George Cruikshank's omnibus. Illustrated with one hundred engravings on steel and wood. Edited by Laman Blanchard, Esq
London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. First book edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 300; engraved frontispiece and portrait plus 20 steel-engraved plates (all lightly spotted), and 78 illustrations in the text; all of the illustrations are by George Cruikshank except for three of the steel engravings; contemporary quarter maroon calf over marbled boards, black morocco label on spine; ex-library copy with bookplate, library rules, and occasional rubberstamps, small accession number at base of spine; extremities rubbed and worn, rear joint cracked with small loss near the bottom. See Cohen 190 for the first edition in parts issued the previous year. Item #59817
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