1881 · London
by Cruikshank, George and Sir Walter Scott
London: George Bell & Sons, 1881. Small Octavo. 94pp., 24pp. publisher's catalog. Illustrated with 24 hand-colored illustrations designed and engraved by George Cruikshank, accompanied by the dialogue of the puppet-show, an account of its origin, and of puppet plays in England. A handsome copy bound in blue pictorial gilt cloth depicting Mr. Punch, spine lettering gilt, contents clean and bright with some foxing to title page, minor spots of foxing to plates but mostly protected from their oversheets. A very good copy.
(Inventory #: 019980)