CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). A Discovery concerning Ghosts; with a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers", London: Frederick Arnold, 1863. 8° (244 x 152mm). Wood-engraved vignettes by George Cruikshank Contemporary polished calf gilt by Morrell preserving original blue printed wrappers (lightly stained). With 21 other books, most illustrated by George Cruikshank including Sunday in London (London, 1833), Henry Mayhew's 1851: or, the Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family who came up to London, to "Enjoy Themselves", and to see the Great Exhibition (London, [n.d.]), J. W. Howell's Bubble, of the General Industry Life and Fire Assurance and Sick-Fund Friendly Society, Burst (London, [n.d.]), The Betting-Book (London, 1852) and Midnight Scenes and Social Photographs: being Sketches of Life in the Streets, Wynds, and Dens of the City of Glasgow (Glasgow, 1858), almost all uniformly-bound in polished calf gilt. (22)
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). A Discovery concerning Ghosts; with a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers", London: Frederick Arnold, 1863. 8° (244 x 152mm). Wood-engraved vignettes by George Cruikshank Contemporary polished calf gilt by Morrell preserving original blue printed wrappers (lightly stained). With 21 other books, most illustrated by George Cruikshank including Sunday in London (London, 1833), Henry Mayhew's 1851: or, the Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family who came up to London, to "Enjoy Themselves", and to see the Great Exhibition (London, [n.d.]), J. W. Howell's Bubble, of the General Industry Life and Fire Assurance and Sick-Fund Friendly Society, Burst (London, [n.d.]), The Betting-Book (London, 1852) and Midnight Scenes and Social Photographs: being Sketches of Life in the Streets, Wynds, and Dens of the City of Glasgow (Glasgow, 1858), almost all uniformly-bound in polished calf gilt. (22)
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