EGAN, PIERCE. Life in London, 1821, original woodcut pictorial printed boards, uncut, rebacked preserving original backstrip, worn, some foxing and offsetting, occasional dampstaining, later issue of p. 9 (with footnote), early issue of the first sheet of music (unnumbered) and of p. 376 (reading "good-bies"), 36 hand-colored aquatint plates, including frontispiece, after Isaac and George Cruikshank, 17 wood-engraved text illustrations (including title-page vignette), 4-leaf publisher's catalogue dated 1 Jan. 1821 bound in at end following the four leaves of integral advertisements, without the single leaf of subscribers (often lacking), Abbey Life 281, bookplate of John L. Clawson -- DAVID CAREY. Life in Paris, 1822, original sugarpaper boards, uncut, rebacked preserving original spine label, some wear, first plate inserted from a smaller copy and darkened, FIRST EDITION, Royal Paper Copy and, according to Cohn, bound from the parts, 21 hand-colored aquatints, including frontispiece, by George Cruikshank, 22 wood-engraved text vignettes (including title-page vignette), "To the Binder" leaf at end, Abbey Travel 112, bookplate of Albert M. Cohn -- P. EGAN. The Life of an Actor, London 1825, 8 original parts, grey paper wrappers, printed with a vignette on upper wrapper and advertisements on lower wrapper, some wear and a few stains, FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS, 27 hand-colored aquatint plates, including frontispiece, after T. Lane, 9 wood-engraved vignettes (including title-page vignette) by J. Thompson, Abbey Life 414 (first edition in book form); Tooley 129. Bookplate of Jean Hersholt; all London, together 3 vols., 8vo, each in a different red morocco gilt pull-off case. (3)

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EGAN, PIERCE. Life in London, 1821, original woodcut pictorial printed boards, uncut, rebacked preserving original backstrip, worn, some foxing and offsetting, occasional dampstaining, later issue of p. 9 (with footnote), early issue of the first sheet of music (unnumbered) and of p. 376 (reading "good-bies"), 36 hand-colored aquatint plates, including frontispiece, after Isaac and George Cruikshank, 17 wood-engraved text illustrations (including title-page vignette), 4-leaf publisher's catalogue dated 1 Jan. 1821 bound in at end following the four leaves of integral advertisements, without the single leaf of subscribers (often lacking), Abbey Life 281, bookplate of John L. Clawson -- DAVID CAREY. Life in Paris, 1822, original sugarpaper boards, uncut, rebacked preserving original spine label, some wear, first plate inserted from a smaller copy and darkened, FIRST EDITION, Royal Paper Copy and, according to Cohn, bound from the parts, 21 hand-colored aquatints, including frontispiece, by George Cruikshank, 22 wood-engraved text vignettes (including title-page vignette), "To the Binder" leaf at end, Abbey Travel 112, bookplate of Albert M. Cohn -- P. EGAN. The Life of an Actor, London 1825, 8 original parts, grey paper wrappers, printed with a vignette on upper wrapper and advertisements on lower wrapper, some wear and a few stains, FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS, 27 hand-colored aquatint plates, including frontispiece, after T. Lane, 9 wood-engraved vignettes (including title-page vignette) by J. Thompson, Abbey Life 414 (first edition in book form); Tooley 129. Bookplate of Jean Hersholt; all London, together 3 vols., 8vo, each in a different red morocco gilt pull-off case. (3)