New York: Life Publishing Company, 1919. Vol. 74, No. 1934. 4to., 33pp. Minor soiling. Some chips and tears to page edges. Measures 11" x 8 3/4". This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name, which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light, general interest entertainment magazine. This issue, like the publication generally, is full of illustrations, jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the magazine's content: society, literature, politics..... More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. Title page in red & black, many text illustrations. 454pp., 8vo, 3/4 blue levant; (upper hinge reinforced). London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. Very good. With a bibliography and appendix of 17 folk-tunes. More

London: Privately Printed, 1817. 3 volumes. Small slim 8vo, attractively bound in older 3/4 polished burgundy calf over marbled boards; gilt spines with green leather labels (lightly worn), t.e.g. London: Privately Printed for the author, 1817. First edition. A very good(+) copy of this exceedingly scarce title. More

London: Heinemann, 1947. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. 252 pages, slim small 8vo, 3/4 orange calf (spine slightly toned, very light rubbing of extremities) over marbled boards, decoratively gilt stamped spine with raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. London: Heinemann, 1947. A near fine copy. More

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1911. With an Introductory Essay on Pictorial Satire as a Factor in Napoleonic History by J. Holland Rose. With Nearly 250 Illustrations, 24 in color. 2 volumes. Thick 8vo, gilt decorated orange cloth, spines sunned and a bit dust-soiled. London, 1911. Very good. Volume I deals with English caricatures, containing the work of Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshank, etc. Volume II is devoted to European caricatures, including sections on French, Italian, Spanish, Scandinavian, German, and Russian..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1927. Edited with Notes by A.L. Hayward. Illustrated. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1927. Near Fine. Graphic picture of everyday life in the London of later Stuart times. More

New York: Abrams, 1968. With 267 illustrations, some full page. Small folio, brown cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper a little dirty.New York: Abrams, (1968). First American edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More

Cleveland: The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1970. Edited with an introduction and notes by Charles W. Daves. 330pp. Tall 8vo, blue cloth, minimally torn d.w. Cleveland: Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1970. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More

London: Tegg, 1817. 30 black & white plates by Cruikshank. 260 pages. 8vo, full calf, gilt spine, front hinge repaired, spine rubbed. London: T. Tegg, 1817. Very good. Halkett & Laing III, p.360. More

London: G. C. & J. Robinson, 1798. Engraving, and etching. Image measures 13 3/8 x 15 7/8". Sheet measures 16 1/4 x 21". Often referred to as the French and Indian War (1756-1763), the otherwise known Seven Years War reignited British concerns of a French invasion, as well as a culturally-ingrained anti-French feeling among the populace. With his usual skill for satirical detail, Hogarth allows us to gain the British perspective of a war so often only considered an American..... More

London: Bogue, 1848. Edited by Horace Mayhew. With numerous and humorous black & white illustrations, full page and illustrations throughout the text, one folding, by George Cruikshank. 96 pages. 16mo, older 3/4 burgundy morocco over marbled boards with heavily gilt spine, top edge gilt. London: David Bogue, 1848. Binding rubbed but solid and attractive. A very good(+) clean copy. More

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1836. Lithograph with original hand coloring. 10 x 13 1/4 inches. Plate 22. Some scuffs, foxing and toning on margins but luminous coloring. The lion's share,...from the rare album of 100 caricatures called Caricaturana (Les Cent Robert-Macaire).This collaboration with Philipon takes aim at French society through satire behind the vehicle of invented swindler Robert Macaire. More

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1836. Lithograph with original hand coloring. 10 x 13 1/4 inches. Plate 23. Some scuffs, foxing and toning on left of image and margins but luminous coloring. Text below in French..."Example: Buy a new process, it doesn't matter which, or whether it's good or bad, buy it for 600F, 500F, 25F, for as little as possible. Create 500'000F worth of shares, as many as possible. Make out monster advertisements, monster posters, monster promises. Make the capital, pocket..... More