The comic almanack : an ephemeris in jest and earnest, containing merry tales, humorous poetry, quips, and oddities / by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert A. Beckett, the brothers Mayhew ; with many hundred illustrations by George Cruikshank and other artists.

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Title(s):: The comic almanack : an ephemeris in jest and earnest, containing merry tales, humorous poetry, quips, and oddities / by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert A. Beckett, the brothers Mayhew ; with many hundred illustrations by George Cruikshank and other artists.
Additional Title(s):: Cruikshank's comic almanack
Published/Created:: London : Chatto and Windus [1878?]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 18-20 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
AY758.C7 C66b
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
[Request]
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9384444
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Reprint of the almanac originally published from 1835 to 1853.
BAC: British Art Center copy contains the 2nd series only (together with 1st series of the J.C. Hotten edition). Bound in half calf. Bookplate of P.L.D. Perry.
Subject Terms:: Almanacs, English -- England -- London.
Chatto and Windus -- Publisher.
Perry, P. L. D. -- Bookplate.
Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:: Wood engravings -- 1878.
Engravings -- 1878.
Contributors:: Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878, ill.
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863.
Smith, Albert, 1816–1860.
À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811–1856.
Mayhew, Horace, 1816–1872.
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887.
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