The World's Show. 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 Henry Mayhew, George Cruikshank

$175 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

London: David Bogue, 1851. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 242pp., 10 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original burgundy three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Frontispiece engraving. Illustrated title page. with nine engravings designed and etched by George Cruishank. The etchings are bound in variant from pagination indicated in list of illustrations, all present. Plates:

• Binding: Hardcover

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