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Cecil Hunt, illustrations by Blampied
Horace Cecil Hunt was a journalist, editor, novelist and anthologist. He published his first book of 'howlers' in 1928 and his last in 1951. This is the second of three books of 'howlers' collected by Hunt that were illustrated by Edmund Blampied. Here are some examples:
The woman had her face lifted by a drastic surgeon
Two crotchets make a quaker
Blessed are the meek for they shall irritate the earth
Additional 'howlers' were published in 14 issues of The Sketch, a weekly news magazine, between December 1937 and June 1938. Each of these issues contained four 'howlers', each illustrated by Blampied except for one issue which only had three illustrations. These additional 'howlers' will be recorded in a web page for The Sketch.
First edition
Bibliography code: MET-38.1
Publisher: Methuen Publishers, London
Series: none
Year: 1938
Format: 4to
Pages: vi; half title, pp 55, 20 ununmbered pages, bound in
Binding: white printed boards with same illustration as on the dust jacket
Size: 203 x 139 mm
Dust jacket signed: no
Internal illustrations: Decorated endpapers, decorated title page, 20 illustrations in sepia bound in, plus 32 line illustrations on the numbered pages, 8 initialled EB, one signed Blam, one signed Blampied
Price: 3 shillings 6 pence
Printing history: None stated
Printed by: Butler & Tanner Ltd, Frome and London
Notes: This copy was owned by Bettine Spear, Cecil Hunt's secretary, who cut Blampied's signature from a letter and pasted it in. The copy of the book also contains Spear's bookplate, designed for her by Blampied, which can be seen here.
Dedication frm the author and signature of illustrator (click to enlarge)