Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$122.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition of Mayhew's satirical and humorous novel, illustrated throughout by George Cruikshank. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and eleven further plates, all the work of prolific British caricaturist George Cruikshank, termed 'the modern Hogarth' in his lifetime. Collated, complete.The first edition of this satirical novel following the search for a good servant, undertaken by a lady who is shocked and dismayed at the options available to her.The work of journalist and authors Henry and Augustus Mayhew, who collaborated on several works. Henry Mayhew co-founded the satirical Punch Magazine.A charming and humorous work of Victorian literature, present in its first edition. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Discolouration to back strip, with light rubbing to back strip head and tails and joints, resulting in small losses to the leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned, with light handling marks throughout, and instances of spotting, most prominent to page and plate perimeters. Tape repair to verso of one plate, with instances of further small closed tears to plate fore edges. Page 155-156 supplied in facsimile. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$141.71 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Vignette title, front. & 11 plates by Cruikshank; somewhat spotted, front. & fourth plate reinforced at gutter. Dark green publishers leather, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt; extremities sl. rubbed. Neat biro inscription on leading f.e.p. a.e.g. See Cohn 544 for the first edition issued in six original parts.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$165.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, a very good copy in the publisher's cloth, a bit rubbed around the spine ends with an early owner's name on the front pastedown, some spotting generally to the margins of the plates,
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 285p. FINE BINDING BY ROOT & SON. A hardcover book bound in full golden-brown leather with a gilt-decorated spine, full gilt foredges, gilt dentelles, and marbled endpapers. Very good condition overall. The exterior is essentially pristine, with only the barest signs of shelf wear. The tips of the free endpapers are tanned, mirroring the dentelles. Scattered spotty stains, plus mild foxing on and around the plates. Otherwise, text unmarked and binding quite secure. Illustrated with 12 black and white plates by George Cruikshank. Measures approx. 7" x 4.8"
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Not Dated (1847 BL) Blue bds with blind embossed decoration and bright Gilt spine title (cloth at spine ends sl chipped and cnrs sl buffed, bds have dark marks from transfer from neigbouing books on shelf) pp 285 with 12 nice steel engraved illus bound in (internally tight and very bright, edges to all illus have sl dampstaining absorbed from atmosphere due to differing paper type, not inscribed or foxed) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
Price: US$483.10 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SUPERB COPY - IN FULL CALF BY BAYNTUN'S OF BATH : [ 1847 ]: Fine condition, ornate gilt decoration, new floral style pastedowns and endpapers, all 12 plates with tissue guards. Pages all edged in gilt, vibrant clean pages. 285 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm. Printer: T.C. Savill, Printer, 4, Chandos-street, Covent-garden. An exceptional example.
Seller: BiblioFile, Cadole, FLINT, United Kingdom
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: Scarce first edition in the original 6 parts, each bound in decorated beige 5" x 7-1/4" wrappers. The Mayhew brothers were journalists and authors who wrote several books in collaboration with one another, including this humorous work about a woman's struggles balancing her happy family life with the challenges of managing domestic daily affairs. Embellished with 12 full-page illustrations by British caricaturist and book illustrator George Cruikshank. House in a cloth chemise and brown morocco-backed slipcase with gilt lettering on the backstrip. Contents clean. Two spines with neat repairs; rear cover of last part detached but present; early owner name in ink at the top of each front cover. Very Good in chemise and slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1932.39 + shipping
Description: First edition, in the original monthly parts. Cohn 544. 6 monthly parts, octavo. Original cream paper wrappers printed in black. Housed in a custom red morocco case and matching cloth chemise. Bookplates of Gustavia A. Senff (1858-1927) and Clarence S. Bemens. Case lightly discoloured and scuffed. Repair to spines. A nice set.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Finely bound by the Kelliegram Bindery in fine red crushed morocco, recreating the George Cruikshank illustration from page 215 on the front cover in inlaid morocco. Green silk paste-downs and end papers, all edge gilt, decorative gilt details and inlaid morocco on the four corners of the front and rear boards. Front hinge a bit tender, otherwise in lovely, Near Fine condition. Internal contents in excellent condition. Augustus and Henry Mayhew combine forces to narrate the story of an anonymous woman who believes only one thing is lacking in her life: a housekeeper. Nameless -- likely so that readers can put themselves into her place -- the protagonist is otherwise fulfilled by her loving husband and two daughters. But she struggles with balancing her happy family life against the challenges of managing the domestic space she inhabits. "I had long felt (though I had never liked to confess as much) that my domestic cares had been making inroads upon my health and constitution that I never could restore.I was sick and tired of house-keeping and servants, and only too glad to wash my hands of them altogether." Near Fine.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.