BOOK COMPILATION OF JOKES BY JOAQUÍN XAUDARÓ AND ECHAU.

Description:
Quality: - Poor quality glued binding.
- Thin paper, of poor quality. Browned.
- Hard covers made of publishing paper
Condition: Fair.
Description of contents:
- A collection of jokes by Joaquín Xaudaró y Echau (1872-1933), a Spanish cartoonist, illustrator and caricaturist who worked for the illustrated press of the time in publications such as Madrid cómico, Gedeón, Blanco y Negro and ABC, where he contributed caricatures, covers and comic strips.
- It is a compilation of hundreds of jokes spanning 30 years.
- They are clippings from various magazines and publications of the time, compiled over many years.
Parts of the content:
- One volume. Copy in Spanish, with the complete text.
- The binding was done without a publisher or printer, and with covers from another book, as the name El pastelero de madrigal appears. It was probably an individual who collected all the jokes and finally bound them with covers from another book.
Description of the book:
- Poorly bound, with uncut edges, from the first half of the 20th century.
- The text is printed in black, with good ink quality, well centred and with good margins.
- Many of the pages have small tears, which are not significant.
- Covers made of publishing paper.

Conservation and Damage:
- General condition: fair.
- Glued binding in good condition.
- Edges with some dirt and scuffing. Not trimmed.
- Covers are scuffed, with tears and creases.
- The book has not suffered any external damage such as insect or rodent attacks, etc.
- The book shows wear and tear consistent with its age.

Comments:
- Both the measurements and the weight are approximate.
- The colours in the photos are not exactly the same as the actual colours.
- The book for sale is the one shown in the photos. The description is not a detailed account of the book.
- The information provided here is personal opinion and has not been verified.