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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValerieK, post: 3840498, member: 7360&quot;]The photos are a bit difficult to see, but if it is bound in dark blue with gold lettering, then I think that it is a standard binding offered by the pubisher when you had gathered the issues for half a year.&nbsp; Publications like Punch and The Illustrated London News were usually kept and then bound into volumes for subscribers&#039; own libraries.&nbsp; As for value, I suggest you check auction sites, Amazon, and also <a href="http://www.bookfinder.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bookfinder.com" rel="nofollow">www.bookfinder.com</a> (click on Extra Options and specify the date).&nbsp; I&#039;ve just found a volume on Bookfinder listed for £45.&nbsp; The political cartoons and social comment are difficult now to understand without knowledge of the current events, but I can recommend you look out for the volumes for the American Civil War era.&nbsp; Punch depicted Lincoln as a scarecrow in the cartoons and seemed to think that the war was senseless as slavery was morally wrong but would have died out naturally as an inefficient system, overtaken by industry and capitalism.&nbsp; Punch finally redeemed itself when they published a very moving and repentant poem after the assassination of Lincoln, recognising Lincoln&#039;s greatness of character and important place in history.&nbsp; The language is flowery but it moves me to tears.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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