1865 Rare First Edition - George Cruikshank's Fairy Library. Hop O' My Thumb, Jack and The Bean Stalk, Cinderella, Puss in Boots.
(Description)
Author: George Cruikshank.
Title: George Cruikshank's Fairy Library. Hop O' My Thumb, Jack & The Bean Stalk, Cinderella, Puss in Boots.
Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons and F. Arnold, no date (1865). First edition of the four titles together.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7" X 5.5".
Pages: 30-32-31-40 pages.
Binding: Good original Victorian gilt decorated full-cloth binding (hinges worn but still tight - as shown, overall worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in any condition!
Content: Good to very good content (bright, tight, and clean, some foxing and staining - as shown, one illustration reinforced by a previous owner at the back - as shown, 22 of the 23 blank tissue-guard present - as shown, last endpaper inner hinge worn but still tight -as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with all the wonderful illustrations by George Cruikshank. Frontispiece, pictorial general title & 23 plates (as called for).
Estimate: (USD 500 - USD 750).
The book: Attractive and rare first consolidated edition of THE CRUIKSHANK'S FAIRY LIBRARY BOOK including Hop O' My Thumb, Jack & The Bean Stalk, Cinderella, and Puss in Boots. Very rare especially in the original cloth.
The author: 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.