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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Some spotting to the plates, less so than what seems typical for this title; the text clean. Light edgewear. Very Good to Near Fine. George Cruikshank. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with modern calf rebacking; xii, 259, [1] pages. Illustrated with 2 text engravings after William Gell and 7 etched plates by George Cruikshank after sketches by the author. With Cruikshank's AUTOGRAPH pasted to the verso of the half-title page opposite the title page. Blackmer 56: "A very interesting account of several months' visit, written in a lively style. Nothing seems too trivial for the author's notice; he gives detailed descriptions of costume and of all sorts of manufactures including jewellery, silks, perfumes etc."

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to spine tips and along edges. Near Fine in a close to Fine chemise and slipcase. George Cruikshank. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of the original etchings by George Cruikshank and 24 sketches in color by Cruikshank never before printed. Issued unsigned. Of a total edition of 1500 copies printed, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the printed number "1473" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on the front pastedown, otherwise a Fine copy in glassine and a close to Fine chemise and slipcase. George Cruikshank. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Copy #565 of 1500 designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of the original etchings by George Cruikshank and 24 sketches in color by Cruikshank never before printed. Issued unsigned.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Short split at the top of the chemise with some staining to the slipcase. Just about Fine in a Very Good chemise and slipcase. George Cruikshank. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Copy #1208 of 1500 designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of the original etchings by George Cruikshank and 24 sketches in color by Cruikshank never before printed. Issued unsigned. Monthly Letter laid in. A charming book in very nice condition with the only defect being a small adhesive stain to the front pastedown where a bookplate was once tipped in.

(London): David Bogue, [1847]. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. George Cruikshank. 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.