Item #59844 Tales of other days. By J. Y. A. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. John Yonge Akerman.
Tales of other days. By J. Y. A. With illustrations by George Cruikshank
Tales of other days. By J. Y. A. With illustrations by George Cruikshank
Tales of other days. By J. Y. A. With illustrations by George Cruikshank

Tales of other days. By J. Y. A. With illustrations by George Cruikshank

London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1830. 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 250; vignette title page and 6 woodcut plates by J. Thompson and S. & T. Williams after drawings by Cruikshank; original cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; generally a very good, sound copy, or better. "The Tales comprised in this volume were written during the author's leisure hours, and have already appeared before the public, but at the request of a few partial friends they have been revised and collected in the present form, and he trusts that although they may be wanting in elegance of style, they will be found correct as to historical and descriptive particulars" (preface). Akerman was an English antiquarian specializing mainly in numismatics. He also wrote under the pseudonym Paul Pindar. Cohn 23. Item #59844

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