The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs.
London: Chatto and Windus Piccadilly, 1882.
Price: $1,500.00
About the item
Cruikshank, George. With numerous (about 84) illustrations and cuts to which are added about 100 extra illustrations added by Mr. F. Pailthorpe. 2, many double plates and colored by hand. 284; 280 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Full blue straight-grained crushed morocco, raised bands, panels richly gilt-decorated by Wood, Binder, London. Covers off, tops of spines with loss. Bookplates of Charles Cooper Townsend and L.B. Rossbach. Fine internally.
Item #246394
Profusely extra-illustrated with the insertion by Mr F. Pailthorpe of about 100 plates in various processes. Over half of the plates are hand-colored and at least 6 are double. Some of the extra plates are quite rare, being illustrations from chapbooks and other ephemeral sources. There are a few proofs before letters on proof tissue.
