Copies of The Japan Punch for 1872, June 1874, Oct. 1875, and Feb. 1876. With an issue of Oriental Affairs, vol. 11, no. 5, May 1939 containing an article on The Japan Punch, a letter, a review, and a press-cutting.
Miscellaneous parodies, imitations, and unauthorised versions of Punch
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Contains: Ruhleben Camp Magazine, no. 5; 1916. Produced by Prisoners of War in Ruhleben camp.Punch’s Comic Almanac for 1859.Crunch: Cranwell Charivari; June 1952. Supplement to the Journal of the Royal Air Force College. With a letter from the Officer in Charge of the journal to the editor of ...
Photocopies of parodies, imitations, and unauthorised versions of Punch
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Contains copies of Cape Punch (1888), The Cape Punchinello (1851), Stunts, or the London Cheeeryvery (1911) produced by HMS London, the front cover of Hindu Punch (1907) and related papers, the front cover of Pump, and a 1962 article about Southern Punch, an 1863 parody from Richmond, Virginia.
American pirated edition of Punch issued in 1915 as pro-German propaganda to influence American public opinion against joining World War One on the side of the United Kingdom. Accompanying notes explain the origins of the parody and how Bradbury, Agnew & Co. had the publication stopped.