CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878), et al, illustrators. -- EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849). Sunday In London; or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn... London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1821.
8vo. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and 35 hand-colored plates by Isaac, Robert & George Cruikshank, 21 wood-engraved vignettes, 6pp. engraved musical notation on 3 folding sheets. 20th century red levant gilt, all edges gilt, gilt-stamped by Zhaensdorf; morocco-backed slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, second issue with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music unnumbered. Abbey Life 281; Cohn 262; Tooley 196.
[With:] CRUIKSHANK, Robert, illustrator. -- EGAN, Pierce. Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in their pursuits through Life in and out of London. London: W. Strange, 1830. 8vo. Hand-colored aquatint frontispieces and 35 hand-colored plates after Cruikshank. Modern full niger gilt. FIRST EDITION, first issue with engraved title and engraved woodcuts on pp.7, 40, and 42.
[With:] CRUIKSHANK, George. Sunday in London. London: Effingham Wilson, 1833. 8vo. 14 engravings after Cruikshank; 24pp. advertisements at end. FIRST EDITION.
[With:] CRUIKSHANK, Robert. Colored etching, titled "London Vocalist." N.p., n.p., n.d. [ca 1820]. 6 1/2 x 4-in. Neatly mounted, matted, and bound in a folio, half blue morocco. SIGNED BY ROBERT CRUIKSHANK on the mount. Provenance: J. Barton Townsend (bookplate). "A rare print, said to be unknown by bibliographers" (sale note, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 26 February 1942, lot 188). Erroneously catalogued as being signed in the hand of George Cruikshank.
[With:] CRUIKSHANK, George. Autograph letter, to Editor of the London Times and to Justice Fuller, n.p., n.d. 2pp. on a single sheet, 8vo. WITH 3 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY CRUIKSHANK. Both letters relate to the sending of orphan girls to Canada and the U.S.
Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, and one autograph letter.
This lot is located in Chicago.
