Illustrated: SIGNED: Cruikshank, George: The Bachelor's Own Book

being The Progress of Mr. Lambkin (Gent.) in the Pursuit of Pleasure and Amusememt, and also, in Search of Health and Happiness. L, published by George Cruikshank and sold by D. Bogue, August 1st. 1844, 1st. Edn. Early issue 'Amusememt' misspelled in the title. Inscribed & Signed 'with the regards of George Cruikshank'; also inscribed and signed by Thomas Longmore. PP: Original card cover, title page, plus 11 of 12 plates (lacks one plate). Oblong 8vo. Cont. half leather, rubbed and upper cover detached. The Armorial bookplate of 'Sir Thomas Longmore' to front pastedown; EGAN, Pierce, the Younger: Wat Tyler; or, The rebellion of 1381. G Peirce, 1847, 1st. Edn. With 10 plates plus numerous illustrations. PP: 874, (ii) Adverts. Cont. Half leather, rubbed; Aikin, A: Illustrations of Arts and Manufactures. Van Voorst, 1841, 1st. Edn. 376pp, with text illus. Cont. full calf, upper detached; A'Beckett; John Leech (ill): The Comic History of England, 2 Vols. In 1. Punch, 1864, with 20 hand coloured plates. Cont. full leather & all edges gilt. The Armorial bookplate of 'Sir Thomas Longmore' to front pastedown; The Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque. 1812, 1st. Edn. Defective copy lacks a couple of pages and 3 of the 30 plates. A/F; Lady Jervis: Tales Of The Boyhood Of Great Painters. 1853. With plates. Cont. half leather, rubbed. Longmore's Armorial bookplate. (6)

Provenance:

From the Sir Thomas Longmore Library.