Cruikshank's Offering of Mirth, Or, Evergreen of Fun, with Numerous Illustrations, from Drawings by Mr. Robert Cruikshank; Being the Third Series of Cruikshank at Home
London: W. Kidd, 1835. Hardcover. [4], 316, [4] p., frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates: title vignette and many in-text illustrations; 17 cm. Publisher's maroon rib-grained cloth with gilt-stamped decoration and title on spine: Cruikshank's Comic Library. Both boards decorated with bind-stamped vase with flowers. All page edges gilt. Yellow endpapers. Imprint includes: Simpkin & Marshall, London; W.F. Wakeman, Dublin, and Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh. Publisher's advertisements on final 4 unpaginated pages for Edward Lacey, London. No date of publication; thought to have been published around 1835. Engraved armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper for Wm. M. Patten, with motto: "Virtus laudanda." In Very Good- Condition: spine is faded; head of spine starting to fray; old dampstain on endpapers; pages and plates are clean and bright. Very Good -. Item #005282
Price: $45.00