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    By Pierce Egan
    London   John Camden Hotten
    8" by 5.5" [4], 26, v-xvi, [3], 30-406, [26pp]
    A colourfully illustrated reprint of this satirical work by Pierce Egan, narrating an entertaining adventure around London.
    By Pierce Egan

    1870 Tom & Jerry Life in London, or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, ESQ. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, in Their Rambles and Sprees Through the Metropolis

    London   John Camden Hotten
    8" by 5.5" [4], 26, v-xvi, [3], 30-406, [26pp]
    A colourfully illustrated reprint of this satirical work by Pierce Egan, narrating an entertaining adventure around London.
    £90.00
    : 1kgs / : 879P42
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    Description

    Colour Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Rebound

    A satirical work on life in London during the Regency era, following the antics of Jerry Hawthorn and Corinthian Tom.

    This was a popular work when it was first published, a favourite of the Thackerays.

    Illustrated with thirty-four colour plates.

    Collated, lacking the frontispiece and one plate.

    Written by Pierce Egan.

    Illustrated by George Cruikshank.

    Twenty-six pages of publisher's adverts to the rear, dated 1870.

    Condition

    In a rebacked cloth binding, with the original boards and spine restored. Externally, Light bumping to the extremities. Cloth to the front joint is lifting a small amount. Spine is a little discoloured. Light marks to the boards and spine, heavier to the rear board. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the occasional spot, including spots to the plates. Plate bound before the title is working loose. Plate facing page 343 is torn, plate facing page 406 is detached but present.

    Good

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