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MONTGOMERY, James (1771-1854, editor). The Chimney-Sweeper's Friend, and Climbing-Boy's Album, London: Longman (and others), 1824. 12° (170 x 102mm). Wood-engraved title and plate by George Cruikshank, 4-pages of advertisements at end. (Title and A8 torn and repaired without loss, some very light spotting). 19th-century polished calf gilt by Hatchards, spine gilt in compartments with brown morocco lettering-pieces, top edges gilt. Lowndes 1591.
With Matthew Henry Barker's Land and Sea Tales. By the Old Sailor (London, 1836, 2 vols.), J. Wright's Mornings at Bow Street (London, 1838), Dudley Costello's Holidays with Hobgoblins: and Talk of Strange Things (London, 1861), all illustrated by George Cruikshank and uniformly-bound. (5)
With Matthew Henry Barker's Land and Sea Tales. By the Old Sailor (London, 1836, 2 vols.), J. Wright's Mornings at Bow Street (London, 1838), Dudley Costello's Holidays with Hobgoblins: and Talk of Strange Things (London, 1861), all illustrated by George Cruikshank and uniformly-bound. (5)
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