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Smith, Albert [Richard] and Reach, Angus B[ethune] editors, The Man in the Moon. With Illustrations by Phiz, Kenny Meadows, Hine, Nicholson, Thomas, A. Mayhew, Smythe, Cham; and Others. Vols. I, II. Angus B. Reach, editor Vols. III, IV, V. London, Clarke, Warwick Lane, and All Booksellers and Sold at Every Railway Station in the Kingdom, 1847 – 1849. First edition in book form, complete. Two copies of the monthly serial are recorded at the British Library and in the British Library Reference Collection. Other copies are found at Princeton (imperfect, lacking some numbers), the Morgan Library and in the Koninklijke Biblioteek, Den Haag. Seven volumes: five volumes of text in 16mo, with two volumes of fold-out, linen-backed plates, conserved in folded but fine condition. The original wrapper for No. 10, October 1847 is bound in with advertisements in the front of Vol. I, preceding the printed text. Seven matching volumes bound in quarter tan calf with patterned spines over marbled boards. Condition fine.
Collation of Vol. I: [i; vi; ii; [Numbers I and II], pp. 1 – 124; unpaginated leaf inserted with Contents of No. III, pp. 125 – 184; unpaginated leaf inserted (M1) with Contents of No. IV, with “Answers to Correspondents” on the verso, pp. 185 – 246; unpaginated leaf inserted (Q1), Contents of No. V, with “Answers to Correspondents” on the verso, pp. 247 – 306; unpaginated leaf inserted (U1), Contents of No. VI, with “Answers to Correspondents” on the verso, pp. 307 – 362; ii]
Collation of Vol. II: [i; iv; unpaginated leaf inserted (B1), Contents of No. VII, with “Answers to Correspondents” on the verso, pp. 1- 60; unpaginated leaf inserted (F1), Contents of No. VIII, with “Answers to Correspondents” on the verso, pp. 61 – 120; unpaginated leaf inserted (K1), Contents of No. IX, with “Answers to Correspondents” on the verso, pp. 121 – 180; unpaginated leaf inserted (O1), Contents of No. X, with “Answers to Correspondents” on the verso, pp. 181 – 240; unpaginated leaf inserted (S1), Contents of No. XI, with “Answers to Correspondents” on the verso, pp. 241 – 300; unpaginated leaf inserted (Y1), Contents of No. XII, with “Answers to Correspondents” and an advertisement for The Rapid Career of Mr Crindle, with a publisher’s notice “The Second Volume of THE MAN IN THE MOON, handsomely bound, price 3s. 6d., is now ready. Vol. I, price 3s. 6d., is still on sale.” on the verso, pp. 301 – 358; i]
Collation of Vol. III: [i; iv; unpaginated leaf inserted (B1), Contents of No. XIII, with “Answers to Correspondents” and an advertisement for The Rapid Career of Mr Crindle, with a publisher’s notice “The Second Volume of THE MAN IN THE MOON, handsomely bound, price 3s. 6d., is now ready. Vol. I, price 3s. 6d., is still on sale.” on the verso, pp. 1 – 58; unpaginated leaf inserted (F1), Contents of No. XIV, with “Answers to Correspondents” on the verso, pp. 59 – 114; unpaginated leaf inserted (K1), Contents of No. XV, with “Answers to Correspondents” on the verso, pp. 115 – 174; unpaginated leaf inserted (O1), Contents of No. XVI, verso blank, pp. 175 – 234; unpaginated leaf inserted (unsigned R8), Contents of No. XVII, at the foot of the page appears “No. 17, Vol. III,” verso blank, pp. 235 – 294, (S1-T8 not signed) (U1-8 signed, V not used, X1-7, p. 280 mis-paginated as “28”; unpaginated leaf inserted (Y1), at the foot of the page appears “No. 18, Vol. III,” verso is blank, pp. 295 – 350, (Y1-8, Z1-8, AA1-8, BB1-5); i]
Collation of Vol. IV: [i; iv; unpaginated leaf inserted (B1), Contents of No. XIX, “No. 19, Vol. IV” appears at the bottom of the page, “Answers to Correspondents,” with the notices “Volume III is now ready,” and ‘How My Uncle Came to Dine at Our Villa’ will be continued, pp. 1 – 60; unpaginated leaf inserted (F1), Contents of No. XX, “No. 20, Vol. IV” appears at the bottom of the page, verso is blank, pp. 61 – 120; unpaginated leaf inserted (K1), Contents of No. XXI, “No. 21, Vol. IV” appears at the bottom of the page, an announcement “To Correspondents” appears on the verso, regarding fold-out plates and their omission in future issues with an increase in the number of text illustrations, pp. 121 – 180; No. XXII is not numbered or designated at the foot of the page as before, p. 181 (N8) has only The Man in the Moon and “Shingles from the Beach” as the first article, pp. 181 – 240, (Q1) p. 211 is the last signature printed in No. XXII; No. XXIII has only The Man in the Moon, and “The Wives of England” as its first article, pp. 241 – 300; No. XXIV has only The Man in the Moon, and “Our Christmas Piece. King Alfred and the Cakes” as its first article, pp. 301 – 364, signature (U1) p. 323 is really W5, (X1) is really (X5) p.339, (Y1) is really (Y4) p. 355]
Collation of Vol. V: [i; unpaginated leaf inserted (between A1 and A2) table of contents for Vol.V, No. XXV without numerical designation, pp. 1-60; No. XXVI begins on (D7) unsigned, p. 67 having only The Man in the Moon, and “Regeneration of the English Drama” as its first article, pp. 67 – 126, nos. 61-66 not used; No. XXVII begins on (H5) unsigned, p.127, having only The Man in the Moon, and “The Catastrophe of Our Insane Artist” as its first article, pp. 127 – 186; No. XXVIII begins on (M1) unsigned, having only The Man in the Moon, and “The Battles of the Railways” as its first article, p. 187 – 246; No. XXIX begins on (P7) unsigned, p. 249, having an unillustrated first page with only The Man in the Moon and “Macauley’s England Dramatised” as its first article, pp. 249 – 306; No. XXX begins on (T4) signed (V2) by the publisher, p. 309, nos. 307 – 308 not used, having only The Man in the Moon and “Liverpool in the Nineteenth Century” as its first article, pp. 309 – 362, p. 361 mis-paginated as 381]
Collation of Vol. VI: [11 fold-out plates linen-backed: 1) “The Life and Death of Don Guzzles of Carrara – a Panoramic Tragedy.”; 2) “The Foreign Gentleman in London; or, The English Adventures of M. Vanille. – By Cham. – No. I”; 3) “The Foreign Gentleman in London; or, The English Adventures of M. Vanille. – By Cham. – No. II”; 4) “Mr. Grindle’s Rapid Career Upon Town: Part the First.”; 5) “Mr. Grindle’s Rapid Career Upon Town: Part the Second.”; 6) “Mr. Grindle’s Rapid Career Upon Town: Part the Third.”; 7) “Mr. Grindle’s Rapid Career Upon Town: Part the Fourth.”; 8) “Mr. Grindle’s Rapid Career Upon Town: Part the Fifth.”; 9) “Mr. Grindle’s Rapid Career Upon Town: Part the Sixth.”; 10) “Mr. Grindle’s Rapid Career Upon Town: Part the Seventh.”; 11) “Mr. Grindle’s Rapid Career Upon Town: Part the Eighth.”]
Collation of Vol. VII: [ 10 fold-out plates linen-backed: 1) “Mr. Grindle’s Rapid Career Upon Town: Part the Ninth.”; 2) “The Surprising Adventures of Mr. Touchango Jones, an Emigrant.”; 3) “The Surprising Adventures of Mr. Touchango Jones, an Emigrant. – Part II.”; 4) “The Surprising Adventures of Mr. Touchango Jones, an Emigrant. – Part III.”; 5) “The Surprising Adventures of Mr. Touchango Jones, an Emigrant. – Part IV.”; 6) “The Surprising Adventures of Mr. Touchango Jones, an Emigrant. – Part V.”; 7) “The Royal Academy Exhibition Exhibited in a Proper Light”; 8) “How My Rich Uncle Came to Dine at Our Villa. – Part I.”; 9) “How My Rich Uncle Came to Dine at Our Villa. – Part II.”; 10) “How My Rich Uncle Came to Dine at Our Villa. – Part II.”]
Fanny Kemble Butler as Isabella in Shakespeare Measure for Measure 1859
More Broad Grins or Mirth versus Melancholy 1819
