The History of Amelia
( George CRUICKSHANK ) FIELDING, HENRY
With Illustrations by George Cruickshank.
IN THE ORIGINAL SILK MOIRE BOARDS
Published: James Cochrane, 1832
Stock code: 28122
Price: £160.00
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present) and 6 plates; original silk moire boards, backstrips with labels printed in gilt, uncut, expertly recased, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, fresh copy.
Complete with printed series titles [The Novelist's Library vols. VIII and IX] and series prospectus bound in at front. Published as vols. VIII and IX in Thomas Roscoe's 'Novelists's Library'. A lovely copy in minimally restored publisher's binding. THIS IS THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THESE CRUIKSHANK ILUSTRATIONS COMMISSIONED BY ROSCOE FOR THIS SERIES IN 1831. See Evans pp.77-79. COPIES IN THE ORIGINAL (AND FRAGILE) SERIES BINDING ARE SCARCE.