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GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

“ITS SOCIAL IMPACT WAS GREATER THAN THAT OF ANY BOOK BEFORE OR SINCE”

STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. London, 1852. Thirteen parts.

Second English edition (published the same year as the Boston first edition) of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s galvanizing novel of slavery, the first to feature illustrations by celebrated artist George Cruikshank, in the very fragile original thirteen issues. $8100.

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George Cruikshank's Magazine

COMPLETE TWO-ISSUE RUN OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S MAGAZINE, ILLUSTRATED AND FEATURING FOUR FOLDING PLATES BY CRUIKSHANK

(CRUIKSHANK, George and FAIRLEGH, Frank) SMEDLEY, Frank E., editor. George Cruikshank's Magazine. London, 1854. Two volumes.

First editions of the January and February issues—all published—of Cruikshank's Magazine, illustrated and with four folding plates depicting the Comet of 1853, Elephantine Performances, methods for curing a bear of a sore head, and the disagreeable aspects of smoking, in original wrappers. $2500.

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Life of Napoleon... With Thirty Engravings

A SATIRICAL LIFE OF NAPOLEON WITHHAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS BY CRUIKSHANK

(NAPOLEON) (CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator) COMBE, William. The Life of Napoleon… With Thirty Engravings. London, 1817.

Second edition, with 29 full-page hand-colored engraved plates and hand-colored engraved title page, all by Cruikshank—one of his earliest works. Finely bound in full morocco-gilt by Riviere & Son. $2300.

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Answer to a Pamphlet Entitled Observations on the Reject Local Courts Jurisdiction Bill

SCARCE CRUIKSHANK ITEM: ANSWER TO BROUGHAM’S LOCAL COURTS BILL OF 1830, WITH ORIGINAL PROOF OF CRUIKSHANK’S SATIRICAL FRONTISPIECE

(CRUIKSHANK, George) (BROUGHAM, Lord Henry Peter). Answer to a Pamphlet Entitled Observations on the Reject Local Courts Jurisdiction Bill. London, 1833.

First edition of this scarce political pamphlet attacking Lord Brougham’s promotion of the Local Courts Bill, with humorous frontispiece by George Cruikshank entitled “A Local Court.” Accompanied by an original trial proof. Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf. $1500.

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Jack Sheppard. A Romance

THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS ENGLISH CRIMINALS, “A LEGEND,” WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

(CRUIKSHANK, George). AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Jack Sheppard. A Romance. London, 1839. Three volumes.

First edition, with over two dozen etchings by Cruikshank, with an autograph letter bound into volume I from Ainsworth to the publisher inviting him to dine and mentioning Charles Dickens. $1200.

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Windsor Castle

“VIVID PAGEANT OF SCENERY AND HISTORICAL ACCURACY”

AINSWORTH, W. Harrison. Windsor Castle. London, 1843. Three volumes.

First edition in book form of Aisnworth’s historical romance of Henry VIII and Herne the Hunter, in original boards, from the library of significant book and art collector Hannah D. Rabinowitz. $950.

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Greatest Plague of Life

“ADVENTURES OF A LADY IN SEARCH OF A GOOD SERVANT”

(CRUIKSHANK, George) MAYHEW BROTHERS, eds. The Greatest Plague of Life. London, 1847.

First edition of this satirical Victorian work about managing servants, beautifully illustrated with 12 plates and title page vignette by George Cruikshank, beautifully bound in full calf-gilt by Riviere & Son. $850.

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Adventures of Joseph Andrews

“HIGH SPIRITS, ROUGH HORSE-PLAY AND A HEALTHY SENSE OF THE COMEDY OF LIFE”

(CRUIKSHANK George) FIELDING, Henry. The Adventures of Joseph Andrews. London, 1832.

First Cruikshank-illustrated edition of Fielding’s bawdy and brilliant novel—“full of high spirits, rough horse-play and a healthy sense of the comedy of life” (Literary History of England, 956)— with four engraved plates by the celebrated caricaturist, handsomely bound by Bayntun. $750.

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Stenelaus and Amylda

“FOR THE HOLLOW SMILE OF THE FALSEST FRIEND THAT HUMANITY EVER TRUSTED!”

CRUIKSHANK, George. Stenelaus and Amylda. London, 1858.

First edition of this pamphlet, illustrated with three in-text woodcuts, one repeated on the cover of the original wrappers, with a contemporary presentation inscription, “W. Sh—-, Esq., With the Author’s Compliments.” Accompanied by a photographic facsimile published in 1935 by author George A. Zabriskie. $600.

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Cruikshank at Home

CRUIKSHANK AT HOME, WITH 39 WOOD-ENGRAVED PLATES, HANDSOMELY BOUND

CRUIKSHANK, Robert. Cruikshank at Home. London, 1845. Three volumes.

Early editions of these literary anthologies illustrated with 39 wood-engravings and numerous vignettes by Isaac Robert Cruikshank, handsomely bound by Root & Son. $450.

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Modern Wood Engraving. IN: The London and Westminster Review

WITH 30 PLATES BY CRUIKSHANK, JOHANNOT, GRANDVILLE, LANDSEER AND CONSTABLE

(CRUIKSHANK, George, et al.). Modern Wood Engraving. IN: The London and Westminster Review. London, 1837.

Interesting 1837 article on the state of English and continental wood-engraving in the London and Westminster Review as it originally appeared, illustrated with 30 wood-engraved plates after illustrations by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, John Constable, J.J. Grandville, Thomas Landseer, and Thomas Bewick's favorite pupil William Harvey. Handsomely bound by C. Walters. $450.

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Memoir of George Cruikshank

“IT IS DECIDEDLY UNFAIR TO CRUIKSHANK TO RANK HIM SIMPLY AS A CARICATURIST…”

(CRUIKSHANK, George) HAMILTON, Walter. A Memoir of George Cruikshank. London, 1878.

First edition of this biographical lecture delivered shortly before the death of 19th-century illustrator George Cruikshank, with numerous in-text examples of Cruikshank’s best illustrations, handsomely bound. $250.

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