On The Hop!
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: Limited First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: No. 276 of 475 copies. Boards good with some surface wear; binding shaky with rear hinges cracked. Dust jacket chipped and torn with some loss, staining, and long tears. Text block internally sound.
A celebrated collection of political cartoons and caricatures, On the Hop! showcases the sharp wit and incisive draftsmanship of Livingston Hopkins, the renowned Australian illustrator who spent decades as the chief cartoonist for the Sydney Bulletin in the late nineteenth century. The work presents a vivid satirical portrait of colonial Australian society, politics, and public life, capturing the humor and tensions of the era with remarkable economy of line. Hopkins illustrates the absurdities of power and social convention through exaggerated yet affectionate caricatures that remain both historically illuminating and genuinely entertaining. His style — bold, irreverent, and unmistakably American in its roots yet thoroughly Australian in its subject matter — chronicles a formative period in the nation's cultural and political identity. Collectors of Australiana, historians of graphic art, and admirers of Victorian-era satire will find this volume an indispensable and delightful artifact.
Author: Livingston Hopkins
Format: Hardback
Published: 1904, The Bulletin Newspaper Company, Limited
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Edition: Limited First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: No. 276 of 475 copies. Boards good with some surface wear; binding shaky with rear hinges cracked. Dust jacket chipped and torn with some loss, staining, and long tears. Text block internally sound.
A celebrated collection of political cartoons and caricatures, On the Hop! showcases the sharp wit and incisive draftsmanship of Livingston Hopkins, the renowned Australian illustrator who spent decades as the chief cartoonist for the Sydney Bulletin in the late nineteenth century. The work presents a vivid satirical portrait of colonial Australian society, politics, and public life, capturing the humor and tensions of the era with remarkable economy of line. Hopkins illustrates the absurdities of power and social convention through exaggerated yet affectionate caricatures that remain both historically illuminating and genuinely entertaining. His style — bold, irreverent, and unmistakably American in its roots yet thoroughly Australian in its subject matter — chronicles a formative period in the nation's cultural and political identity. Collectors of Australiana, historians of graphic art, and admirers of Victorian-era satire will find this volume an indispensable and delightful artifact.