The harp of a thousand strings, or, Laughter for a lifetime / konceived, [sic] compiled, and komically [sic] konkokted [sic] by Spavery [sic] ; aided, added, and abetted by over 200 kurious [sic] kutz [sic] from original designs karefully [sic] drawn out by Mc'Lenan, Hoppin, Darley, Hennessey, Bellew, Gunn, Howard, &c. ; to say nothing of Leech, Phiz [i.e., Hablot Knight Browne], Doyle, Cruickshank, Meadows, Hine, and others ; the whole engraved by S.P. Avery.

Title vignette.
"Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by Samuel P. Avery, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the South District of New York."--T.p. verso.
"R. Craighead, stereotyper, and electrotyper, Caxton Building, 81, 83, and 85 Centre Street."--T.p. verso.
"E.O. Jenkins, printer."--T.p. verso.
Contains 16 pages of publisher's advertisements following main sequence.
Contains uncredited work of Lewis Carroll, Novelty and romancement, which first appeared in the English periodical The Train in 1856.
Most of the images are unsigned; signed images are mostly of Hennessy and Avery. Because of the lack of signatures, it has not been established which Cruickshank contributed to the work: George, Robert or Percy.
Title 'Novelty and romancement' used by cataloger to refer to Carroll's printed work; 'Novelty and renouncement' is the title that appears in Edgar Haugan's clipping.