Plates from "Mayhew's Great Exhibition of 1851" de Mayhew, Henry. George Cruikshank - 1851

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-05-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-05-10. Paperback. Good.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1853. Hardcover. Fine. Folding frontispiece cartoon titled "Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration", a fine b&w engraving. A politically incorrect cartoon. Cruikshank draws his usual comic scene, this time on the Sydney wharfside. On the left of this panoramic print is a rather bemused looking group of settlers & soldiers, looking at the group of African women who have just arrived on the ship in the harbour behind them. Men jostle to get down the stairs to the women, not yet seeing who has arrived. The center ground is held by a stout and smug wheeler-dealer, ready to make a match between the two parties. 8vo, 428pp, ads 32pp. Green gilt cloth. Ex library with 2 stickers at front paste down, card pocket rear paste down. Bright and clean copy.

London: David Bogue, 1850. Hardcover. Good. No published date on title page, ca. 1850s, 8vo, in later calf by Riviere, good copy with some repairs and darkening to joints, replacement of leather to top of spine, contents very good, 271 pp, plates by Cruikshank.

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London: David Bogue, 1851. First printing. Hardcover. Very good overall. Two yearly volumes bound together of the comic almanac. 1850 issue 58 pp engravings throughout; 1851 issue, 58pp engravings throughout but lacking the large folding panoramic frontispiece. Includes the period hand coloured engraving of " Women. As It Ought to Be, or The Ladies Trying a Contemptible Scoundrel for a "Breach of Promise". Classic caricature by Cruikshank, where a court of women, entirely composing the jury, red-robed judges & red-robed barristers) are prosecuting a poor fellow for breach of promise. Steel engraved panorama with original hand color. 15 1/2 x 6 ", with sml. margins. Amongst the ammenities provided in the background are a "Prosecutrix's Boudoir" and a "Tea Room". Wonderful satirical cartoon, title at top reads "A New Court of Queens Bench." Large 12 mo. Bound in half calf with plain boards top of spine chipped with section missing.

London: David Bogue, nd [1851]. First edition in book form. George Cruikshank. 8vo. Woodcut title-page, 10 etched plates (9 folding) by George Cruikshank. [iv], 242 pp. Half dark brown calf and cloth, marbled edges; some foxing to plates. Cruikshank etching from another work pasted to flyleaf, book-plate of Samuel Joshua Cooper, booksellers ticket of James Miles, Leeds First edition in book form following publication in 8 monthly parts; with the error in pagination, omitting pp. 63-4, as called for in Cohn.REFERENCE: Cohn 548

London: David Bogue, 1851. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to good+ condition. Octavo. 242pp., 10 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original burgundy three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Frontispiece engraving. Illustrated title page. with nine engravings designed and etched by George Cruishank. The etchings are bound in variant from pagination indicated in list of illustrations, all present. Plates: Frontispiece, Looking for Lodging, London Crammed and Manchester Deserted (2 plates), The Opera Boxes, The Opening of the Great Bee-Hive, The First Shilling Day, Some of the Drolleries..., Odds and Ends, and the Dispersion of the Works..., plus illustrated title page. First three and last etching with some damp-staining in plates, others minor or only along edges. The Opening of the grand Bee-Hive with small closed tears at bottom of folds. Lightly age-toned block and light damp-staining at front and back. Wear along edges of binding; front cover attached only at… Leer más