London: Published at the Punch Office, 1846. "624 Pages of Unremitting Forced Wit" Among the Most Popular and Best of Leech's work With Twenty Hand Colored Steel Engraved Plates [LEECH, John, illustrator]. A’BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. The Comic History of England. [Parts One and Two], [each] With Ten Coloured Etchings, and One Hundred... More
London: John Cassell, 1852. Uncle Tom's Cabin Illustrated by George Cruikshank In The Original Thirteen Parts CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. With Twenty-Seven illustrations on Wood by George Cruikshank, Esq. London: John Cassell, 1852. First London and first Cruikshank illustrated edition in the original thirteen weekly parts. Octavo (8... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition of “Edwin Drood” in the Original Parts The Kenyon Starling/William Self Copy DICKENS, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With Twelve Illustrations by S.L. Fildes, and a Portrait. London: Chapman and Hall, [April-September] 1870. First edition of Dickens’s final work, left unfinished at the time of... More
London: L. Harrison for R. Ackermann, 1819-20. One of the Great Nineteenth-Century Color-Plate Books A Spectacular Copy In the Six Original Parts GERNING, J.J. [Johann Isaac] von. A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne. With illustrations of the scenes of remarkable events, and of popular traditions. Embellished with twenty-four... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. One of the Greatest Nineteenth-Century English Color Plate Books Illustrating the Scenery Along the River Seine Part One Only (of Six) With Remarkably Brilliant Impressions of the Plates SAUVAN, Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, From Paris to the Sea. With particulars historical and descriptive… Illustrated with twenty-four highly... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857-58. In the Original Monthly Parts With Thirteen Humorous Hand Colored Plates by John Leech SURTEES, Robert Smith. [LEECH, John, illustrator]. "Ask Mamma;" or, The Richest Commoner in England. By the author of “Handley Cross,” “Sponge’s Sporting Tour,” etc. etc. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. In the Original Monthly Parts With Twelve Humorous Hand Colored Plates by John Leech SURTEES, Robert Smith. [LEECH, John, illustrator]. Plain or Ringlets? London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. First edition. Thirteen parts bound in twelve. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 11/16 inches; 223 x 145 mm.). Hand-colored etched... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-65. In the Original Monthly Parts With Twenty-Four Humorous Hand Colored Plates by John Leech and Phiz SURTEES, Robert Smith. [LEECH, John, illustrator]. [BROWN, Hablot K., ilustrator]. Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds. By the Author of "Handley Cross," " Mr. Sponge's Sporting Town," &c. &c. With Illustration by John... More
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