The Cries Of London by Roberts, W - 1924

LONDON: CONNOISSEUR, 1924. FIRST. . Hardcover. Very Good/NoNE. PRINTS. THE BOOK HAS TIPPED IN COLOR PRINTS SLIGHT RUBS ON FOUR CORNERS AND BOTTOM EDGE TISSUE PROTECTED PLATES

London: The Connoisseur, 1924. Cloth. Good. Folio. Blue cloth. No jacket. In brown cardboard slipcase. Folio. 13 tipped in color plates preceded by a small illustration in color. A short history and discussion of street cries in London, charting their cultural importance, documentation throughout history and evolution. GOOD condition. Minor uneven fading and darkening to the covers. Heavy foxing to the endpapers with minor scattered foxing throughout. Some spotting and general toning to the slipcase. Heavy scuffing along the extremities.

The Connoisseur. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. No slipcase, else Good. Owner's name on front free endpage. Bookplate inside. (street cries, color prints)

The Connoisseur. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good; 1924, 4to, 13 pgs + plates. Ribbon-tied paperback folio. 13 full-color plates. Interior lightly foxed, prints clean. Wraps clean with light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Slipcase shows wear, chipping, dust soil, tears, edge reinforced with binders tape. Hardcover

1924. Very Good. ROBERTS, W. The Cries of London. With An Introduction by C. Reginald Grundy. The Connoisseur Series of Books For Collectors. Edited by C. Reginald Grundy. Introduction by C. Reginald Grundy. London: The Connoisseur, 1924, First edition. 4to, pp.x, 14 + one halftone plate and 13 tipped on color plates with tissue guards. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, no dust jacket. [18th century London street hawkers] Very good, corners bumped, rubbing on head and tail of spine and spine edges.

London: The Connoisseur , 1924. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12.5" by 10". Not Stated. A first edition folio containing Wheatley's thirteen prints of the Cries of London, illustrating social life in the City of London in the eighteenth century. W Roberts discusses Francis Wheatley's famous art prints The Cries of London, which illustrate the life of street sellers in the streets of London, representing the working class of the eighteenth century. The series of oil painting was exhibited a the Royal Academy between 1792 and 1795. The first edition of 1924.With an introduction by Reginald Grundy. Illustrated with thirteen plates in colour and one plate in half tone. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. With a small library label to the spine, as well as a library bookplate to the front pastedown, and its stamps to the recto and verso of the… Read More