Jul 09, 2020 - Sale 2540

Sale 2540 - Lot 303

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CRUIKSHANK). Group of 3 illustrated books. London, Vd

Additional Details

Egan, Pierce. Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and 35 plates after Isaac Robert and George Cruikshank, 3 folding music sheets, xvi, 376, (8 [advertisement]) pages. 8vo, 9x5 1/2 inches, modern red leatherette, a.e.g.; separate areas of worming affecting music sheets and several plates, lacking half-title. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1821. Egan, Pierce. Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in Their Pursuits Through Life In and Out of London. Aquatint frontispiece and 35 plates after Robert Cruikshank (about half hand-colored), xvi, 368 pages with wood engraved vignettes to title and pages 7, 40, and 42. 8vo, 8 1/2x5 1/2 inches, nicely rebacked plain paper-covered boards, t.e.g., foredge uncut, lacking half-title. London: W. Strange, [1830]. Carey, David. Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours, of Dick Wildfire, a Corinthian Celebrity, and His Bang-up Companions. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and 20 plates after George Cruikshank, half-title, xxiv, 489 pages. 8vo, 8 3/4x5 3/4 inches, 20th-century red half morocco rebacked, t.e.g.; minor foxing. London: John Fairburn, 1822.