Author: CRUIKSHANK, George; HARCOURT, John
Title: Original Jests
Description: London: Cowie and Strange, 1827. The William Hartmann Woodin Copy Together with an India Paper Proof Before Letters, of the George Cruikshank Frontispiece CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. HARCOURT , John. John Harcourt's Original Jests. London: Cowie and Strange, 1827. First edition adorned with an engraved frontispiece by George Cruikshank and a woodcut vignette of the same on the cover. Together with an India paper proof, before letters, tipped onto a larger sheet with a blue outline border. Twelvemo Chapbook (5 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches; 138 x 89 mm.). Etched frontispiece, [1]-54 pp. Publisher's stiff paper printed wrappers. Spine worn, covers loose, front cover with some rubbing to print. Housed in a blue buckram clamshell case with red morocco labels lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Bookplate of William Hartmann Woodin on inside top cover of case A fun little chapbook of jests, the cover bears the title: "The Shilling Comic Annual a Collection of All the Short, Good Things, which Have, Might, Could, Would, Should or Ought to Have Been Said by the Wise & Witty of All Ages and Countries for the Expansion of the Understanding- Published by William Cruikshank". Cohn, 383; Not in Patten. .
Keywords: HARCOURT, John Caricatures Nineteenth-Century Literature Cruikshankiana English Caricature
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Title: Original Jests
Description: London: Cowie and Strange, 1827. The William Hartmann Woodin Copy Together with an India Paper Proof Before Letters, of the George Cruikshank Frontispiece CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. HARCOURT , John. John Harcourt's Original Jests. London: Cowie and Strange, 1827. First edition adorned with an engraved frontispiece by George Cruikshank and a woodcut vignette of the same on the cover. Together with an India paper proof, before letters, tipped onto a larger sheet with a blue outline border. Twelvemo Chapbook (5 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches; 138 x 89 mm.). Etched frontispiece, [1]-54 pp. Publisher's stiff paper printed wrappers. Spine worn, covers loose, front cover with some rubbing to print. Housed in a blue buckram clamshell case with red morocco labels lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Bookplate of William Hartmann Woodin on inside top cover of case A fun little chapbook of jests, the cover bears the title: "The Shilling Comic Annual a Collection of All the Short, Good Things, which Have, Might, Could, Would, Should or Ought to Have Been Said by the Wise & Witty of All Ages and Countries for the Expansion of the Understanding- Published by William Cruikshank". Cohn, 383; Not in Patten. .
Keywords: HARCOURT, John Caricatures Nineteenth-Century Literature Cruikshankiana English Caricature
Price: US$ 450.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 05588
- Book number: 05588
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