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[Oblong folio] Cruikshank, George. Scraps and Sketches, by George Cruikshank. London: Published by the Artist, 22, Myddleton Terrace, Pentonville, and Sold by James Robins and Co. Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; and Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. May 20^th, 1828; November 1^st, 1829; February 1830-31; September 1^st, 1832. Second printing, 1834. Occasional light foxing, a very good copy.

Parts1, 2, 3 and 4. [Part 1: 6 pages unpaginated; Part 2: 6 pages unpaginated; Part 3: 6 pages unpaginated; Part 4: 6 pages unpaginated]. Oblong folio, 28 cm x 36 cm; 11 in x 14 1/4in; original brown wrappers for each part bound in. Paper boards with a vellum backstrip. Paper label with the title on the front cover. A few of the vignettes are colored with aquatint. Front wrappers are numbered in ink.

Cohn 180. Part 1 is written in ink on the wrapper, no “Address” by Cruikshank on the verso of the wrapper, no title page, advertisement on the back wrapper is an advertisement for “Phrenological Illustrations”; “Illustrations of Time”; and, “Scraps and Sketches Parts 1,2,3,4”. No tissues, no “S.O. 1823” watermark. No title page nor advertisements. Inked number on front wrapper.

Part 2 written in ink on the wrapper. No title page, advertisement on the back wrapper is an advertisement for “Phrenological Illustrations”; “Illustrations of Time”; and, “Scraps and Sketches Parts 1,2,3,4”. No tissues, no “S.O. 1823” watermark. No title page nor advertisements. Inked number on front wrapper.

Part 3 written in ink on the wrapper. No title page, advertisement on the back wrapper is an advertisement for “Phrenological Illustrations”; “Illustrations of Time”; and, “Scraps and Sketches Parts 1,2,3,4”. No tissues, no “S.O. 1823” watermark. No title page nor advertisements. Inked number on front wrapper.

Part 4 written in ink on the wrapper. No title page, advertisement on the back wrapper is an advertisement for “Phrenological Illustrations”; “Illustrations of Time”; and, “Scraps and Sketches Parts 1,2,3,4”. No tissues, no “S.O. 1823” watermark. No title page nor advertisements. Inked number on front wrapper.

Brough’s Life of Sir John Falstaff Extra-Illustrated with Twenty Colored Etchings by George Cruikshank 1858

Original Cruikshank Sketch Signed Twice Inscribed 1875 Presented to Walter Hines Page