The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fortune. (Dr. Comicus)
[COMBE William] 1742-1823
VG, 1815, 1st ed, 15 pls (complete). In contemporary green quarter cloth over marked brown boards, corners & edges a little bumped & worn. Spine, worn ink title to white paper label, edges bumped & worn. Internally, coloured frontis, additional…
The English Spy:
[WESTMACOTT Charles Molloy] 1787/8-1868 (Bernard Blackmantle Pseud.)
2 Vols, 1825 & 26, Near Fine, 1st ed 1st Issue, 72 pls (71 hand coloured 1 B&W), complete. In a superb full red morocco by Riviere and Son, tips a little brushed. Spines, raised bands, gilt titles, tiny spot to rear vol 1. Internally, white…
The History of Johnny Quae Genus the Little Foundling
COMBE William 1742-1823
VG, 1st ed, 1822, 24 fine, hand coloured plates Of the Late Doctor Syntax: A Poem, by the Author of the Three Tours. In red half leather with marbled boards, gilt tooling. Spine has raised bands, gilt tooling and title, leather faded slightly.…
A Collection of cartoons
CYNICUS [Anderson Martin] 1854-1932
30 numbered & captioned colour lithographs, 250*190 mm, bound into a green cloth binding, no titles, depicting political scenes on thick card. c1900's. Remains of removed bookplate to fpd.
The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones, and Robinson; being the History of what they saw and did in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, & Italy
DOYLE Richard 1824-1883
In the publishers blue embossed cloth, gilt titles & images, corners worn. Re-spined in blue cloth, no title. Internally, illustrated title plus 80 leaves depicting their adventures, the printers leaf, with tissue leaves, some light spotting,…
[The Christening Procession of Prince Taffy]
DOYLE Richard 1824-1883
Caricatures of royalty and others in the baptismal procession for the future King Edward VII. Uncommon. Bound without the pictorial wrappers, in contemporary quarter brown roan over marbled boards, twenty four hand coloured lithographed…
Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century
PASTON George 1860-1936 (pseud of Emily Morse SYMONDS)
In red quarter leather with older red cloth covers, a little bumped and worn at corners and edges, titles and tooling in gilt, faint library blind stamp to center. Spine, has title and tooling in gilt. Internally, new endpapers, halftitle, coloured…