Egan Pierce; Etching By George And Isaac Robert Cruikshank. A Whistling Shop. Tom & Jerry Visiting Logic "On Board The Fleet."[ Original Antique Etching With Aquatint, From "Life In London", 1821]. Sherwood, Neely, And Jones,, London, 1821.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustration To Pierce Egan's Life In London, Page 352. Some Foxing. Men Drink And Smoke In The Fleet Prison. Tom And Jerry, In Top-Hats, Sit With Logic, En Deshabille, At A Table Between Door (R.) And Fire. A Man, 'The Haberdasher', Serves Spirits From Bottles On Open Shelves (1.). A Thin Man Enters Carrying Racquets. A 'Poor Author' Leans Against The Chimneypiece. By The Door A Melancholy Man Listens Intently To His Wife Who Holds A Little Girl In Her Arms, While A Little Boy Stares At The Strange Inmates. Prints And Ballads Are Pasted Up Over The Fire-Place: A Ship In Full Sail Is Next A Print Of A Wreck. 1 May 1821. Hand-Coloured Etching And Aquatint

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849 [author]; Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878; Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856 [illustrators]. LIFE IN LONDON, OR, THE DAY AND NIGHT SCENES OF JERRY HAWTHORN, ESQ. AND HIS ELEGANT FRIEND, CORINTHIAN TOM, ACCOMPANIED BY BOB LOGIC, THE OXONIAN, IN THEIR RAMBLES AND SPREES THROUGH THE METROPOLIS. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London, 1821.

Price: US$337.50 + shipping

Description: Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print, raised bands; Boards in brown leather with gold print, light light wear to spine caps, tear to front hinge, else clean and strong; Text block has gilt edges, green silk endpapers, descriptive sheet affix to front pastedown, stain to front flyleaf, wear to silk on rear flyleaf, else clean and tight; xvi, 376 pages, "Embellished with thirty-six scenes from real life . and enriched with numerous original designs on wood", engraved color title page, illustrated (color plates), 3 folded leaves of printed music. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. 1368787. FP New Rockville Stock.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Egan, Pierce; Cruikshank, George. The life in London or The day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxanion in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis. [Erstausgabe / first edition].. London, Verlag Sherwood, Neely, and Jones., 1821.

Price: US$536.03 + shipping

Description: Groß-8°. 24,5 x 16,5. XVI, 376 Seiten, [4] Blatt. Insgesamt 39 Tafeln. Roter Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und ornamentalem Buchschmuck, Rundum-Grünschnitt und marmorierten Vorsätzen. Zweiter Druck der ersten Ausgabe. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. Tooley 196. Abbey Life 281. Mit 36 handkolorierten Aquatintatafeln (einschließlich Frontispiz) und Textholzschnittten, jeweils von I.R. und G. Cruikshank, und 3 beidseitig bedruckten, mehrfach gefalteten Notentafeln. Charakteristisch für den zweiten Druck der Erstausgabe mit Fußnote auf Seite 9, jedoch ohne Paginierung auf der ersten Notentafel. "The success was instantaneous and unprecedented. ‘It took both town and country by storm.’ [.]. The alternate scenes of high life and low life, the contrasted characters, and revelations of misery side by side with prodigal waste and folly, attracted attention, while the vivacity of dialogue and description never flagged." (ODNB, Egan). Mit dem radierten Exlibris von Heinrich von Maltzahn (Wappenabbildung, Inschrift: Dum Spiro Spero). Einband leicht berieben und minimal rissig, Ecken etwas bestoßen, Seiten zart gebräunt, Aquatintaabbildungen je mit Abklatsch auf der gegenüberliegenden Textseite und mimalem Durchschlag, Seiten nur sehr vereinzelt und minimal, Tafelränder, Notentafeln und vorhandene Seidenhemdchen leicht bis mäßig stockfleckig, letztere zudem zum Teil etwas knickspurig, einige Seiten und Tafeln am Kopfsteg mit leichtem Wasserfleck (minimal gewellt, meist nicht gebräunt, weder Bild- noch Textberührung). Gutes Exemplar mit ausgesprochen schönen, in kräftigen Farben erhaltenen Aquatinta-Radierungen. Red half leather binding of the times with gold embossed title and ornamental book decoration on spine, green edges and marbled endpapers. Second printing of the first edition. English language edition. Tooley 196. Abbey Life 281. With 36 hand-colored aquatint plates (including frontispiece) and woodcuts within the text, each by I.R. and G. Cruikshank, and 3 plates with sheet music printed on both sides and folded several times. Characteristic of the second printing of the first edition with the footnote on page 9, but without pagination on the first plate with sheet music. Binding slightly rubbed and with minimal fissures, corners slightly bumped, pages lightly darkened, aquatint illustrations each with set-off on the opposite text page and minimal show-through, only very few pages minimally, aquatint and sheet music plate margins as well as Japanese tissue paper slightly to moderately foxed, the latter also partially creased, top margin of some pages and plates with a slight water stain (minimally wavy, rarely darkened, neither image nor text affected). Good copy with exceptionally beautiful aquatint etchings preserved in strong colours. Sprache: englisch.

Seller: Antiquariat Lenzen, Düsseldorf, Germany

(Cruikshank, George & Robert); Egan, Pierce.. LIFE IN LONDON OR, THE DAY AND NIGHT SCENES OF JERRY HAWTHORN ESQ. AND HIS ELEGANT FRIEND CORINTHIAN TOM, ACCOMPANIED BY BOB LOGIC, THE OXONIAN, IN THEIR RAMBLES AND SPREES THROUGH THE METROPOLIS. Embellished with Thirty-six Scenes from Real Life, Designed and Etched by I.R. & G. Cruikshank; and enriched also with numerous designs on wood by the same artists.. London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1821., 1821.

Price: US$795.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: ILLUSTRATED WITH 36 HAND-COLORED AQUATINTS BY GEORGE & ROBERT CRUIKSHANK - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6 inches wide. Bound in contemporary tree calf by by Riviere, re-backed in later leather with the original gilt decorated spine with raised bands and the original red leather title label. The top edge is gilt. There is minor wear to the edges and corners of the original covers. The original spine, laid down onto new leather backing, is rubbed with small chips out of the head and a larger piece out of the tail. xvi & 376 pages, plus an 8-page publisher's catalog which is illustrated with woodcuts. Illustrated with 36 hand-colored aquatints, including an extra color pictorial title page, and with 3 folding leaves of music and several textual woodcuts. The bottom corner of the front endpaper is creased and chipped, a piece is out from the bottom corner of the front blank and from the bottom corner of the rear endpaper. There is occasional toning and soiling, as well as occasional minor stains, with offsetting to the pages opposite the plates. Very good. First edition. Second issue with a footnote on page 9. According to Cohn 262 this is an early issue of the 3 folding leaves of music as the first leaf is unnumbered. Also according to Cohn it contains an early issue of the half-title as the printer's name is printed on the verso at the bottom left side of the page. Additionally, in the present copy "good-bies" on page 376 is not yet corrected.

Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.

Egan, Pierce. Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. And His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London, 1821.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 23.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. xvi 376p, [8 ads]. Handsomely bound into full red leather with gilt devices of dominos, a boxing match, and a pair of dancers to the spine. 4 raised leather bands to spine. TEG. Beautifully illustrated with 36 hand-colored aquatint plates by Isaac Robert and George Cruikshank as well as in-text woodcuts. 3 double sided fold-outs of musical notes between pages 118-119. Tooley's first edition, third issue with 1821 on title page, footnote on page 9, the first musical score numbered 1 and 2, and "good-bies" on page 376. Bookplate on second front endpaper. Spine has been professionally rebacked. Tiny closed tear to top of frontispiece. Lacking half-title. Plates without foxing. Lovely copy in a fine binding. An enormously popular work of the high and low life in London, it was translated into French and reprinted many times throughout the 19th century. References: Abbey Life 281. Cohn 262. Tooley 196.

Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

EGAN, Pierce. Life in London, or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. Sherwood, Neely, London, 1821.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Description: 36 magnificent hand colored aquatint plates and 21 wood engravings by George and Isaac Robert Cruikshank. 3 folding leaves of music sheets (6 pages). xvi, 376 pages, top edge gilt, 8vo, full burgundy crushed levant by Root & Son. Hinges on both covers have been strengthened. Ornately gilt spine with varied designs, front cover has a gilt image of 2 men boxing in a ring, inner dentelles, marbled end papers. London: Sherwood Neely, 1821. First Edition. Second issue, with footnote on page 9 and the first leaf of music unnumbered. Very good (+). The 1821 bestseller that influenced W.M. Thackeray and Charles Dickens. Tooley 196. Very clean and bright copy. Cohn 262; Abbey, Life 281; Prideaux p. 307, 10, 35; Tooley 196.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

EGAN, Pierce. Life in London; Or, the day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the metropolis. Dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth. Embellished with thirty-six scenes from real life, designed and etched by I.R. & G. Cruikshank; and enriched also with numerous original designs on wood, by the same artists.. Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, London, 1821.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, second issue, with the following second issue points (per Cohn): there is a footnote on page 9 and the first sheet of music is numbered. Octavo. xvi, 376. Thirty-six hand-colored aquatint plates by George and Robert Cruikshank and three folding leaves of music, printed on both sides. An original printed front wrapper bound in at the rear.Handsomely bound by Morrell of London in full crushed red morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet borders, spine compartments densely gilt and with gilt lettering, gilt fillet board edges, gilt turn-ins, pale red endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder uncut. Dedication leaf a bit toned and joints slightly weak, but a very clean and wide-margined copy in a deluxe binding.Cohn 262. Tooley 198.

Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Egan Pierce. Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. And His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied By Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in Their Rambles and Sprees Through the Metropolis. Sherwood, Neely and Jones, London, 1821.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo. 24 by 15.5 cm. xvi + 376 pp., 36 color aquatint plates by I.R. and George Cruikshank, with fold outs of song. No footnote on page 9 and first song fold-out without numeration, indicating first issue. Full calf by Lloyd, Wallie & Lloyd is bright and healthy, with some rubbing long joints. Offsetting onto tissue guards. Generally pages and plates generally clean.

Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

EGAN, Pierce. Life in London: Or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, The Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees Through the Metropolis.. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones., 1821.

Price: US$2304.52 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Full morocco, 9.5 inches tall. A glorious later full morocco binding by Riviere in pristine condition. With gilt raised bands, ornate floral gilt tooling to the panels, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, wide gilt dentelles and all edges gilt. With 36 hand coloured aquatints by I.R. and George Cruikshank and 3 folding pages of songs. Some offsetting from the plates. The images illustrate the hilarious and bawdy adventures of Jerry and his companions in London. A superb volume.

Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United Kingdom

EGAN, Pierce. Life in London; Or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom.. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones., 1821.

Price: US$2368.54 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Full morocco, 9 inches tall. A fabulous full morocco by Wood with gilt raised bands, superb gilt tooling to the panels and boards representing the gambling and fighting to be found in the text. Fine gilt dentelles and top edge. The armorial bookplate of Charles Tuller Garland and a pictorial bookplate. Embellished with 36 comic hand-coloured aquatints by George Cruikshank and 3 folding pages of songs. Some finger marks but still a super copy of the rollicking adventures of three young gentlemen enjoying life in the Metropolis.

Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United Kingdom

EGAN, Pierce. Life in London, or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. Sherwood, Neely, London, 1821.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: With an original pencil sketch "Rotten Row" by George Cruikshank, inserted before page 155. 36 magnificent colored aquatint plates and 21 wood engravings by George and Isaac Robert Cruikshank. 3 folding leaves of music sheets (6 pages). Lacks the half title. xvi, 376 pages, all edges gilt, 8vo, full burgundy crushed levant by Riviere, ornately gilt spine with floral designs, inner dentelles. Armorial bookplate. London: Sherwood Neely, 1821. First Edition. Third issue. The 1821 bestseller that influenced W.M. Thackeray and Charles Dickens. Tooley 196. Very clean and bright copy. Cohn 262; Abbey, Life 281; Prideaux p. 307, 10, 35; Tooley 196

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Egan, Pierce, and imitator, resp. Illustrations by I.R. and George Cruikshank, Henry Alken, Dighton, Brooke, Thomas Rowlandson, etc.. Life in London and Real Life in London (3 volume set, with Real Life compring two volumes of the set) Full titles: Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. And His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied By Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in Their Rambles and Sprees Through the Metropolis. And Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin, The Hon. Tom. Dashall, Through the Metropolis; Exhibiting a Living Picture of Fashionable Characters, Manners, and Amusements in High and Low Life. By an Amateur. Embellished and Illustrated With a Series of Coloured Prints, Designed and Engraved by Messrs. Alken, Dighton, Brooke, Rowlandson, &c.. First work: Sherwood, Neely and Jones. Second work: Jones & Co. 1821; 1821 and 1822 (but 1824), London, 1821.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Unifying the two works, besides the common theme and the fact that the second work, Real Life, was in an imitation and knock off of the first work, is that they share a common, quite decorative, full red morocco binding by Wood of London. Bindings with gilt decorative devices in four of six spine compartments, and board corners, front and back -- horse's head, cocktail glasses, boxing gloves, crossed swords. Two devices on leather corners of inside boards. 8vo. The two works have slightly different dimensions. Life is 233 by 148 mm, Real Life, 225 by 148 mm. 36 and 32 hand-colored plates in the two works respectively, for a total of 68 hand-colored plates. The three volumes have a somewhat complicated origin, as evident in the edition enumeration or identification, with the Real Life being a mixed state. We know the second volume is the fourth edition from its description in the publisher's advertisement. Condition: typical wear along joints. Some minor gradation of leather color, with spines slightly darkern. (We do not think there has been sunning.) Occasional light foxing or soiling, but the set overall reads clean. A beautiful, tight set. Life: First Edition, Second Issue. Real Life, Vol. 1, First Edition, First Issue. Vol. 2: First Edition, Fourth Issue.

Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Egan, Pierce. Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. And His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied By Bob Logic, the Oxonian in Their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. Embellished with Thirty-six Scenes from Real Life. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London, 1821.

Price: US$2608.57 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo. The Genuine First Edition, without the footnote on p. 9. The first sheet of music is unnumbered. 36 fine, vibrantly coloured aquatint plates, designed and etched by I.R. and George Cruikshank, woodcuts by the same artists; and 3 folding sheets of music printed both sides. Full gilt-framed red morocco, gilt decorations in the spine compartments, top edge gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, bound by Zaehnsdorf. Joints rubbed, front hinge started, a bit of tanning and light spotting to the margins of a few plates, otherwise interior quite clean and bright. Rare in the first state.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

Egan, Pierce. Life in London or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. Sherwood, Neely and Jones., Paternoster-Row, London, 1821.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Description: Cruikshank, I.R. and George. First edition, first issue, with first music sheet unnumbered and no footnote on page 9 and the word "good-bies" in the first line of p.376. With 36 hand colored aquatints by I.R. and George Cruikshank, 3 folded leaves of engraved music, title woodcut vignette and other woodcuts in text. xvi, [1]-376 pp. Marchant, Printer, Ingram Point, Fenchurch Street. 1 vols. 8vo. Hand-colored plates and fold-out music. First edition of this colorful classic, which engendered numerous sequels, parodies, and imitations, and remains delightful reading to this day. Abbey, Life in England, 281; Tooley 196; Cohn 262; Ray 111; Evans p. 44 Full crimson morocco, gilt borders on sides, with marbled endpapers, by Zaehnsdorf, 1912, with gilt extra stamp on back pastedown. Bookplate of Bayard Tuckerman Jr and two description slips pasted to front free endpaper With 36 hand colored aquatints by I.R. and George Cruikshank, 3 folded leaves of engraved music, title woodcut vignette and other woodcuts in text. xvi, [1]-376 pp. Marchant, Printer, Ingram Point, Fenchurch Street. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, first issue, with first music sheet unnumbered and no footnote on page 9 and the word "good-bies" in the first line of p.376.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.