Comic History of England, The (1864) comic books 1864
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First printing, hardcover edition. The Comic History of England (1864) by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett, charmingly illustrated with twenty full color, full page steel engravings, and 200 black and white woodcuts. Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street. From the preface: "In commencing this work, the object of the Author was, as he stated in the Prospectus, to blend amusememt with instruction, by serving up, in as palatable a shape as he could, the facts of English History. Hardcover, 620 pages with gold edge-tipped pages.