Tom Thumb; a Burletta, Altered from Henry Fielding by Kane O’Hara with Designs by George Cruikshank
Published by Thomas Rodd, 1830
- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Michael Carroll Dooling, Middlebury, CT, U.S.A.Michael Carroll Dooling
AbeBooks seller since October 30, 2025
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 578.90
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(CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE) and KANE O’HARA. Tom Thumb; a Burletta, Altered from Henry Fielding by Kane O’Hara with Designs by George Cruikshank. London: Thomas Rodd, 1830.----- FIRST EDITION with the Cruikshank illustrations, FIRST ISSUE with pages 29/30 mis-numbered 21/22, 16mo, bound in red morocco with gilt rules and designs along edges, marbled end pages, original beige wraps bound in (front cover pictured). Contains 5 full-page woodcuts (including frontispiece) and 3 vignettes (front cover of original wraps, cover image repeated on title page, and on the last page of text). One-page ad in rear for the second edition of Cruikshank’s Bombastes Furioso and other titles illustrated by Cruikshank. Only modest rubbing to gilt decoration, rear joint starting to split, nice, tight, bright copy. A perfect copy bibliographically speaking with pagination errors, ad present, and original wraps intact.
Seller Inventory # ABE-1762098183174
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Tom Thumb; a Burletta, Altered from Henry Fielding by Kane O’Hara with Designs by George Cruikshank
- Author
- KANE O’HARA / GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
- Publisher
- Thomas Rodd
- Publication year
- 1830
- Condition
- Near fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 8 ounces
- Seller catalogs
- Literature
Michael Carroll Dooling
Middlebury, CT, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since October 30, 2025
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| Item | 7 to 10 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 58.45 | £ 78.68 |
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Michael C. Dooling has bought & sold antiquarian books and manuscripts for over 50 years. His inventory are primarily from 17th to early 20th centuries and includes Americana, Literature, Science & Medicine, Historical Letters & Manuscripts, etc. He is also the author of five historical books and more than 100 articles published in historical journals, magazines and newspapers. In his writings Michael makes substantial use of manuscripts and archives. His works include Seaworthy Timber: The Life & Times of New England Sea Captain Aaron H. Wood; An Historical Account of Charles Island, Milford, Connecticut; and Clueless in New England:The Unsolved Disappearances of Paula Welden, Connie Smith and Katherine Hull.…
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Michael Carroll Dooling
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