Some ‘frightful’ War Pictures..
Bound in original quarter cloth, over pictorial boards. Extremities a little worn and a few chips to page edges but otherwise a very good copy. Inscription on first free endpaper.
£250.00
Details
FAMOUS CARICATURES OF THE WAR
Publisher
Duckworth and Co.,
Place
[London]
Date
1915..
Item Description
FIRST EDITION. Folio. 10 x 14.75 inches. [4] + 24 full page plates each with sheet of descriptive text.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 24 black and white plates, vignette title page, silhouettes at top of text pages and by silhouette pastedowns and first free endpapers.
Notes
A good example of the fantastic cartoon and caricature work by the famous book illustrator. One of several wartime studies depicting fantastic contraptions and principally satirising the Germans. The full page drawings originally appeared in The Sketch and The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.
[Stock No. 22445]
Subjects
Caricature • Humour • Illustrated • Ww1 • Wwar1