Three Courses and A Dessert. The Decorations by George Cruikshank.
Three Courses and A Dessert. The Decorations by George Cruikshank.

Three Courses and A Dessert. The Decorations by George Cruikshank.

  • [Clarke, William]
  • London: Vizetelly, Branston and Co. 1830

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FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. [3]-432, 7, [1] + frontispiece and 4 plates. Numerous illustrations and engraved title- and section-pages included within pagination. Original red boards backed in green morocco, spine lettered direct in gilt. A little scattered spotting. A little rubbed, boards marked and unevenly sunned, somewhat bumped to extremities Ownership inscriptions to J. Sambells, Falmouth to verso of title-page and p. 432, the former neatly struck through, with inscription of E.G. Philp beneath it.

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The first edition of this humorous anthology by the author of The Boy's Own Book, with illustrations by George Cruikshank, which saw irregular reprints through the 19th century. Some of the stories have a light dusting of the supernatural about them, like The Witch's Switch, or Me and My Ghost-Ship, although the focus remains on humour.

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