Funnidos Ricdum (11 results)

hardcover. Condition: Fair. London, 1835; cloth covered boards; no dust jacket; some edge wear; rubbing; slight chipping on top edge of back strip; front detached but present; book plate on pastedown front endpaper; some small markings on first blank; Interior clean and unmarked; 12mo - over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" Tall; 56 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two issues bound together. The green cloth covers are bright, spine sunned, wear around edges. Hinges cracked but holding strong. tight and square. Interior foxing but no extraneous markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Editions for 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, all bound together in white leather. Illustrated by Cruikshank and others. Very good, marbled page edges and original marbled endpapers, front hinge is starting and spine is sunned. Also inserted in this binding are numerous etchings of Rome views. 16 mo. George Cruikshank (illustrator).…

Brown hardback leather cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover faded. Heavy browning on all plates. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 16pp, 64pp, [xxxii] + plates. 10 b/w plates. Original card covers bound in.

3/4 Leather and Marbled Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Bound volume 3/4 leather and marbled boards of Cruikshank's Comic Almanack (5 years worth) from 1836-1840, "THE COMIC ALMANACK, FOR 1836 : AN EPHEMERIS IN JEST AND EARNEST, CONTAINING "ALL THINGS FITTING FOR SUCH A WORK." BY RICDUM FUNNIDOS, GENT. ADORNED WITH A DOZEN OF "RIGHTE MERRIE" CUTS, PERTAINING TO THE MONTHS, AND AN HIEROGLYPHIC, BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK." 1836 60 pages, 1837 64 pages, 1838 64 pages, 1839 64 pages, 1840 64 pages. Minor edgewear to cover, inside complete, clean, and tight. Former owner bookplate/calling card attached to inside front pastedown. Marbled page edges, pastedowns and end-papers. The most amusing illustrations in true Cruikshank form. GEORGE CRUIKSHANK (illustrator).…

Tilt, London, 1837. 64 S. mit 12 Tafeln in Holzschnitt sowie einige Textillustrationen., original Pbd. (berieben u. bst./NaV./etwas fl.)--- 150 Gramm.

Einband deutlich berieben und bestossen mit deutlichen Läsuren. Insgesamt nachgedunkelt, Kopfschnitt angestaubt. Seiten teils braunfleckig mit Randbräunung, Block leicht wellig, sonst gut. L31-1 Wichtiger Hinweis: Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung zur Zeit KEIN Versand in EU-Länder. Due to EPR, there is currently no delivery to EU-countries. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 16,5*11 cm. OHalblederband mit marmoriertem Schnitt.…

Full-Leather. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Bound in full gilt leather with the original wrappers and advertisements intact. Spine somewhat rubbed, but overall a very nice copy. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. (illustrator).

Full-Leather. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Bound in full gilt leather with the original wrappers and advertisements intact, this copy also contains the rare prospectus for "The Naturalist's Library" with a coloured specimen plate. Spine somewhat rubbed and defective at both the top and bottom. but overall a very nice copy. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. (illustrator).…

Leather. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. London, UK: Charles Tilt. G/No Dustjacket. 1835-46. . Leather. A set of 4 bound books containing almanacks from 1835 to 1846 . 16mo., v. p., covers rubbed, some gutters splitting, some hinges cracked or broken and seperating, owner's writing on all ffe's, page yellowing . Etchings (illustrator).…

17th (off 19th) parts in 9 Volumes. 16,5 : 11 cm. With 3 (off 5, 2 handcoloured) many-folded frontispiece and 172 (off 195) etched platges by George Cruikshank, wood-engraved text illustrations. Full brown polished calf on five raised bands, spine decorativly richly gilt ornamented, two back labels, gilt ruled board edges, inside dentelles, marbeld end-papers (signed Rivierre & Son). First edition of an almost complete set in a stunning signed binding. - George Cruikshank's Comic Almanack was the most important of a number of comic almanacks of the late Regency period which parodied and subverted the popular almanack genre to poke fun at their educational aspirations and at society at large. The almanac is illustrated throughout with caricatures by Cruikshank, with his usual satirical flair and comic wit on full display. - Without volume 1850/1851, volume 1848/49 as often smaller, all uniformely bound in same sicze. - Besides the missing volume, still a desireable set in a beautiful binding in almost perfect condition. - MORAL: Wile we venerate what is deserving of veneration, let us not forgetm that quacjery, knavery, bigotry, and superstition, always merit exposure and castigation. …