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Phil May (1) (1864–1903)

Author of Mr. Punch's Railway Book

For other authors named Phil May, see the disambiguation page.

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Works by Phil May

Mr. Punch's Railway Book (2011) 9 copies

Mr. Punch in Bohemia (1907) — Illustrator — 8 copies

Mr Punch's Country Life. The Punch Library of Humour. Volume 9 (1930) — Illustrator — 6 copies

Phil May's sketch-book : fifty cartoons 4 copies

Mr. Punch"s Life In London. Punch Library of Humour. No 13 (1907) — Illustrator — 4 copies

Phil May Sketches from "Punch" (1903) 3 copies

Twenty Silver Ghosts: The Incomparable Pre-World War I Rolls-Royce (1971) 3 copies

Mr Punch's book of sports : the humours of cricket football,tennis,polo,croquet,hockey,racing etc (1930) 3 copies

Mr Punch's Scottish Humour. The Punch Library of Humour. Volume 23 (1920) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Phil May's " graphic " pictures 2 copies

A Phil May Medley: 48 Pages of Sketches in Colour and Black and White by the late Mr. Phil May, R.I. 2 copies

Phil May's ABC; fifty-two original designs forming two humorous alphabets from A to Z 1 copy

The Phil May folio of caricature drawings and sketches in line block, half-tone and photogravure,: With a biography 1 copy

A Phil May Picture Book : Containing many hitherto Unpublished Studies and Original Drawings, and with some account of… 1 copy

Phil May's gutter-snipes : 50 original sketches in pen & ink 1 copy

Phil May's illustrated winter annual 1 copy

Associated Works

The Letters of Oscar Wilde (1962) — Frontispiece drawn by, some editions — 94 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: May, Philip William
Birthdate: 1864-04-22
Date of death: 1903-08-05
Gender: male
Nationality: England
Birthplace: Wortley, Yorkshire, England
Place of death: St John's Wood, London, England
Cause of death: tuberculosis
Places of residence: Leeds, Yorkshire, England (1864-1881)
London, England (1881-1886|1892-1903)
Australia (1886-1889)
Rome, Italy
Paris, France
Occupations: caricaturist
cartoonist
illustrator
Organizations: St Stephens Review (cartoonist|1884-1886|1892)
The Sydney Bulletin (cartoonist|1886-1889)
Punch (cartoonist|1896)
The Graphic
London Sketch Club (founder member|1898)

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MR. PUNCH'S RAILWAY BOOK by Unknown

Many famous illustrators represented: Phil May, John Leech, John Tenniel, etc etc. Not a lot has changed on the railways, e.g. late trains, irritating fellow passengers.

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jon1lambert | Dec 29, 2009 |

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Works: 16
Also by: 1
Members: 52
Popularity: #307,430
Rating: ½ 4.6

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 3

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