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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
by Egan, Pierce
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Full crimson morocco, gilt borders on sides, with marbled endpapers, by Zaehnsdorf, 1912, with gilt extra stamp on back pastedow
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones., Paternoster-Row, 1821. 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. 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. 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
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 313831
- Title
- 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
- Author
- Egan, Pierce
- Format/Binding
- With 36 hand colored aquatints by I.R. and George Cruikshank, 3 folded leaves of engraved music, title woodcut vignette and othe
- Book Condition
- Used - Full crimson morocco, gilt borders on sides, with marbled endpapers, by Zaehnsdorf, 1912, with gilt extra stamp on back pastedow
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first issue, with first music sheet unnumbered an
- Publisher
- Sherwood, Neely and Jones., Paternoster-Row
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
- Keywords
- Color Plate | Low Life
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- Illustrated Books;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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