Author: Tom Hood
Title: Griset&Apos;S Grotesques; or, Jokes Drawn on Wood
Description: London, George Routledge and Sons, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comical work of cartoons and verse by Tom Hood and Ernest Griset. The first edition.A comical volume of caricatures accompanied by comic verses.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in-text engravings throughout.The comical illustrations are by Ernest Griset, a noted artist known for his humorous illustrations. He contributed to 'Punch', and also illustrated an edition of 'Aesop's Fables&apos.Comical verses by Tom Hood,Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, resulting in a little loss to the head and tail of the spine. Light marks to the boards and spine. Spine is a little faded. Decorative front board is a little rubbed, with further light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Front hinge is tender. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Tide mark to the front paste down and front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with the occasional spot and handling mark. Good . Ill.: Ernest Griset; Brothers Dalziel. Good .

Keywords: Griset's Grotesques; or, Jokes Drawn on Wood Griset's Grotesques humour poetry Griset's Grotesques ernest griset Ernest Griset; Brothers Dalziel


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