SKETCHES BY BOZ Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. With Forty Illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Edition, Complete.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. Early reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good- condition. Item #010680
viii, 526 pages of text. Full dark green leather binding is rubbed at the extremities, with minor shelfwear and darkening, with both hinges expertly repaired; intact and attractive. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece entitled "The Election for Beadle"; engraved title vignette; title; blank verso; advertisement dated London May 15 1839; blank verso; Contents vii-viii. Ilustrated by 38 engraved plates as well as the frontispiece and title vignette. A few spots of staining to several pages. Two pages with browning from old newpaper clipping. As many as six plates are moderately to heavily browned, especially to the page edges, and a few plates are affected by offsetting. An early edition, not a first edition.
Price: $450.00