THE COMIC BLACKSTONE by A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott (1811-1856). Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) , Illus - 1856

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & C. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1870. Cloth. b/wI have no specialized knowledge in this area. Y; Green cloth with gilt lettered spine. Parodies of legalese. .

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

London, UK: Bradbury and Evans, 1856. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Cruickshank, George. 256pp. In brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. text block edges speckled. 16mo. Cloth is faded, especially over spine, rubbed at edges and rounded on corners. Armorial bookplate of John Rolt of Ozleworth (former Attorney General, 1804-1871) on front paste down endpaper. Previous owner's name neatly inked on front paste down, and a couple of small pencil markings, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Londion: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. New edition of this classic, published London circa 1870; bound from the British sheets and distributed by J.B. Lippincott of Philadelphia with their imprimatur on lower spine. Original red cloth. Two illustrations by George Cruikshank. Mild age toning to spine and slight bump to boards at fore-edge. A very good copy.. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1870. Hardcover. Good. Early printing. 16mo. Brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. Owner's stamps on endpapers, scattered foxing on pages, spine faded, loss of spine ends, corners worn, a good only copy. Commentaries on English laws. Scarce, *OCLC* locates only 7 copies.

Chicago: Callahan & Cockcroft / Burton & Leonard Printers, 1869. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/None [Archival clear mylar cover added]. George Cruikshank. 8vo, publisher's brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated by George Cruikshank with fronispiece and several plates (most with tissue guards), brown-coated endpapers, xi, [xii] + 376 pages. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811 - 1856) was an English humorist.He edited the comic paper Figaro in London and was one of the original staff of Punch and a contributor until his death.<br/> <br/> He is perhaps best known as the author of The Comic History of England (1847-48), The Comic History of Rome (1852) and a Comic Blackstone (1846).<br/> <br/> George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878) was a prominent British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His remembered for his always dynamic, telling, and frequently humorous book illustrations... among them many… Read More

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