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The Comic Almanack : [from 1835 to 1853 - 19 issues in 4 volumes]

Mayhew, Horace (editor), Rigdum Funnidos, Gent.; George Cruikshank and Henry George Hine (illustrators)

London: David Bogue etc, 1853.

Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Henry George Hine illustrations. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. Item #16150

Chipping to spine heads and tails, complete rear edge tear on second and fourth volumes, some loose plates, 1853 fold-out in two pieces, gutter starting and some with hand-stitched repairs, worn. With care, still solid hardcovers. ; All nineteen annual issues, from 1835 to 1853, bound in four volumes. Not the 1860 Hotten reprint as contains the calendars etc. The Almanack for each year has separate title page and paging. Contents: Comic Almanack 1835-37 edited by Horace Mayhew and illustrated by George Cruikshank, published by David Bogue; Comic Almanack 1838-40 by Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. and illustrated by George Cruikshank, imprinted for Charles Tilt, Bibliopolist; Comic Almanack 1841-43 by Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. and illustrated by George Cruikshank, imprinted for Tilt and Bogue, Bibliopolists; Comic Almanack 1844-45 by Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. and illustrated by George Cruikshank, imprinted for David Bogue, Bibliopolist; Comic Almanack 1846 edited by Horace Mayhew and illustrated by George Cruikshank, David Bogue; Comic Almanack 1847 by Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. and illustrated by George Cruikshank, imprinted for David Bogue, Bibliopolist; Comic Almanack 1848 edited by Horace Mayhew and illustrated by George Cruikshank, imprinted for David Bogue, Bibliopolist; Comic Almanack 1849 edited by Horace Mayhew and illustrated by H G Hine and others, imprinted for David Bogue, Bibliopolist; Comic Almanack and Diary 1850 edited by Henry Mayhew and illustrated by George Cruikshank, David Bogue; Comic Almanack and Diary 1851 edited by Henry Mayhew and illustrated by George Cruikshank and H G Hine, David Bogue; Comic Almanack and Diary 1852 illustrated by George Cruikshank, David Bogue; Comic Almanack 1853 edited by Robert B Brough, illustrated by George Cruikshank and H G Hine, London: David Bogue. Fold-outs for 1850 and 1851 are hand-colored. Bookplate of Chas. Smith Jr, Tappan, Rockland Co. N. Y. "By My Books I Live" on volume one paste-down. Albert M Cohn; George Cruikshank: A Catalogue Raisonne of the work executed during the years 1806-1877; 184. There are no covers nor advertising bound in. Per Cohn, there should be 195 Cruikshank plates, however in 1841 two plates are replace by duplicates of 1841 plates, in 1842 one plate is replaced by a duplicate of another 1842 plate, and the November 1842 plate is missing. Foldouts from 1852 and 1853 are not hand-colored. Therefore, of the expected 195 Cruikshank plates only 194 are present and 191 are as called for. Additionally, Cohn calls for the 1835-37 to have been printed by Tilt, these have Bogue on the title pages. Overall, a worn and slightly imperfect set of the full run of the Comic Almanack suitable for savoring the George Cruikshank plates and text illustrations.

Price: $499.95