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Cruikshank's Trip To Greenwich Fair
by CRUIKSHANK, Robert
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- first
- Condition
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Calabasas, California, United States
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About This Item
London: William Kidd, [1832]. With the Original Printed Wrappers Bound In
CRUIKSHANK, Robert. Cruikshank's Trip To Greenwich Fair. A Whimsical Record, Containing the Humorous Adventures of Peter Grace and His Three Daughters; also, of Their Nine Friends, the Muses; Thomas Titter, the Yorkshireman, and Many Others; Together With a Description of the Various Amusements in Greenwich Park, the Fair, &c. &c. The Illustrations On Wood, by Robert Cruikshank. London: William Kidd, n.d. [1832].
First edition. Twelvemo (6 x 3 1/2 in; 154 x 89 mm). 36 pp. Four wood engraved plates including frontispiece, title-page vignette. Printed by Bradbury and Evans.
Later full emerald calf for J. Bumpus of Oxford Street with double fillets. Two raised bands. Gilt ornament at spine head and tail. Original wrappers preserved. Bookmark ribbon. Small library stamp to upper margin of front wrapper, still a very fine copy of a rather scarce little book.
With the bookplate of the renowned scientific author, barrister and book collector, Sir David Salomons Bart (1851-1925).
CRUIKSHANK, Robert. Cruikshank's Trip To Greenwich Fair. A Whimsical Record, Containing the Humorous Adventures of Peter Grace and His Three Daughters; also, of Their Nine Friends, the Muses; Thomas Titter, the Yorkshireman, and Many Others; Together With a Description of the Various Amusements in Greenwich Park, the Fair, &c. &c. The Illustrations On Wood, by Robert Cruikshank. London: William Kidd, n.d. [1832].
First edition. Twelvemo (6 x 3 1/2 in; 154 x 89 mm). 36 pp. Four wood engraved plates including frontispiece, title-page vignette. Printed by Bradbury and Evans.
Later full emerald calf for J. Bumpus of Oxford Street with double fillets. Two raised bands. Gilt ornament at spine head and tail. Original wrappers preserved. Bookmark ribbon. Small library stamp to upper margin of front wrapper, still a very fine copy of a rather scarce little book.
With the bookplate of the renowned scientific author, barrister and book collector, Sir David Salomons Bart (1851-1925).
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- Bookseller
- David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 02579
- Title
- Cruikshank's Trip To Greenwich Fair
- Author
- CRUIKSHANK, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: William Kidd, [1832]
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