1. "Punch Vol LXXIII" - Published ath the office, London - 1877 first UK edition - 25cmx18cm - condition: good, original binding with some wear to spine, all illustrations present 2. "Punch Volume CCXIX: summer number 1950" - 25cmx18cm - condition: good, original binding with minor rubbing, all illustrations, including coloured title page. Later Punch editions are rarer because readership dwindled Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Artists at Punch included John Tenniel who, from 1850, was the chief cartoon artist at the magazine for over 50 years. With its satire of the contemporary, social, and political scene, Punch became a household name in Victorian Britain. Sales of 40,000 copies a week by 1850 rose above 100,000 by 1910. After the 1940s, when its circulation peaked, it went into a long decline, closing in 1992. It was revived in 1996, but closed again in 2002.