{"product_id":"the-new-comic-annual-anonymous-1st-edition","title":"The New Comic Annual, Anonymous — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Hurst, Chance, and Co., [1830]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 12mo, pp. [xvi], 176.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Good. While the text block remains sound and securely attached, the binding exhibits moderate exterior wear. The contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards is noticeably rubbed, with localised paper loss to the boards, most prominently at the margins, and bumped, softened corners. The spine features a gilt-lettered label reading \"COMIC ANNUAL,\" though the spine ends are significantly chipped with some structural loss to the leather, and the joints are visibly rubbed despite remaining firmly attached. All edges are gilt. Internally, the book is relatively well-preserved for a popular humour annual of this period; the leaves show mild, age-appropriate toning and scattered foxing, but remain largely clean and highly readable without any major tears or structural weaknesses to the pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This First Edition was brought to the market as a direct competitor to Thomas Hood’s highly successful annual of the same name. It is affectionately referred to as \"Falstaff's Comic Annual\" due to the distinctive title-page vignette of the Shakespearean character, accompanied by the quote, \"You are merry, so am I; Ha! ha! then there's more sympathy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eBoasting one hundred highly humorous cuts to complement its satirical contents, the volume is often erroneously attributed to Hood due to its confusingly similar title and format. Instead, it stands as a distinct and historically charming artefact of the fierce publishing rivalries in 19th-century London. Surviving copies in their original contemporary bindings are becoming increasingly scarce on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eProduced during the zenith of the British literary annual, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"66\"\u003eThe New Comic Annual\u003c\/i\u003e offers a delightful romp through 19th-century humour. Packed with satirical verse, witty prose, and wonderfully expressive woodcuts, this diminutive volume serves as a brilliant time capsule of late-Georgian comedy, guaranteed to elicit a smile from the modern reader just as it did nearly two centuries ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54301957947731,"sku":"4468","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260623_133129.jpg?v=1784001295","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-new-comic-annual-anonymous-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}