$411
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878), Five Items, Brough, Robert, The Life of Sir John Falstaff , London: 1858, illustrated by Cruikshank, gilt tooled calf, 8o, (cover off); ten hand colored satirical prints, "Inconveniences of Life", ex libris Albert M. Cohn, sheet size approx. 15 3/8 x 9 3/4 in., three quarter calf, (laid down, pencil markings); twelve illustration proofs from Ainsworth's Rookwood , India paper, laid down onto card, John Waigh copy, clamshell box, (spotting); "Our Gutter Children," London: 1869, four page pamphlet with large woodcut, in cloth folio, folio, (tears, some repaired, toned, brittle, losses); and a sheet titled "The Loyalists Alphabet", with notation attributing the hand coloring to Cruikshank at age twelve, (soiling, handling wear, edge creases).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-11-18
