Estimate: | £500 - £800 |
Hammer price: | £450 |
Private Eye. London: "Published by Andrew Osmond, 28 Scarsdale Villas ... and printed by Huprint Ltd.", Tuesday November 7th [1961], number 2, 4to (252 x 202mm). 6-pages, printed by "off-set litho" on yellow paper, illustrations, stapled. THE VERY RARE second number of the world's most celebrated satirical periodical, of which about 500 copies are believed to have been printed, most on yellow paper (although copies on white paper are known to exist), and which were distributed by hand. With the fourth number, dated 7th February 1962, the first to be printed exclusively on white paper. Please see the footnote to the previous lot for a fuller account of the inception of "Private Eye". (2)