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of Richard Daly, etc., 1792, extra illustrated, with 22 portraits of Mrs. Billington, an autograph letter, and 6 Covent Garden play bills, half morocco, 8vo. (33) C. Scott, £5 6182 Bon Ton (The New) Magazine, coloured caricature plates, 6 vol., fancy embroidered binding, uncut, with the original boards preserved, 1818-21, 8vo. (36) Kobson, £5 6183 Byron (Lord). Poetical Works, portrait, 6 vol., Murray, 1855-Letters and Journals, with notices of his Life by Thomas Moore, 44 engravings, by the Findens, from designs by Turner, Stanfield, etc., 3 vol., Murray, 1833, together 9 vol., extra illustrated by the insertion of about 140 additional views, portraits, etc., morocco extra, g. t. uncut, by Kaufmann (43) Sotheran, £10 6184 Carroll (L.) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 42 illustrations by John Tenniel, first edition, original cloth, gilt edges, Macmillan, 1866, 8vo. (45) Sabin, £9 6185 Chalmers (W.) Life of W. Shakespeare (extracted from vol. i. of the Works, without title-page) and illustrated by upwards of 100 extra portraits, views, etc., many fine and rare, half calf gilt, m. e., 1804, 8vo. (52) A. Jackson, £5 6186 Cibber (Mrs.) A Dialogue in the Shades between the Celebrated Mrs. Cibber and the no less Celebrated Mrs. Woffington, both of Amorous Memory, Levant morocco extra, uncut, by Rivière, Bladon, 1766, 4to. (61) Robson, £17

Works Illustrated by George Cruikshank.

6187 Brough (R. B.) Life of Sir John Falstaff, with a Biography of the Knight from Authentic Sources, 20 etchings and a woodcut by G. Cruikshank, the original issue in 10 parts, enclosed in a silk-lined case, in fine condition, Longmans, 1857-58, 8vo. (101) Sotheran, 15 15s.

[Presentation copy, with inscription, "Erasmus Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., etc., etc., with the regards of Geo. Cruikshank," on each wrapper.--Catalogue.]

6188 Brough (R. B.) Life of Sir John Falstaff, a complete Set of the 20 etchings by G. Cruikshank, proofs, printed on folio paper, bound in half morocco extra, with a speciallydesigned title-page, 1857, folio (102)

Sabin, £5

[The plate of Sir John Falstaff bears the following inscription, in pencil: "J. H. Anderdon, Esq., with the best regards of Geo. Cruikshank."-Catalogue.]

6189 Carey (D.) Life in Paris, comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours of Dick Wildfire of Corinthian Celebrity and his Bang-up Companions Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton, 21 coloured plates, and woodcuts by G. Cruikshank, first edition, in the original 21 parts, uncut, as published, Fairburn, 1822, 8vo. (107) Spencer, £16 10s.

[Wanted the back wrappers to the first six parts. The front wrappers of these parts had been inlaid; they are of importance, as they each contain a different woodcut. The wrappers of the other parts perfect.--Catalogue.]

6190 Carey (D.) Life in Paris, comprising the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire of Corinthian Celebrity and

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his Bang-up Companions Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton, 21 coloured plates, and woodcuts by G. Cruikshank, first edition, LARGE PAPER, original picture boards, uncut, fine copy, Fairburn, 1822 (108) Sabin, £27 6191 Comic Almanack, numerous etchings and woodcuts by G. Cruikshank, 19 vol., complete in the original covers as issued, a good Set, 1835-53, 8vo. (123) Sabin, £16 6192 Cruikshank (G.) Essays on the Genius of George Cruikshank, by Christopher North, W. M. Thackeray, Cuthbert Bede, Walter Thornbury, F. W. Fairholt, F. Wedmore and others, extracted from various Magazines and Periodicals, all neatly inlaid, with coloured borders, and profusely illustrated, with Portraits, Etchings, Caricatures, Song Headings, Newspaper Cuttings, Autograph Letters from G. C. and others, and Original Drawings by George Cruikshank, bound in 6 vol., with special title-pages, full red morocco, gold tooled backs and sides, doublé with green morocco, richly gilt, joints, gilt edges, royal 4to. (134) Tregaskis, £106 6193 Cruikshank (G.) Original Manuscript in the Autograph of George Cruikshank, containing the Original Outlines of More Hints on Etiquette," with several Autograph Letters by Thackeray, Bulwer, Forsyth, and others, all addressed to G. Cruikshank, a Pencil Sketch for the Cover of a proposed Ainsworth-Cruikshank Magazine, Draft of an interesting Letter from Cruikshank to W. H. Ainsworth, a page of Manuscript by Dickens, showing his connection with the work; on the backs of pages 13 and 14 were Pencil Sketches by G. Cruikshank of the plate in Oliver Twist, "Oliver plucks up Courage," and other interesting matter, in I vol., morocco extra, 4to. (141) Sabin, £38 6194 Cruikshank (G.) Reid (G. W.) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of George Cruikshank, with an Essay by Edward Bell, 313 illustrations, 3 vol., LARGE PAPER, plates on India paper, only 135 sets printed, roxburghe, g. t., 1871, 4to. (142) Edwards, £14 6195 Egan (P.) Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic the Oxonian, etc., 36 coloured plates and numerous woodcuts by I. R. and G. Cruikshank, first edition, complete in the original parts as published, with the wrappers and advertisements, fine copy, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1821, 8vo. (149) Pearson, £25 6196 Egan (Pierce). Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic the Oxonian, etc., 36 coloured plates and woodcuts by I. R. and G. Cruikshank, first edition, in the original picture boards (repaired), uncut, fine copy, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1821, royal 8vo. (150) W. Brown, £16 197 Egan (P.) Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic the Oxonian, etc., 36 coloured plates and

numerous woodcuts by I. R. and G. Cruikshank, morocco extra, gilt edges by F. Bedford, Virtue, 1830, 8vo. (151) Sabin, £7 15s.

[Fine copy. With a rare playbill (containing two

coloured illustrations) of the benefit for Pierce Egan at Sadler's Wells inserted at the end.--Catalogue.]

6198 Egan (P.) Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in their pursuits through Life in and out of London, first edition, 36 coloured plates and numerous woodcuts by R. Cruikshank, Virtue, 1830, 8vo. (152) Robson, £18 15s. [Fine copy. Uniform with the preceding, with a Catnach broadside of the "Funeral of Black Billy," also the "Tears of London for the Death of Tom and Jerry," inserted at the end.--Catalogue.]

6199 Fairy Library. Hop-o'-my-Thumb, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, etchings by G. Cruikshank, 4 vol., all first editions, in the original wrappers, Bogue, Routledge and Arnold, n. d. (155) Sabin, £6 6200 Freischütz Travestie (Der), by Septimus Globus, 12 etchings by G. Cruikshank and a duplicate set coloured (inlaid to size), LARGE PAPER, mottled calf extra, gilt edges by Rivière, Baldwyn, 1824, 8vo. (163) Sabin, £5 6201 Going to the Fight, exhibiting the Sporting World in all its Variety of Style and Costume along the road from Hyde Park Corner to Moulsey Hurst, 42 coloured scenes on the road by J. R. Cruikshank, on a roller enclosed in a box, curious and scarce, 1819 (169) J. Bumpus, £12 10s. Stories, first edition, polished calf extra,

6202 Grimm (M. M.) German Popular etchings by G. Cruikshank, 2 vol., Roger Payne backs, gilt edges by F. Bedford, Baldwyn, 1823, Robins, 1826, 8vo. (174) Pearson, £68

[An unusually fine and tall copy, with numerous uncut leaves. It was the first issued, with the "a" in Märchen on the title-page not modified. From the Library of R. S. Turner, at whose sale in June, 1888, it sold for £43. -Catalogue.] 6203 Humourist (The). A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Epigrams, Bons Mots, etc., 40 coloured plates by G. Cruikshank, 4 vol., original picture drab boards, uncut, Robins, 1822, 1819, 1819, 1820, 8vo. (188) J. Bumpus, £27 6204 Humourist (The). A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Epigrams, Bons Mots, etc., 40 coloured plates by G. Cruikshank, 4 vol., first editions, mottled calf extra, gilt edges by Rivière, Robins, 1819, 1819, 1819, 1820, 8vo. (189) Pearson, £18 10s. 6205 Humourist (The). A Collection of Entertaining Tales, etc., coloured plates by G. Cruikshank, vol. ii. and iv., original boards, uncut, in fine state, 1819-20, 8vo. (190) Sabin, £12 12s. 6206 Ireland (W. H.) Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 24 folding coloured plates and portraits by G. Cruikshank, 4 vol., mottled calf extra, gilt edges by Morrell, 1828, 8vo. (195) Maggs, £14 6207 Kenrick (T.) The British Stage and Literary Cabinet,

24 coloured theatrical portraits, of which 18 are by G. Cruikshank and 6 by R. Cruikshank, 2 vol., half morocco, 1817-18, 8vo. (203) Grego, £8 155. 6208 Maxwell (W. H.) History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, with Memoirs of the Union and Emmett's Insurrection, portraits and 21 etchings by G. Cruikshank, first edition, complete in the original parts as published, fine copy, Baily, 1845, 8vo. (211) Russell, £9.95. 6209 Meteor or General Censor: comprising Satirical and Humorous Essays (from November, 1813, to April, 1814, inclusive), 25 coloured etchings and folding plates, all mounted on linen, 2 vol., morocco extra, doublé, inlaid and tooled with a floral design, silk fly-leaves, gilt edges by Lortic, in lined cardboard cases, covered with gilt paper, Longmans, 1816, 8vo. (220) Pickering, £30

[This is the reissue of vol. i. divided into 2 vol., with new title-pages; but this copy contained all the coloured etchings and folding plates which appeared in all that was published of the original issue.-Catalogue.]

6210 Moore (A.) The Annals of Gallantry, or the Conjugal Monitor, 18 coloured plates, of which 3 are by G. Cruikshank, 3 vol., half morocco, g. t., 1814-15, 8vo. (223) Sabin, £20 6211 Pitman (A.) Miseries of the Musick Master, coloured frontispiece by G. Cruikshank, mottled calf extra, gilt edges by Rivière, 1815, 4to. (241) Robson, £5 6212 Progress (The) of a Midshipman exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead, coloured plates by G. Cruikshank, morocco extra, gilt back and sides, inlaid, joints, uncut, Humphrey, 1820, oblong 4to. (247) Maggs, £22 15s. 6213 Roscoe (T.) The Novelist's Library, portraits and etchings by G. Cruikshank (excepting those in Robinson Crusoe), 19 vol., original white cloth, uncut, 1831-33, 8vo. (252) T. Wilson, 10 IOS. 6214 Roscoe (T.) Novelist's Library, portrait and 38 etchings by G. Cruikshank to illustrate the Novels of Fielding and Smollett, undivided proofs on India paper, bound in I vol., half morocco extra, 1831, folio (253) Pearson, £5 10s. 6215 Satirist (The), or Monthly Meteor, New Series, vol. i., ii., iii., iv. (being vol. xi., xii., xiii., xiv. of the complete work), numerous folding coloured caricatures, of which 8 are by G. Cruikshank-The Tripod, or New Satirist, July and August, 1814 (all published), in 4 vol., morocco, blind tooled sides, doublé, with a richly gilt floral design, gilt fly-leaves, gilt edges, 1812-14, 8vo. (254) Robson, £7 6216 Scott (Sir W.) Demonology and Witchcraft, 12 sketches by G. Cruikshank, half morocco, gilt edges, Robins, 1830, 8vo. (256) Sotheran, £8 5s. 6217 Scott (Sir W.) Waverley Novels, numerous plates by G. Cruikshank, Turner, Stanfield, Maclise, Landseer, and others, complete in the 240 weekly parts, with the original wrappers and advertisements as issued, enclosed in 32 cases, Fisher, 1836-39, 8vo. (257) £4 15s.

6218 Scourge (The), or Monthly Expositor of Imposture and

Folly, 11 vol.-The Scourge and Satirist, vol. i., New Series (all published), coloured folding caricatures mounted on linen, 41 of which are by G. Cruikshank, 12 vol., morocco extra, doublé, and richly tooled with a floral design, silk fly-leaves, gilt edges by Lortic, in lined cardboard cases covered with gilt paper, a fine Set, 1811-16, 8vo. (258) Maggs, £20 10s. [According to Reid's catalogue, the set is complete in II vol. The twelfth vol. in this set is the first and only one published of a new series, and was apparently issued with out a general title-page. It contains three coloured caricatures by G. Cruikshank.—Catalogue.]

6219 Scourge (The), or Monthly Expositor of Imposture and Folly, folding coloured caricatures by G. Cruikshank and others, II vol., original boards, uncut, 1811-16, 8vo. (259)

Spencer, £11 IOS. 6220 Scraps and Sketches by George Cruikshank, first edition, coloured copy, the 4 parts complete, with the unpublished plate intended to illustrate part v., entitled "Anticipated effects of the Tailors' Strike," bound in I vol., morocco, extra gilt back and sides, inlaid, joints, uncut, with the original wrappers preserved, 1828-32, oblong 8vo. (260) J. Bumpus, £6 6221 Table Book, edited by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, etchings and woodcuts, first edition, morocco extra, gilt edges, all the wrappers and advertisements at the end, by Rivière, Punch Office, 1845, 8vo. (270) J. Bumpus, £7 55. 6222 The Bottle in Eight Plates, designed and etched by George Cruikshank, Bogue, 1847- The Drunkard's Children, a Sequel to the Bottle in Eight Plates, by George Cruik shank, ib., 1848, 2 vol. in 1, LARGE PAPER, half morocco extra, with the original wrappers preserved by Rivière, presentation copies, with the inscription on each "W. Russell, Esq., etc., with the kind regards of Geo. Cruik shank," folio (271) Pickering, £31

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[Inserted in The Bottle" were two original watercolour drawings (full-size) for plate 2 (He is discharged from his employment for Drunkenness), and plate 3 (An Execution Sweeps off his Furniture), and in "The Drunkard's Children," the original pencil sketch (full-size of "The Boy Thief Arrested."-Catalogue.]

6223 Town Talk, or Living Manners, coloured folding caricatures, seven of which are by G. Cruikshank, 5 vol., morocco extra, inside gold borders, joints, silk end leaves, gilt edges, with an original wrapper bound in vol. ii by Rivière, J. Johnson, 1811-14, 8vo. (272) Sabin, £44

[Of all the books illustrated by George Cruikshank, this is the rarest; it was originally published in monthly parts. From its appearance in July, 1811, until the January number of 1812, it was not illustrated; the first caricature was published in the February issue, 1812. Cruikshank etched a plate for the following number (March), but for

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