$369
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) The Life of Sir John Falstaff , in Ten Parts, by Robert Barnabas Brough. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857[-1858] First edition in parts, each in its original printed paper wrapper, illustrated, housed in a custom full red morocco case by Riviere, spine darkened, ex libris Albert M. Cohn; covers a trifle dirty with the occasional fold or abrasion, four covers with a rectangular section of the title supplied (?) from another copy, the repair neatly done, some covers blindstamped for presentation by the publisher, 10 x 7 in. [Together with] Blanchard Jerrold's The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs , New York: Scribner & Welford, 1882, first edition, extra-illustrated, in two octavo volumes, with an autograph note signed by Cruikshank tipped onto ffep of volume one, with colored illustrations, in full tan calf, gilt-tooled spines, some surface abrasions, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (3)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-05-27
