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The Penny Comic Magazine Illustrated with Numerous Comic Engravings by R. Cruickshank, &c. The Comic Letter Press, by the Most Popular Comic Writers of the Day, No.18. London: W. Marshall [1837] Sold by Pattis, Bridges Street, Strand; Strange, Paternoster Row. The Penny Comic Magazine was “published every Saturday” and “every six numbers [were] to form a part, to be published on the first of every month.” 17.5 cm, in the original publisher’s wrapper, illustrated with a title-page woodcut of an open coach en route to Gravesend in haste. Pages 205-216, with tail-piece woodcuts illustrating Winter, Summer and Spring. Chapter 1 of “The Adventures of Mr. Samuel Wilkins and Miss Molly Baggs” starts on Page 208. Front is cover soiled.
Jim Crow’s Trip to Downing Street Robert Cruikshank the Penny Comic Magazine 1837
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