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Price: US$230.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Vignette title page + 2 sided leaf of descriptions of the plates before the plates and 6 etched copper plates each with 5 images printed single side only. In original marbled paper boards, but these detached and lacking the spine, paper label with title on the top board. Some foxing mainly to edges inwards, each plate with tissue guards as issued a near very good complete set. Oblong folio. Rare. *George Cruikshank published this and his Illustrations of Time in 1826/7, in this similar format. And they were his own attempts at self publishing. They were to be sold by old chums J. Robins & S. Knights and also G. Humphrey, nephew of Hannah. Interesting comical scenes inc one of a Whitbread pub with the barmaid pulling pints with pumps (an invention I thought was much, much later?) A helpful addition for any ambitious person who wishes to get "ahead" in life. A book insanely "ahead" of its time.
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
Cruikshank G.. Phrenological Illustrations.. George Cruikshank, London, 1826.
Price: US$284.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An album of cartoons lampooning the then acceptable idea that a persons characteristics could be determined from the shape and size of his head! 15 by 10.5 inches. Recently rebound in light oatmeal cloth. New cream endpapers. Original cover cartoon preserved and laid into purpose-made recess on new boards. 6 full-page plates, each with half a dozen or so cartoons and complete with tissue guard. A lovely collector's item.
Seller: Goldcrestbooks, Hartlepool, United Kingdom
Cruikshank, George. Phrenological Illustrations. , 1826.
Price: US$299.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oversized later oblong half morocco gilt with cloth. Spine and edges rubbed. 6 original full page plates with tissue guards. No text pages or title page. Scattered foxing/damping, some creasing. PO bookplate, PO pencilled notation to inside cover. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original illustrated wraps, with ads printed on the rear cover; pp. [4], plus 6 b/w etched plates. Covers detached and quite worn; contents nice and clean, just a little rubbed and chipped along the edges. Cruikshank's first self-published book, poking fun at the quack medical practice of coming to a diagnosis by feeling the contours of a patient's skull.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue. Oblong folio. Original printed boards with cover illustration, thin calf spine. PRESENTATION COPY: "W. Blackwood Esq. with the Complm. Geo. Cruikshank" signed boldly along the top of the front cover (across 15 inches). 16pp, six full page black and white illustrations. Scarce first issue with the original tissue guards water marked. Scarce with presentation inscription. Housed in folding cloth slipcase. Book with wear, original boards neatly detached. Superb bookplate of B. George Ulizio and Addie H. Homan.
Seller: Nudelman Rare Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.