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First edition, first issue, 12mo, pp. 34, [2] ads; woodcut frontispiece, vignette title page, 4 woodcut plates by G. Cruikshank plus a vignette tailpiece. "In the earliest issues there occurs an error in the pagination, pp. 29/30 being numbered 21/22" (as here). Cohen 615; bound with: Morton, John Maddison. Box and Cox; a romance of real life, in one act.Embellished with a fine engraving by Mr. Findley. London: published by Duncombe and Moon, 17, Holborn Bars, n.d. [ca. 1847], pp. [3], 6-23, [1]; engraved frontispiece; bound with: Kenney, James. The illustrious stranger; or, married and buried. An operatic farce, in two acts . Embellished with a fine engraving, by Mr. Bonner, from a drawing taken in the theatre, by Mr. R. Cruikshank, London: John Cumberland, n.d. [ca. 1829], pp. 36; engraved frontispiece; the B gathering is misbound before the A, but the book is complete; bound with: Buskstone, John Baldwin. Luke the labourer. A domestic melo-drama, in two acts . Embellished with a fine engraving by Mr. Bonner, from a drawing taken in the theatre, by Mr. R. Cruikshank, London: John Cumberland, n.d. [1830], pp. 47, [1]; engraved frontispiece; Cruikshank's name on title page slightly abraded; bound with: Warren, Henry. Hints upon tints, with strokes upon copper and canvass. London: printed for J. F. Setchel, 1833, pp. [4], 52; engraved frontispiece and 7 engraved plates. A most uncommon spoof on the artist's manual, of which there were many at the time. Together, five titles in a single volume of half polished red calf over marbled boards, spine in five compartments, morocco label ("Plays") in one. Lightly rubbed; good and sound. Ownership signature of Edward Bradley (1827-1889) on front pastedown - Bradley the British clergyman and novelist who wrote under the pen name of Cuthbert Bede. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 59848
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