Cruikshank Robert Illustrator (34 results)

hardcover. Condition: Fair. London, 1853; cloth covered boards; no dust jacket; some edge wear; rubbing; front board detached but present; rear board detached but present; lacks back strip; book plate on pastedown front endpaper; accordion frontis piece illustration lacks first panel; Interior clean and unmarked; 12mo - over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" Tall; 64 pages.

Three Quarter Morocco Leather. Condition: Poor. George Cruikshank (illustrator). First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Volume 1 only. Late 19th century 3/4 red morocco binding wit with raised bankds and gilt lettering marbled edges. Waterdamaged front & back boards. This will have to be reclothed. Four illustrations by Cruishank. Photos available upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. 12mo, 36 pages. In Good minus condition. Quarter bound in straight grain red Morocco leather with green boards. Spine has gilt lettering, and minor cracking to joints Front board is partially detached from textblock. Boards have moderate rubbing wear, and bumping to spine head/tail and fore corners. Textblock has an ex libris bookplate on the front pastedown, pen inscription from a previous owner on the front free end page, and mild age toning throughout. Shelved in Room A. 1397248. Special Collections.

Red Cloth, Gilt. Sl. Scuffed. G+.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bound in calf by Jeremiah Larkins. Rebacked, with original spine retrained. Some wear, minor loss to spine leather, flaking. Large frontispiece portrait of Falstaff by Cruikshank. 3 preliminary leaves, [xi]-xx, 196 pages, frontispiece, 20 plates, 25 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small octavo. No date of publication stated, circa 1845. A lovely copy, clean, tight, and undamaged. 319 pages. all edges gilt. Lemon-yellow endpapers. No names, inscriptions or other marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The Lady and the Saints. In Three Cantos. Illustrated by Isaac Robert Cruikshank and printed in London by Edward Bull. 1839, 235 pp, 8" x 5", 8vo, hardcover 3/4 leather. In good rebacked condition, with restoration to spine and hinges. Some rubbing and wear to boards, along with some chipping to spine, primarily at head and heel. Text block remains bound well. Includes ten small vignettes throughout. Light markings and marginalia. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce piece, illustrated by Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856), an English caricaturist and lesser-known brother of George Cruikshank, who was also a prominent illustrator in his time. COLI1839ABDB-0224-aj1092.

[Children's illustrated] ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUICKSHANK (the younger). Slim quarto (25 x 21cm), pp.48. Printed with colour illustrations to every page. Illustrated paper-covered boards, green cloth spine, all edges green. Blind stamp of W.H. Smith Library to flyleaf, some toning and light spotting. Boards rubbed and worn to edges, some marks and scuffs to the surface, cloth a little rubbed. Very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: William Kidd; Edinburgh: Henry Constable, 1830. First edition. 36p. Seven engravings, including frontispiece and cover illustration. Bound in grubby and marked grey card covers, some of the spine lacking, with engraving and publishing details to upper panel, and publisher's advertisements to lower panel. Some foxing. A scarce item.

[Poetry] FIRST GLASGOW EDITION. Octavo (15 x 10cm), pp.xxvii [1] 95 [5]. Publisher's brown patterned cloth with red title label and gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated frontispiece and title page, and illustrations marking the beginning of each section. Marbled edges of textblock. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, light and infrequent spotting throughout, wearing to cloth at spine hinges. Very good. 'The Farmer's Boy' was first published in 1800, and this is first Glasgow edition published in 1928. Written in rhyming couplets, Bloomfield narrates the seasons; in summer, he writes about turnip sowing, wheat ripening and the skylark.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xx pages, 196 pages; VG-; late 19th century calf rebinding; spine paneled, with extensive gilt tooling, two dark brown labels with gilt lettering, date 1858 at tail of spine; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners slightly bumped; wear to both joints; chip missing at crown of spine; chipping and cracking to first spine label; chip coming loose at tail of spine; gilt inside dentelles at both boards; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; contains black and white illustrated plates; pages clean; shelved Case 9. 1353792. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Pictorial wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Robert Cruikshank (illustrator). Yellowback Reprint. 16mo, yellow wrappers with pictorial engraving of paddle wheel steamers, illustrated with 6 full-page woodcuts and small vignettes, 36 pages. A charming bit of satire with several amusing illustrations by ROBERT CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856) in a RARE surviving yellowback reprinting a popular piece from Matthews' Comic Annual, 1831. Isaac ROBERT Cruikshank was the talented brother of cartoonist and illustrator George Cruikshank with whom he sometimes collaborated. Evidently, Robert was quite unruly as a lad, for after he enrolled as a midshipman, his captain left him stranded on St. Helena! After finding his way the very long way back to England, Robert engaged in many cartooning projects--often assisting or following-up on series begun by his brother George, a prominent illustrator of Charles Dickens. Some soil and rubbing to covers, which are still attached. The engravings are clean though all pages are slightly age-toned.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Saunders, Otley and Co. 1861 Third Printing 7 3/4" x 5 3/8" *pages loosening from spine* A humorous exposition of warranty law for horses, illustrated by Cruikshank. A lawyer prominent in the abolition of slavery, Sir George Stephen (1794-1879) practised as a solicitor and subsequently barrister in London, Liverpool, and Melbourne. Though purportedly written as an amusement for children, the work serves also as a treatise on warranty, with comments on case-law: 'Even an attorney's eyes are wearied with the incessant contemplation of white calf and red-lettered bindings; and it must be an agreeable novelty to find a circuit companion illustrated by Cruikshank's engravings'. Credited simply to 'Cruikshank' in the preface, the illustrations are attributed to Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856), the elder brother of George.

Pictorial wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Robert Cruikshank (illustrator). Yellowback Reprint. 16mo, yellow wrappers with pictorial engraving of paddle wheel steamers, illustrated with 7 full-page woodcuts with tissue guards and several small "devilish" vignettes, 34 pages + [2] blank + 18pp. Ads for Publications by Effingham Wilson. A charming bit of humorous satire with several equally delightful illustrations by ROBERT CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856) in a RARE surviving yellowback reprinting a popular piece from Matthews' Comic Annual of 1831. The poem underlying this comic take-off first appeared as "The Devil's Thoughts" in 1799. It is generally believed to have been composed by Robert Southey with subsequent additions by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The subject became a source of other take-offs such as one entitled "The Devil's Walk on Earth," and Lord Byron's "The Devil's Drive" of 1812. Southey made substantial revisions to the poem in 1827, and Coleridge published it as part of his own Collected Works in 1829. Thereafter, a letter appeared in the February, 14, 1830 edition of the Morning Post with the claim by one R. C. Porson that the poem, "The Devil's Walk," had been actually written by his deceased uncle "Professor Porson," who is alluded to in the title of our jeux d'esprit as NOT the author of the REAL Devil's Walk. Isaac ROBERT Cruikshank was the talented brother of caricaturist, illustrator, and etcher, George Cruikshank, with whom he often collaborated early in their artistic lives. Evidently, Robert was quite mischievous as a lad, for after he briefly tried out as a midshipman, his captain left him stranded on St. Helena! Evidently, the captain liked to have a LONG last laugh! After finding his way the very long way back to England, Robert engaged in many cartooning projects--often assisting or following-up on series begun by his more talented and prolific brother George, a prominent early illustrator of Charles Dickens, who grew to detest the great novelist. Rather Bohemian Robert subsisted on small procedes from etching to etching but died at 66 from bronchitis (or TB). George Cruikshank memorialized his brother as "a very clever miniature and portrait painter, and also a designer and etcher." Robert's close friend, George Daniel, stated that "he was apt to conceive and prompt to execute; he had a quick eye and a ready hand; with all his extravagant drollery, his drawing is anatomically correct; his details are minute, expressive, and of careful finish, and his colouring is bright and delicate." Extremely clean, tight, and bright copy of this RARE yellowback with clean, remarkably preserved illustrations.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original half calf over marble boards. Gilt cross-bands / raised bands with gilt-blocked titling. Minor, generalized wear to the bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages; Physical desc.: 32 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm. Notes: Engravings by Robert Cruikshank. Printer: Lowndes and White, Printers, Crane-Court, Fleet-Street. Subject: Verse satire, English.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original half calf over marble boards. Gilt cross-bands / raised bands with gilt-blocked titling. Minor, generalized wear to the bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 32 pages; Physical desc.: 32 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm. Notes: Engravings by Robert Cruikshank. Printer: Lowndes and White, Printers, Crane-Court, Fleet-Street. Subject: Verse satire, English. 0 Kg.

Hardcover. Third Edition. Quarto, iv, [2], 319 pages. With 20 hand-colored engraved plates, including frontispiece and title page. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full mottled calf with gilt ornamentation to boards, board edges, turn ins, and spine; green leather labels bearing gilt titling to spine. Light plus bumping and rubbing to corners of boards and light plus rubbing to joints; splits starting at joints. Spine labels sunned almost to brown. All text block edges gilt and still bright. Text block lightly age toned. Pencil annotations to first and second front free endpapers. Moderate offsetting to blank sheets inserted opposite plates. EH Consignment. Shelved Room G. 1381642. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition in book form. Quarto. XX, 196pp. Striking gilt-stamped morocco with gold lettering and tooling on spine and George Cruikshank's signature in gilt on front cover. Raised bands. Gold ruling on covers. Top edge gilt. Dentelles. Handsome binding signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Engraved frontispiece. Pictorial recollection of the most prominent events in the imaginary career of Shakespeare's most humorous character, seen through his genealogy and various episodes of his life, such as "How Mr. John Falstaff was Knighted by King Richard the Second," or his "Disgrace." This work contains 20 stunning etched plates by artist George Cruikshank who depicts twenty scenes from the adventures of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff with expressive lines and an abundance of humorous detail. Sporadic and minor rubbing along edges of binding. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Minor and sporadic foxing at verso of plates. Binding and interior in overall good+ to very good condition.

In 8° (25 cm) XVI-321 pp. Illustrated with 35 coloured litho-plates + frontispiece. Some faint foxings. Half red morocco & corners, gilted title, spine richly tooled in gold, raised bands, gilt fillets on covers, silk signet, top edge gilt. A fine copy. All books are in stock in fine condition or described meticulously. Very safe packaging.

Hardcover. 321 pages. 26.5 x 17.5 cm. 36 hand-colored plates, frontispiece with hand-colored vignettes. The last of the Tom, Jerry and Logic adventures -- Corinthian Tom dies in a riding misadventure, but Jerry weds a fine wife and settles into life as an esteemed country gentleman. First few and last leaves toned, plates generally clean with scattered toning at plate margins to some. Bound by Period Binders, Bath, raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers. Three quarter red morocco and matching cloth. Teg. Fine.

leather_bound. Second edition. 33 pages. 17 x 10 1/2 cm. The second and colored edition with a double suite: eight hand-colored and plain wood engravings by Robert Cruikshank, bound by Riviere & Son. One page of adverts at rear. Raised bands, spine panels gilt, inner dentelles, triple gilt cover border panels, joints slightly rubbed. 20th century full navy calf. Aeg. Near fine in fine custom, cloth backed and marbled slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Full calf, 9 1/2 inches tall. An elegant full calf by Riviere with gilt raised bands, label and very fine floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt corner tools and triple fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With an engraved title page and 12 hilarious full page hand coloured plates. With the armorial bookplate of Edmund Lacon. Rubbing, in particular to the upper joint, some scuffing and slight foxing to the preliminaries, but overall a fine copy of the first edition. This copy, as with all editions had pp. 39-42, 87-110 and 163-178 omitted, a footnote appears on p. xvi explaining: "The reader will perceive an hiatus after p. 38, another after p. 86, and a third after p. 162. Some digressions occurred in those places on subjects too abstruse to be generally interesting; they have therefore been withdrawn".

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (illustrator). First Edition. Quarto size, 212 pp. (not matching pagination, see below), with 12 aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. A humorous collection of sketches exalting through parody the merits of the thrifty. The writing, although very much a parody, contains many nuggets of truths which illuminate how little the world has changed in the about 200 years since the book's publication: "Money, money alone, though it has been unaccountably neglected by authors, strangers perhaps to its very name, and still more to its practical use and management. . .is the mainspring of all human action, want, wish, and desire." The author goes on to state that it is the desire of "the Save-all Club" to keep "the Kind and Benevolent Reader" out of the grip of poverty through thrift. The "Rules of the Club" provide amusing proof of such virtue: Rule VI, "The smallest superfluous expense is not only a reproach to a member, but he may be fined by the Committee, for the use of the poor"; and Rule IV, "As a new coat never fails to attract animadversion in the Club, the members are requested to avoid that singularity as much as possible. If it prove that the coat is only turned, the owner shall dine that day GRATIS". Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1759-1856) was a popular English caricature artist and cartoonist, and like his brother George, is known for his pioneer work in the history of comics and comic strip cartoons. He collaborated often with George, who is better known for his work with Charles Dickens. This edition was originally issued in boards, and had pp. 39-42, 87-110 and 163-178 omitted, as is the case in this edition (and all known editions) and which is explained in a footnote appearing on p. xvi: "The reader will perceive an hiatus after p. 38, another after p. 86, and a third after p. 162. Some digressions occurred in those places on subjects too abstruse to be generally interesting; they have therefore been withdrawn; but in consequence of a temporary absence of the author, the suppression took place after the work was printed. As the connexion of its parts is not disturbed, it is hoped that the liberty thus taken will be tolerated with indulgence." Additionally, this copy has plate no. 11 bound as the frontis instead of being bound at p. 186. Each plate is marked, "Designed and Etched by I. [which appears as a "J" at this date, in keeping with the Latin tradition] R. Cruikshank," and bears the imprint, "Published by Thomas Boys Ludgate Hill, London Dec. 1 1819." ___DESCRIPTION: Custom bound by Bennett Book Studio, NY (with their binder's stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper), in quarter blue morocco and marbled paper covered boards, backstrip stamped in gilt, top-edge gilt, fore- and tail-edges uncut, engraved title page with the coloured vignette of a three-pronged candlestick (which is thrifty as one can burn a candle down to the base), twelve aquatint plates including frontis; quarto size (10 1/8" by 6 5/8"), pagination: [i] ii-xvi [1] 2-38, 43-86, 111-162, 179-240 pp., first edition. ___CONDITION: A near fine copy, the marbled paper boards clean and unrubbed with only a few, light stray marks, the leather shelfback smooth with a few light spots of rubbing and the gilt bright, straight corners, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean, and the volume is entirely free of prior owner markings; some sunning to the spine, light rubbing to the corners, some of the plates have toned with corresponding offsetting to the opposite text pages, one leaf (pp. 221-222) with the fore-edge bottom corner torn (loss of about an inch, only in the ample margins, with no loss of text); still overall a near fine copy. ___CITATION: Tooley, no 165, this copy without the final advertisement leaf, which "is however usually wanting". ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Full morocco, 10 inches tall. A wonderful tall late Victorian binding by the great firm of Bedford in pristine condition, inside and out. With gilt raised bands and luxurious floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt triple fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edge. With an engraved title page and 12 hilarious full page hand coloured plates by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. From the library of a Scottish Gentleman. As fine a copy as one could possibly find of the first edition of this hilarious work advising much scrimping and saving.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Manuscript, once folded, sheet, with eight vignette illustrations, most very sketchy, rendered in pencil and ink, amid dense lines in Cruikshank's handwriting. The book itself is posthumous with regard to Cruikshank, who passed away in 1878. 4to. 25 by 20 cm. 48 pp. Colorful chromolithographs every page, sometimes qualifying as color plates, other times, just borders and partial page illustrations, but all of a piece. Hardcover Quarter Morocco Slipcase. Cloth Chemise.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Full morocco, 9 1/2 inches tall. A superb Victorian binding with gilt raised bands and very fine floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt corner tools and triple fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With an engraved title page and 12 hilarious full page hand coloured plates . With the armorial bookplate of Alexander Lawson Duncan. There is some discolouration on the upper board, otherwise a fine copy of the first edition.
This copy, as with all editions had pp. 39-42, 87-110 and 163-178 omitted, a footnote appears on p. xvi explaining: "The reader will perceive an hiatus after p. 38, another after p. 86, and a third after p. 162. Some digressions occurred in those places on subjects too abstruse to be generally interesting; they have therefore been withdrawn".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in 3/4 leather by Riviere. Gilt spine. 6 spine compartments. Light shelf wear. All edges gilt. 40 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. 5th ed, but with the plates at pages 16, 28, 45 in second state. Cohn 14. Frontis shows the beheading of Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554).

See the entries for the Cruikshanks in the Oxford DNB. 1p, landscape 12mo. On 20 x 11.5 cm piece of paper. Somewhat aged and worn, with small pinhole at head, and postage folds; neatly inserted in trimmed windowpane mount. The recipient is not named, the text reading: 'Mr Ryan was suggesting an idea of something come upon the Jewess which is very popular after the manner of Bombastes and also a ballad part of which I leave as a specimen perhaps you will consider of it and let me know / R. Cruikshank'. Although Robert's brother George was responsible for a number of anti-semitic engravings, the reference here to a 'very popular' 'Jewess' is clearly to J. R. Planché's 1835 'grand operatic drama in three acts', 'The Jewess'. 'Bombastes' is a reference to W. B. Rhodes's 1830 'burlesque tragic opera' 'Bombastes Furioso', for the publication of which George Cruikshank had furnished 'eight designs'.

Condition: Very good+. Robert Cruikshank (illustrator). Second Edition. Small 8vo, 6 x 3 7/8 inches (153 x 98 mm); iv, 19, [1 advertisements]. 7 woodcuts in colored versions, each facing an uncolored version, including the frontispiece of "Tom King" and one small cul-de-lampe on the last page of text. Elegant binding by Riviere & Son (stamp on first free flyleaf) in polished blue-grey calf with gilt fillets and corner rosettes on boards, gilt scrolls on turn-ins, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., spine decorated in compartments, gilt title on red calf labels. Spine and corners somewhat rubbed boards sunned and with some staining. Binding tight and pages fresh. Missing last page of publisher's advertisements - Armorial bookplate of Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough pasted inside front cover. [Cohn 783; Rosenbach, Cruikshank/Widener, p. 230]. Beautiful illustrated Edition of this humorous short story in verse with Cruikshank's illustrations including frontispiece. This second edition was issued the same year as the first, with the imprint Alfred Miller rather than Marsh and Miller. Cohn notes that "The plates were issued separately taken on india paper in 4to, " price 2s. 6d.," in a white paper folding wrapper upon which is " Seven Illustrations to Monsieur Tonson, by R. Cruikshank. Proofs on India Paper," etc., contained in a fancy border." Our copy is an uncommon variant, which has two impressions of each plate mounted facing each other, one of each is hand-colored. John Taylor (1578-1653) was an English poet who dubbed himself "The Water Poet". He spent much of his life as a Thames waterman, a member of the guild of boatmen that ferried passengers across the River Thames in London, in the days when the London Bridge was the only passage between the banks. His occupation was his gateway into the literary society of London, as he ferried patrons, actors, and playwrights across the Thames to the Bankside theatres.

First Edition. Nineteenth Century Hush-Hush The Private Lives of Celebrities With Portraits by R. Cruikshank and Rowlandson CRUIKSHANK, Robert, illustrator]. [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, Illustrator]. BLACKMANTLE, Bernard (pseud. of Charles Molloy Westmacott). The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society, Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious. Drawn From the Life by Bernard Blackmantle. The Illustrations designed by Robert Cruikshank. London: Published by Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-26. First edition, first issue in book form, originally issued in twenty-four parts. Two tall octavo volumes (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 237 x 150 mm.). xxiii, [3], 417, [1, printer's slug]; xv, [1], 399, [1, printer's slug] pp. Seventy-one hand-colored aquatint plates after Robert Cruikshank (68), Thomas Rowlandson (2), and G.M. Brightly (1). Seventy-four woodcut text illustrations and one woodcut plate. First issue with the woodcut The Five Principal Orders of Society (volume 1, facing page 3); Plate 28 (facing page 389 in volume one) misdated "1284" and page 222 in volume two is blank. The plates are watermarked 1823 & 1824. Some offsetting from plates to opposite text leaves. The plates clean and fresh. Full contemporary tan calf, covers with blind 'Greek Key' borders. Expertly rebacked with the original spines laid down. Spines with four shallow raised bands, decoratively ruled in gilt and blind in compartments, red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt, plain gray endpapers, all edges marbled. A very nice copy in it's original binding, albeit repaired. From the library of Sir William Eden, Bart., (1849-1915) with his armorial bookplate to front pastedowns. He was the father of Sir Anthony Eden, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 6th April 1955 to 9th January 1957. Charles Molloy Westmacott (1788-1868) was a British journalist, author, and editor of The Age, the leading Sunday newspaper of the early 1830s which specialized in scurrilous and satirical gossip about celebrities of the day, who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Bernard Blackmantle. Westmacott was savagely portrayed by Edward Bulwer-Lytton as the unprincipled gossip-monger ("Sneak") in his England and the English (1833), and was known as the most notorious extortionate editor of his day. While he did accept money to suppress publication of stories, this was legal until the 1843 Libel Act. In the 1840s Westmacott moved to Paris, where he died in 1868. Abbey, Life 325; Bobins II, 738; Tooley, 504; Ogilby, British Military Costume Prints, 211.