Puck: Illustrirtes Humoristisches Wochenblatt, September 1877 - September 1878
New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1877-1878. Hardcover. Three-quarters brown leather boards; gilt tooling and lettering on spine with five raised bands; 52 issues bound together, each issue is approximately 15 pages; profusely illustrated throughout in black and white with many color illustrations. Several of the illustrations are fold-outs. Each issue has its own illustrated title page and rear page with a large double page illustration in center, many are in color. VG- (overall shelfwear to boards mainly along edges and corners, pencil markings on ffep, light foxing spots and aging as expected with age of book, two of the fold out illustrations have small tears and are brittle, pages are otherwise very clean. Illustrations are bright and crisp.). Item #182510
Puck was America’s first successful humor magazine, published from 1871 until 1918, featuring colorful caricatures and political satire focusing on the social and political issues of the day. German edition. Text is in German throughout with many of the ads printed in English. A satirical weekly paper bound together containing issues from September 1877, No. 53 through September 1878, No. 104.
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