Books and Manuscripts

1. Hop-O' My-Thumb and the Seven-Leagues Boots
London: David Bogue, (1853). First edition, first issue (with correct ads on rear wrapper; list of illustrations printed on verso of front flyleaf; rear flyleaf pasted on rear wrapper). 12mo. (ii), 30 pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates by Cruikshank. Three-quarter green levant over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, spine and extremities darkened, joints rubbed; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; matching marbled endpapers; by Root & Son; foxing to plates, as usual; original green wrappers bound in. Cohn 191 (1914) and 196 (1924)

2. The History of Jack & the Bean-Stalk
London: David Bogue, (1854). First edition (mixed issue, with three of five first issue points: with rear fly-leaf pasted to rear wrapper; correct frontispiece; plates on white paper). 12mo. 32 pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates by Cruikshank. Bound as above, spine and extremities darkened; foxing to plates, as usual; original green wrappers bound in. Cohn 192 (1914) and 197 (1924)

3. Cinderella and the Glass Slipper
London: David Bogue, (1854). First edition (mixed issue, with three of four first issue points: with front fly-leaf pasted to front wrapper; presumably with complete Cruikshank address at rear; correct rear wrapper ads). 12mo. 31 pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates by Cruikshank. Bound as above, spine and extremities darkened; foxing to plates, as usual; original green wrappers bound in. Cohn 193 (1914) and 198 (1924)

4. Puss in Boots
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, (1864). First edition (mixed issue, with two of four first issue points: with no flyleaf and no plate list). 12mo. 40 pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates by Cruikshank. Bound as above, spine and extremities darkened; foxing to plates, as usual; original green wrappers bound in. Cohn 194 (1914) and 199 (1924)

A handsome and scarce complete set of George Cruikshank's Fairy Library.