[LEECH, John (1817-1864)]. FRITH, William Powell (1819-1909). John Leech, His Life and Work. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1891.

2 volumes, 8vo (217 x 136 mm). Half-titles, frontispieces , numerous illustrations, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of approximately 100 portraits and plates, a few with hand coloring. (Some light spotting, tear crossing text on one leaf, some light offsetting.) 20th-century red polished calf gilt, green morocco letting-pieces gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (spine sunned, a few minor scuffs).

Second edition of Frith’s biography of John Leech, written using letters written between Leech and his lifelong friend Charles F. Adams.

[With:] John LEECH (1817-1864), illustrator. Gilbert Abbott A 'BECKETT (1811-1856). The Comic History of England. N.p.: The Punch Office, 1864. 2 volumes (210 x 133 mm). Half-title, 20 plates, numerous in-text woodcuts. (Some minor spotting.) Early 20th-century calf gilt, with brown and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Root & Son (some chipping, a few minor stains, some sunning). Later edition. A’Beckett was one of the original Punch staff members, where Leech was a long-time caricaturist from 1841 until his death.

[LEECH, John (1817-1864)]. FRITH, William Powell (1819-1909). John Leech, His Life and Work. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1891.