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Rare Cruikshank political pamphlets
Rare Cruikshank political pamphlets
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Heading: (Cruikshank, George)
Author: Hone, William
Title: Three pamphlets written & published by William Hone, illustrated by George Cruikshank, with autograph letter by Hone, all bound together
Place Published: London
Publisher:William Hone
Date Published: 1819-1820
Description:


Comprises:




  • The Man in the Moon, &c. &c. &c.1820


  • The Political House that Jack Built. 1819.


  • The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder, a National Toy. With Fourteen Step Scenes, and Illustrations in Verse, with Eighteen other cuts. 1820.



Together, 3 pamphlets bound together. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. 21.5x13 cm. (8½x5"), modern half calf & marbled boards.



Political satire illustrated by George Cruikshank, with the rare "toy ladder" supplement to the third work, a folding plate, laid in loose. The autograph letter signed by Hone is bound in before the first work - in part: "Dear Sir, Alexander Davison was tried for fraud on Government in some Coal Contracts & found guilty in December 1808 - I presume he received sentence in January Term 1809... Can you do me the great kindness of telling me when he was sentenced..."

Condition
Some moderate soiling within, else very good in fine modern binding.
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Rare Cruikshank political pamphlets

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