W Algernon Locker (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. No dustjacket, bound in pictorial boards. Reading copy only, with spine replaced by black library tape, rubs to boards on cover edges, waterstain running two-inches from spine on bottom edge of book (does not bleed into interior pages), waterstain along hinge of back cover, foxing to endpapers, some browning to edges of interior pages, dustsoiling to cover faces, small ding/tear to bottom edge of pages 140 through 148. Otherwise, tight, sound copy with moderate pagewear. No statement of later printing on copyright page. No Signature.…

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. (humor, cartoons, politics, UK).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Bar minor foxing to edge of block all is in VG clean and bright internal order for this collection of political cartoons drawn from the pages of Punch. No inscriptions. Very smart publisher's boards with red cloth and gilt titling to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 4to. 194pp. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, cloth-backed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 193 pages : illustrations; 25 cm. Subjects: Lloyd George, David 1863-1945 ; Caricatures and cartoons; Lloyd George, David 1863-1945; English wit and humor, Pictorial; Humour par l'image anglais; Great Britain Politics and government 1901-1936 ; Caricatures and cartoons; Grande-Bretagne Politique et gouvernement 1901-1936 ; Caricatures et dessins humoristiques. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, cloth-backed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 193 pages : illustrations; 25 cm. Subjects: Lloyd George, David 1863-1945 ; Caricatures and cartoons; Lloyd George, David 1863-1945; English wit and humor, Pictorial; Humour par l'image anglais; Great Britain Politics and government 1901-1936 ; Caricatures and cartoons; Grande-Bretagne Politique et gouvernement 1901-1936 ; Caricatures et dessins humoristiques. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning wear and marking due to age. Cover worn but pages good. Year 1922. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> He received appropriate punishment, for when "Dicky" Doyle designed the famous cover, still in use, he gave the mask which is dragged in the mire in front of Mr. Punch the features of Brougham, and so made him a permanent laughing-stock. I do not pretend to know the Prime Minister's private opinion, but, as no one has ever accused him of lacking a sense of humour, I imagine that he rather likes being caricatured, and that it was a proud day for him when his portrait first appeared in Punch. That was on December 12th, 1900, in the little picture reproduced above, which was prompted by his vigorous attacks upon Mr. Joseph Chamberlain in connexion with the South African War. He did not attain the Goschen standard and have a full page all to himself until nearly six years later, when he had already been nearly sixteen years in the House of Commons. The reason for this comparatively late arrival into the centre of the political stage of a man who has since occupied. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good copy. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.

Hardcover. pp. 193, [1]. Square 4to. Publisher's quarter maroon cloth over charming illustrated boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Replete with dozens of critical, and humorous captioned caricatures / sketches of the early 20th century British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George (1863-1945). Quite well-preserved in consideration of its age. Extremities show light bumping to the spine ends, rubbing and light edgewear to the boards, a touch of foxing (strictly confined to the half-title page), otherwise, the contents remain overwhelmingly without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm, sound binding. Overall, very good. "Not everyone, happily, accepts the cynical aphorism "Call no man happy until he is dead"; but "Call no man famous until he has figured in a Punch cartoon" is a statement to which most of us would be prepared to subscribe." (From the Introduction by W. Algernon Locker).…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 193 pages. Printed on premium paper. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1922. A substantial illustrated study of David Lloyd George, tracing his rise from his Welsh childhood and early legal career to his prominence in British public life. The opening chapters focus on his family background in Manchester and North Wales, his education, his apprenticeship in law, and his first work as a solicitor in Criccieth, before moving into his political career and his early reputation as an energetic speaker and radical campaigner. The book is especially concerned with his public image and with caricatures of Lloyd George in Punch, making it a notable piece of political biography and cultural commentary on early 20th-century Britain. Book images are non-contractual. This item is printed on demand and ships from our printing partners' facility nearest the destination. These facilities are located mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.…