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Books in the British genre:

Punch Volume 9 (1845)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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The Battle of Life (1846)

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A story of love and self sacrifice set in a rural village. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield

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A Book of Nonsense (1846)

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This first edition was published in two volumes. Each includes thirty-six limericks printed on the rectos only. Save for the volume indication, the covers are the same.

Author(s): Derry Down Derry
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

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The Cricket on the Hearth (1846)

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This the the most popular of Dickens’ Christmas books tells a domestic story of the Peerybingle family. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Edwin Landseer
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield

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Oliver Twist (1846)

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Born in a workhouse, Oliver runs away from an abusive mistress to seek his fortune in London where he falls in with a gang of pickpockets. The cover is for the extremely rare parts issue which was published in a single-volume “new, revised and ... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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Punch Volume 10 (1846)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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Punch Volume 11 (1846)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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Punch Volume 12 (1847)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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Punch Volume 13 (1847)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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Dombey and Son (1848)

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Paul Dombey’s wife dies giving birth to their son. The father values little Paul only as his heir and neglects his daughter Florence. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne

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The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain (1848)

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Professor Redlaw simmers with anger over ancient slights, but discovers forgetting does no good -- he must forgive. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): John Leech
Clarkson Stanfield
F. Stone
John Tenniel

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The Illustrated London Almanack, 1849 (1848)

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An almanack containing celestial phenomena as well as general information and significant dates. Doyle did the headings for the months. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The Illustrated London News (1848)

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Richard Doyle contributed to this magazine in the years 1848 to 1851.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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L’Allegro and Il Penseroso (1848)

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Two poems by Milton with numerous illustrations. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): John Milton
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne
Richard Doyle
John Tenniel
Et al

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The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith (1848)

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This detailed biography of the author and poet was published in two volumes. The title was changed for the second and subsequent editions, of which there were many. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): John Forster
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Robert James Hamerton
John Leech
Daniel Maclise
Clarkson Stanfield

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Punch Volume 14 (1848)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’ Read online at Google.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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Punch Volume 15 (1848)

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A British humor, satire and news magazine, famous for its illustrations, including those first designated as ‘cartoons.’

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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Punch’s Almanack 1848 (1848)

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Humorous pictures and a calendar. There is also a special hand-colored version printed on better quality paper. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
John Leech

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Vanity Fair (1848)

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A grand novel set at the time of the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath featuring the heartless adventuress Becky Sharp. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): William Makepeace Thackeray
Illustrator(s): William Makepeace Thackeray

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The Book of Ballads (1849)

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This collection of humorous verse went through many editions. This is the first with illustrations by Richard Doyle. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): William Edmondstoune Aytoun
Bon Gaultier
Theodore Martin
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Alfred Henry Forrester

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