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CAREY, David. Life in Paris; comprising the rambles, spees, and amours of Dick Wildfire... and his bang-up companions. London: John Fairburn, 1822. 8° (230 x 148mm.). With cancelled pp.143-144 and 335-336, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 20 plates by George Cruikshank, wood-engraved illustrations after Cruikshank, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with mounted examples of the handwriting and signatures of George and Robert Cruikshank and George Bell (lacking half-title and final 'To the Binder' leaf). Later light brown morocco gilt, one original upper wrapper mounted at back, g.e. FIRST EDITION. Cohn 109; Abbey Travel 112.
[FORRESTER, Charles Robert] 'W.F. von Kosewitz'. Eccentric Tales from the German. London: James Robins and Co., 1827. 8° (224 x 138mm.). 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by George Cruikshank after 'Alfred Crowquill' (i.e. Alfred Forrester)(occasional light spotting, neat repairs to blank margins of some leaves). Modern red calf gilt, uncut, by Craftsmen Binders of Northampton. FIRST EDITION. Cohn 471. (2)
[FORRESTER, Charles Robert] 'W.F. von Kosewitz'. Eccentric Tales from the German. London: James Robins and Co., 1827. 8° (224 x 138mm.). 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by George Cruikshank after 'Alfred Crowquill' (i.e. Alfred Forrester)(occasional light spotting, neat repairs to blank margins of some leaves). Modern red calf gilt, uncut, by Craftsmen Binders of Northampton. FIRST EDITION. Cohn 471. (2)