Mark Lemon Editor (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paul Ashby; Barrington Barber; (illustrator). First Printing - First Thus. Trade paperback format. Light wear on the corners with minor creasing on a flat spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Barrington Barber; cover by Paul Ashby. This anthology contains: The Ghost Detective by Mark Lemon; The Story of the Unknown Church by William Morris; The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell; The Captain of the Pole-star by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Furnished Room by O. Henry; The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde; The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe; The Tapestried Chamber by Sir Walter Scott; An Account of the Strange Disturbances at Aungier Street by J. Sheridan Le Fanu; The Last Drop by Sarah Bernhardt; The Horla by Guy de Maupassant; The Romance of Some Old Cloths by Henry James; The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards; The Devil's Wager by William Makepeace Thackeray; Teigue of the Lee by T. Crofton Croker; The Haunted Mill or the Ruined House by Jerome K. Jerome; The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton by Charles Dickens; The Case of the Reverend Mr Toomey by S. B. T.; The Spectre of Tappington by Thomas Ingoldsby; The Hollow of the Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Lady of Rosemount by Sir Thomas Graham Jackson; Grey Dolphin by Thomas Ingoldsby; Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman by Wilkie Collins; The Homing Bone by Conell Cearnach; The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton; Napoleon and the Spectre by Charlotte Bronte; The Story of the Moor Road by E. and H. Heron; Man-size in Marble by Edith Nesbit; The Last Squire of Ennismore by Mrs J. H. Riddell; The Bagman's Story by Charles Dickens; The Withered Arm by Thomas Hardy; The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce; and Ghosts That Have Haunted Me by John Kendrick Bangs. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. FAIR /NO DUST JACKET. 173 pp. Text clean and unmarked. Pages slightly yellowed. First five leaves waterstained at top right corner. Front loose endpaper missing. All edges gilt. Illustrated with frontispiece engraving in b/w and twelve full page engravings in b/w throughout the text. Red textured cloth boards decorated at front with gilt border and gilt illustration of man driving 2-wheeled carriage. Boards lightly soiled, all edges rubbed, corners bumped and worn to boards. Front board detached, back hinge cracked, but holding, backstrip missing. Textblock intact and firm. Mark Lemon was the first editor of Punch, and Hablot K. Browne, known as Phiz, was a well-known illustrator of books, including those of Charles Dickens.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 200 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 276 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. In Stock.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Photo credit printed to both lower margin of recto, and center of verso. Albumen mounted onto card approx 2 7/16 x 4 inches tall (minor wear and soiling,pencil notations to verso, else very good). Mark Lemon (1809 - 1870) came up as a journalist and actor, dropping acting in favor of writing of plays, of which he wrote more than 60. In 1841 Lemon and Henry Mayhew began the humorous weekly paper Punch, which for sometime lacked success and was funded by proceeds from Lemon's plays. Upon the sale of Punch, Lemon became the sole editor to the new proprietors, where it became wildly successful and influential.

, 2 volumes in 1, iv, 266 & iv, 262 pages, illustrations throughout in black & white, complete with almanack for 1861, marbled edges and endpapers First Edition , stains on rear cover and lightly marked on front, a little rubbed at spine ends and corners, internally nice and clean, a tight copy, in good condition , half red morocco with red cloth sides, raised bands, gilt titles and decoration on spine Quarto, 18 x 22 cm Hardback ISBN:

On irregular piece of lightly creased and aged paper (roughly seven and a half by four and a half inches), with some chipping to extremities. Headed 'Punch Photographs'. 'Mr Mark Lemon [1809-1870, Punch editor] wishes me to come up to you & be photographed. I propose being with you at one tomorrow Saturday, if I am not unavoidably detained in Westminster on a trial.'.

1. Auflage,. Mit Abbildungen, IV Seiten, 6 Bl., 268 Seiten; IV, 262 Seiten, Gutes Exemplar. - Fine copy. Sprache: Englisch 4°, schwarzes Hldr auf 5 Bünden mit goldgeprägtem Rücken.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 200 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.45 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 276 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.45 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Frederick Eltze (illustrator). 1st Edition. Folio volume in its original blue cloth binding with beveled edges and gilt lettering & ornamentation; all edges gilt. The lettering & illustration on the title page are hand-colored as is the frontispiece illustration; the rest are full-page B&W illustrations. There are pages of verse along with lined pages allowing one to note one's favorite king, virtue, name, play, etc. On the "Favourite King" page is a mounted, mid-19th century photograph. Condition: spine ends are nicked with minor fraying and a small, 1-inch tear to the bottom of the outer front hinge. The corners of the binding show minor bumping and are rubbed through; minor soiling to binding. The front inner hinge is starting; otherwise, a very good copy with no writing on the lined pages. Unpaginated.

12mo, 4 pp. Bifolium. Watermarked 'TOWGOOD'S | SUPER FINE | 1859'. Eighty-seven lines of text. Text clear and complete on aged and grubby paper. With little hope of influencing the editor of Punch, the author feels compelled to 'write and tell you what I and many others think about your Publication and the malignant spite you display towards individuals who happen to incur your wrath'. This 'malignity', he feels, 'must be derived from that murderous old ruffian from whom your publication takes its name, and which alone prevents it being an influential publication. Men laugh at the jokes in it, and admire the skill of Mr. Leech and his assistants, but II have yet to find the Man whose opinions were ever changed by anything he saw in "Punch".' He gives two examples of 'many instances of individuals who have been persecuted' by the magazine: the actor Charles Kean and 'Mr Williams of Lambeth'. What had Kean 'done to incur the wrath of "Punch"? Simply offended one of its staff'. As for Williams, he had stated, 'in a Speech to the Electors of Lambeth [.] that he had been offered a Title which he rejected - now that was nothing but the truth, for you know very well that a Baronetcy really was offered to Mr Williams and rejected'. The author accuses 'Punch' of being 'ready enough to make yourself a mere tool of corruption [.] trying to do that by ridicule which those in power could not do by flattery'. Quotes 'the advice given this day by the "Weekly Dispatch" to the "Saturday Review", before concluding 'You need not make any funny (?) remarks about any grammatical errors that may appear in this letter. If there are any I admit them, for I do not profess to be a Scholar'.

, 58 pages, black & white illustrations, plus advertisements at the front and rear "Book for the Bairns" Edition , cover spotted and lightly creased, small tears to edges, rear cover detached with some loss at edges of rear cover, light spots inside, in fair condition , original printed wraps 18 x 12 cm Paperback ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Punch or the London Charivari. Profusely illustrated. Massive 135 volume set. Includes volumes 1-15; 17-23; 25; 32-33; 36; 41-46; 48-49; 54-145; 147-155. 4to, 30 cm. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gold Punch and Toby on spine. Some of the early volumes lacking spines, chipping with loss to the original cloth bindings. Volumes bound in 6 month intervals, Jan-June; July-Dec. Punch was a British magazine of humor and satire established in 1841. It quickly it rose to pre-eminence as a widely-read weekly that blended social commentary, with humor and wit. Punch appealed to reform-minded Victorian British middle-class sentiment, without espousing revolutionary spirit or radicalism. For example, the magazine's support for the repeal of the corn-laws and general support for the aims of the Chartists. The magazine was thickly populated by the political cartoons of John Tenniel and other artists. Punch's satirized the evolving political situation of 19th century Europe and relayed moderate British sentiments on the dangers of Prussian autocracy, performance in the Crimean War, Italian nationalism (Garibaldi), colonial affairs, etc. Of particular interest to American readers is Punch's commentary and cartoons of United States policy during the civil war. Punch shows a decidedly negative view of U.S. international assertiveness in their naval blockade and threats to Canada. Additionally, the emancipation proclamation, the role of blacks, and President Lincoln's policies are caricatured in its pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

First edition. Handsomely bound, ca. 1920s, by Rivière & Sons (stamp-signed to upper turn-in) in emerald green crushed morocco with original cloth bound in. French fillets. Five gilt ruled raised bands, six elaborately gilt decorated compartments. Wide, gilt turn-ins. Double ruled edges. All edges gilt. [8], 173, [1, blank], [2, adverts] pages. Thirteen black and white plates including frontispiece. A few small stains to upper cover, light spots of foxing to two leaves, otherwise a fine and most handsomely bound copy. Featuring fourteen short stories in the sporting fiction genre written in their entirety (rather than merely edited) by journalist, novelist, playwright and actor Mark Lemon (1809-1870). Lemon was co-founder and for 30 years editor of Punch; Tom Moody was a pseudonym first adopted by Lemon in 1834 for a series of pieces that appeared in the New Sporting Magazine. As an actor he appeared in his friend Charles Dickens's private theatricals at Tavistock House. He was a friend of illustrator George Cruikshank, Wm. Makepeace Thackeray, and many other lights of his day. In short, he stood near the center of London's intellectual circle. Of Hablot K. Brown, the illustrator known as Phiz who was Dicken's primary illustrator, little need be added here. His illustrations for each of the stories herein possess all the amusing charm that he is known for. CBEL, p. 2006.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 200 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 276 pages. 9.18x6.12x9.21 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.