1851: Or, The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, Who Came Up to London to Enjoy Themselves, and to See The Great Exhibition

by Mayhew, Henry; George Cruikshank, illus
London: David Bogue. 1851. Hardcover. 8vo (8.5" x 5.5"), later three quarter morocco, maroon cloth, gilt labels at spine. t.e.g. viii, 242 pp., double-page frontis., 7 folding or double-page plates, one single-page plate, most with tissue guards. Early inscription of "Mrs. Mason, 28 Compton Terrace, Jany. 5th" in ink on preliminary. CONDITION: Very good, edges of spine worn, occasional foxing, top half of plate title "London in 1851" trimmed away. First edition in book form of this delightful satire of the mad rush to the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851, with plates by Cruikshank and text by social critic Henry Mayhew. (Inventory #: (truncated)
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