Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 135
[CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator and author]. A Pop-Gun Fir...
Estimate: $200 - $400
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[CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator and author]. A Pop-Gun Fired Off by? London: W. Kent & Co., [n.d., 1860]. 8vo. Publisher?s printed wrappers with hand-colored vignette on front cover. Illustrated with 7 intertextual hand-colored engravings or plates. 44 pp. Spine rebacked in early paper, spine chipped, torn, worn, wrappers toned, soiled, foxed, chipped, ink sale note on inner front wrapper, text toned, occasionally foxed. Fair. FIRST EDITION, THE UNCOMMON HAND-COLORED ISSUE. This unusual item recalls Cruikshank?s involvement in a volunteer militia at age 11, during the Napoleonic wars. Measurements: 11 x 8 x 1/8?.
