Jun 21, 2012 - Sale 2282

Sale 2282 - Lot 82

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
FIRST ISSUE WITH BINDER'S LEAF (CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE.) Carey, David. Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours, of Dick Wildfire. Another copy. Frontispiece and 20 colored aquatint plates by George Cruikshank. 8vo, cherry red calf decoratively stamped on covers, spines, and turn-ins, by Wood, spine ends a bit rubbed with corners just starting; top edge trimmed and gilt; Norman J. Sondheim bookplate. London: Printed for John Fairburn, 1822

Additional Details

first edition, first issue with scarce insert "To the Binder" leaf bound at end. Tooley 129; Cohn 104; Abbey Travel 112.