Mark Lemon. The jest book: the choicest anecdotes and sayings selected and arranged by Mark Lemon. , 3rd thou. London: Macmillan and Co., 1864.

viii, 361, [3]p. Original green cloth with gilt illustration to front board. Preface reads: The compiler of this new jest book is desirous to make known that it is composed mainly of old jokes – some older than Joe Miller himself – with a liberal sprinkling of new jests gathered from books and hearsay’. Lemon is best remembered as the founder of Punch magazine. (Book ref. wb11793)  £20.00

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