1858 Rare First Edition - Stenelaus and Amylda, A Christmas Legend for Children of a Larger Growth, Illustrated by Cruikshank.
(Description)
Author: George Cruikshank.
Title: Stenelaus and Amylda, A Christmas Legend for Children of a Larger Growth. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Publisher: London, Griffith and Farran, 1858. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7" X 5".
Pages: 32 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good binding, finely bound in half green morocco leather, titles in gilt on spine, raised bands (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, with the original blue pictorial front and back cover bound in - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the three very nice text woodcuts (one repeated on the cover) by George Cruikshank.
Estimate: (USD 300 - USD 350).
The book: An Attractive Temperance Parable with a Christmas Theme beautifully illustrated by George Cruikshank.
The author & illustrator: George Cruikshank (27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience.