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Item Details
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(Cruikshank, George) |
| Author: |
Ainsworth, William Harrison, editor |
| Title: |
Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art. Volumes 1 through 8 |
| Place: |
London |
| Publisher: |
Hugh Cunningham |
| Date: |
1842-45 |
| Item # : |
209715 |
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| Sale Number |
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426 |
| Lot Number |
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9 |
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| Fine Books in All Fields - Wizard of Oz - Illustrated Books - Fine Printing |
| Sale Date |
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04/15/2010 |
| Sale Time |
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1pm PST |
| Low Estimate |
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$ 1,000 |
| High Estimate |
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$ 1,500 |
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| Description: |
| Eight volumes containing 48 issues (Number 1, February, 1842 through Number 48, January, 1846). Engraved plates by George Cruikshank and Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). (8vo) 9¼x5¾, later brown half calf, red and green morocco spine labels, original wrappers bound in at rear of each volume. |
| Tipped into Volume 1 is an autograph letter, signed, from Ainsworth. The illustrations are considered by some to be among Cruikshank's best work. |
| Condition: |
| Light wear to leather; some foxing; very good. |
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