2 volumes, 8vo (188 x 120 mm). Half-titles, frontispieces, illustrated title-pages, illustrated throughout; EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of 100 plates, and facsimiles, 43 with hand-coloring. 20th-century olive morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, the rest gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (spines sunned, one spine band chipped on vol.2).

FIRST EDITION of the definitive biography of Cruikshank.