1870), editor Henry Mayhew (1812-1887), editor Sir Owen Seaman (1861-1936), editor Tom Taylor (1817-1880), editor