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NEWMAN, NICK - Edited by: : PRIVATE EYE A CARTOON HISTORY - FIVE DECADES OF CLASSIC ART

LONDON.PRIVATE EYE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED,2013.

ISBN 9781901784619.

UK,heavy Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy pale grey background with embossed silver gilt, embossed black,and printed white lettering to front panel which is illustrated with a b/w cartoon within a grey and a white edged borders,embossed silver gilt and b/w printed letters and b/w+grey publisher's colophon to spine/backstrip,rear panel with b/w lettered sybnopsis; with negligible shel-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with minimal but faint,sporadic dust-soiling spotting,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters and publisher's colophon to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, heavy Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xvpp+2- 296pp [paginated] includes an Ian Hislop introduction,a foreword by Nick Newman,5 sections: 60s through to the Noughties and beyond,1000+ b/w+colour jokes/cartoons decade by decade,thumbnail profiles of top artists involved,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/table. No publication provides a showcase for cartoons quite like 'Private Eye'.For over 50 years it has published topical jokes, strips and stand-alone cartoons - many of which have become comedy classics.As rival titles have fallen by the wayside,'Private Eye' has remained the standard bearer for graphic humour.Now,'Private Eye - Cartoon History' provides the most comprehensive record ever of the magazine's contribution to visual humour. Celebrating the very best cartoons from Britain's premier publisher of humorous art! Featuring more than 1,000 of the funniest jokes ever drawn,'Private Eye - A Cartoon History' is a decade by decade chronicle of the gags and issues that tickled the nation's funny bone sometimes with a sledgehammer.From the Swinging Sixties through the Naughty Nineties to the Neurotic Noughties,this go-to compendium of mirth provides not only laugh-out-loud merriment,but also a chin-stroking socio-political history of the past half century. (It had better not. Ed.) Featuring thumbnail profiles of the magazine's top artists and a cartoonist s view of the joke-making process'Private Eye - A Cartoon History' is a treasure-trove of comedy gold. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight - nearly 1.5 Kg unpackaged - for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. This item offered P+p FREE. Available UK only. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,heavy Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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