Jun 20, 2013 - Sale 2319

Sale 2319 - Lot 66

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE. A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, editor. George Cruikshank's Table Book. 12 plates by Cruikshank. 8vo, original illustrated wrappers, gilt edges to first three parts as issued, light soiling, minor chipping to a few parts, and a few small repairs to wrappers; preserved in custom silk chemise (slight fraying) and gilt morocco pull-off case, by Wood; armorial bookplate in silk-lined chemise. London: "Punch" Office, 1845
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first edition in original monthly parts, signed by cruikshank and dated in the year of publication at the head of page 1, part 1. Advertisements as noted by Cohn, but back wrapper of Part 9 not described therein, and lacking a few blanks and the "Table-Book Advertiser" in Part 12. Cohn, pp. 66-67.