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London: George Redway, 1884. First printing. Paperback. Good. 9 x 6 inches, recent plum wraps with remains of original cover wrap affixed to front cover, contents very good, 60 pp, illustrated, plus a few pages ads (Parish Registers of England nicely juxtaposed with The Worship of Priapus).

New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

(London): Henry Hooper, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, slightly flexible teal cloth stamped covers, good with light ewear to binding, text very good with some foxing to plates and because the book was perfect-bound, i.e. glued, there is some splitting and dryness but pages all seem firmly attached. Bookplates of Mary Elizabeth Hudson and her longtime companion Dorothy Sturges (Hudson was friends with the Irish authors Somerville and Ross and published an early bibliography of them). Some darkening at the inner hinges. Probably a later issue as there is a 16pp. Tilt & Bogue catalogue (somewhat smaller in size than the pages of the book) at rear dated 1841.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London : George Redway, 1884. 1st edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Spine worn, with tape to covers. Front cover detached. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 60 pp., 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 30 cm. Subjects; Cruikshank, George 1792-1878 English wit and humor, Pictorial.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: George Redway, 1884. Hardcover. Recently recased in three quarter brown morocco and aubergine cloth. Very good. Cruikshank, George. 60 pages. 27 x 18 cm. With more than forty illustrations including all the original woodcuts and a new portrait of Cruikshank (frontispiece) etched by F.W. Pailthorpe. Clean, bright copy with wide text margins. COHN 789 (citing the first edition). Ex-library, ownership stamp on title, no exterior marking, corners worn.

London: Henry Hooper, 1840. First edition. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". George Cruikshank. A first edition of Thackeray's critical examination of the caricatures of one of the most famous illustrators of the century, George Cruikshank. A fascinating essay on Cruikshank's talent, illustrated with plates and vignettes throughout from his works.Written by English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. Most renowned for 'Vanity Fair' which satirises life in early 19th century Britain, Thackeray was primarily known for his satires and parodies, criticising high society and the fickle aspirations of its members, such as profitability, marriage and power.Containing the armorial bookplate of Arthur William Bennett.The first edition of this work. In a half calf binding. Externally a trifle worn; some noticeable rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Spine is faded as to be expected, and extremities are bumped. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly… Leer más

London: Henry Hooper, 1840. First Edition. Very good+ in a recent restoration binding in the publisher's original blind embossed, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with light yellow end sheets. The rear free end sheet had to be replaced and the original adhesive binding has been restored and reinforced. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2", The copy was originally an adhesive bound book. The glue used to bind the pages had completely broken down, the hinges were broken and the rear end sheet was missing. The French joints of the boards are now strong and the spine strip is completely intact although there is wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The gilt text on the spine remains bright and undamaged. There is an early prior owner's name neatly written on the front paste down over the date 1841. Bound in at the rear of the book is the 18 page Tilt and Bogues Catalogue. 59 pages of text and illustrated throughout with… Leer más

London: Henry Hooper, 1840. First edition. leather_bound. Later 19th century full tan calf. Aeg. Very good. Cruikshank, George. 59 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. 17 etchings, 39 woodcuts. This appreciation by Thackeray prompted by his boyhood admiration for Cruikshank who would "forego tarts" to be able to afford a book, or set-up a "joint stock company of boys" to fund a purchase and then draw lots for the prints. COHN 789. Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, triple gilt border fillets with Cruikshank signature in gilt front cover. Adhesions to marbled endpapers front cover, modest extremity rubbing, spine label lacking.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Hardcover. VG (ex -library with minimal markings. a few smudges here and there, and some chipped page corners, small marginal tears, and wear to page edges on bottom. library binding slightly dusty). Burgundy library buckram. All edges gilt. xix + 16 pp of text and 120 plates, each preceded by a letterpress page with a description. Very nice 19th century compliation of Hogarth engravings.

LONDON: HENRY HOOPER, 1840 Full Blue Morocco leather binding , with five false bands, gilt titles and decoration to compartments, gilt linear borders front and back and gilt dentelles. 215 x 130 mm approx, Decorative gilt designed made end papers, all edges gilt. Original blue covers blind blocked with gilt titles bound in. ii + 60 pp Frontis + all woodcutts and etchings as called for. A Fine signed binding by Zaehnsdorf. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Image shades are actually darker. Good (Restoration work - the book was bought in by us with the front board detached. The spine leather has been lifted to enable the back of the spine to be cleaned off, re glued with p.v.a.and new fray not mull, new Oxford hollow and a matching grained morocco leather spine to be fitted. The original Zaehnsdorf leather spine has been re laid with p.v.a. inevitably there is some evidence of the end papers have been disturbed as it was necessary to split the… Leer más

[London]: Henry Hooper, 1840., 1840. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 60. engraved portrait of Cruikshank by C.E.Wagstaff. 17 etched plates (incl. frontis.) & numerous wood-engraved text illus. (1 full-page). original blind-stamped green cloth (spine trifle frayed, front hinge cracked, some scattered foxing). First Edition in Book Form. This is Cohn's binding variant 'a', but it does not have the 18-page 'Tilt and Bogues Catalogue' bound in at rear. Cohn 789 (citing title + pp. 1-ii + 1-60).. F. Hardcover.

London: George Redway, 1884. With the original Pen & Ink Drawing for the Portrait Frontispiece [CRUIKSHANK, George]. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank. Reprinted verbatim from the "Westminster Review" edited with a prefatory note on Thackeray as an artist and art-critic by W. E. Church... with upwards of forty illustrations including all the original woodcuts and a new portrait of Cruikshank etched by F.W. Pailthorpe. London, George Redway, 1884. *One of six copies large-paper copies printed on Japanese Paper. Folio (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 285 x 190 mm.). Portrait frontispiece in triplicate**. [iv], [i]-xvi, [1]-60, [2, advertisements] pp. Ful page plate "March - Showery" facing p. 49. ** The first is the original pen and ink drawing by F.W. Pailthorpe signed in pencil; The second is a 'first proof' also signed by Pailthorpe in pencil; The third is the final version printed on India paper, mounted. Bound by Jean-Luc Honegger, signed with black stamp… Leer más