Life in London and Real Life in London (3 volume set, with Real Life compring two volumes of the set): Full titles: Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. And His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied By Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in Their Rambles and Sprees Through the Metropolis. And Real Life in London; or, The Rambles
by Egan, Pierce, and imitator, resp. Illustrations by I.R. and George Cruikshank, Henry Alken, Dighton, Brooke, Thomas Rowlandson, etc
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
London: First work: Sherwood, Neely and Jones. Second work: Jones & Co. , 1821; 1821 and 1822 (but 1824). Life: First Edition, Second Issue. Real Life, Vol. 1, First Edition, First Issue. Vol. 2: First Edition, Fourth Issue.. Full Morocco. Near Fine. Unifying the two works, besides the common theme and the fact that the second work, Real Life, was in an imitation and knock off of the first work, is that they share a common, quite decorative, full red morocco binding by Wood of London. Bindings with gilt decorative devices in four of six spine compartments, and board corners, front and back -- horse's head, cocktail glasses, boxing gloves, crossed swords. Two devices on leather corners of inside boards. 8vo. The two works have slightly different dimensions. Life is 233 by 148 mm, Real Life, 225 by 148 mm. 36 and 32 hand-colored plates in the two works respectively, for a total of 68 hand-colored plates. The three volumes have a somewhat complicated origin, as evident in the edition enumeration or identification, with the Real Life being a mixed state. We know the second volume is the fourth edition from its description in the publisher's advertisement. Condition: typical wear along joints. Some minor gradation of leather color, with spines slightly darkern. (We do not think there has been sunning.) Occasional light foxing or soiling, but the set overall reads clean. A beautiful, tight set.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007330
- Title
- Life in London and Real Life in London (3 volume set, with Real Life compring two volumes of the set)
- Author
- Egan, Pierce, and imitator, resp. Illustrations by I.R. and George Cruikshank, Henry Alken, Dighton, Brooke, Thomas Rowlandson, etc
- Format/Binding
- Full Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Life: First Edition, Second Issue. Real Life, Vol. 1, First Ed
- Publisher
- First work: Sherwood, Neely and Jones. Second work: Jones & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821; 1821 and 1822 (but 1824)
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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