THE TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH
Written by Russell Thorndike, Reginald Arkell
Illustrated by Arthur Watts
Published by Duckworth & Co.
in 1923
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THE TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH
Written by Russell Thorndike, Reginald Arkell.
Illustrated by Arthur Watts.
Stock no. 1825542
1st.
1923.
Hardback.
Large format.
Almost very good condition.
A Fantastic Play in Prologue and One Act. The classic tale of Punch and Judy. Introductory essay by Max Beerbohm. 9 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown paper. Large format. Beige cloth spine, grey marble effect boards. 61 pages. Board edges rubbed. Three flower stickers/decoupage to lower half of front pastedown. Text block and endpapers browned. Small burn mark to top margin of page 13-17 with minor loss. One or two closed tears to page edges (no loss), a few grubby marks to contents. All plates present, some have a lower corner crease.