2 volumes, 8vo (188 x 120 mm). Half-titles, frontispieces, illustrated title-pages, illustrated throughout; EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of approximately 101 portraits plates, and facsimiles, many with hand-coloring. (Some light spotting.) 20th-century red morocco gilt, front covers with facsimile signatures gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest with figures after Cruikshank gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (some light scuffing).

FIRST EDITION of the definitive biography of Cruikshank.