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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Minor rubbing to the spine otherwise a splendid later full polished calf binding by Root & Son with a wonderful calligraphic spine label of Cruikshank's autograph in gilt.

8vo, iii-viii,[ii],300pp, 21 (of 22) steel etchings, woodcuts. Lacks half title and frontispiece, most plates clean but several spotted or with margin stains, one badly repaired with tape. Red crayon mark on title. Recased in original red cloth, gilt, corners bumped and edges rubbed. G.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tall 8vo, 300pp. Solid First Edition. Bound in three-quarter blue morocco over blue cloth boards. Bordered in gilt. 5 raised bands on spine blocked in gilt with gilt titles in 2nd and 3rd compartments and date at the bottom. Floral design in all other compartments. vTop edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Illustrated with 100 engravings on steel and wood. Square and tight with strong hinges. Rubbing to hinges and extremities. 1.5" round stain on front board. Some scuffing to leather. Moderate scattered foxing and toning. Particularly on the reverse of the full page engravings but images themselves are largely unblemished. A handsome collectable copy at a great price.…

First edition of GeorgeÂCruikshankâs Omnibus. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Wood of London with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and floral detailing to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and numerous plates and in-text illustrations by Cruikshank, as well as an engraved portrait ofÂCruikshank by C.E. Wagstaff. In very good condition, bookplate in morocco gilt of Frederick Thayer Hunt. An exceptional presentation. Praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his lifetime, British caricaturist and book illustrator George Cruikshank illustrated numerous works for close friend Charles Dickens including Sketches by Boz (1836), The Mudfog Papers (1837â"38) and Oliver Twist (1838). He also illustrated Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi (1838), which Dickens edited under his regular nom de plume, "Boz". Cruikshank even acted in Dickens's amateur theatrical company.…