Punch Magazine November 14, 1934 London Charivari Period Ads Thermos BW

$ 5.79

Special Attributes: Illuminated Topic: Satire Modified Item: No Country of Origin: United Kingdom Year Printed: 1934 Binding: Softcover, Wraps Original/Facsimile: Original Publisher: Bradbury and Evans Region: Europe Subject: Military & War Language: English

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Punch Magazine November 14, 1934 London Charivari Period Ads Thermos BW. Punch Magazine November 14, 1934. Punch Magazine November 14, 1934. Heavily illustrated with the cartoons that made Punch famous (frequently very non-PC). Terrific period ads for an affluent British readership - cars, travel, tobacco, etc. "Punch, a magazine of humour and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it introduced the term 'cartoon' as we know it today and published the works of great comic writers and poets such as W.M. Thackeray, Mayhew, P.G. Wodehouse, Sir John Betjeman, Alan Coren and Miles Kington amongst others. Its political and social cartoons swayed governments, capturing life in detail from the 19th and 20th centuries. The finest cartoonists appeared in Punch - legends like Tenniel, Du Maurier, Shepard, Pont,Illingworth, Fougasse, R.S. Sherriffs, Trog and Searle." - Punch website