Comic Alphabet - Designed, Etched & Published By George Cruikshank

Pentonville (London): George Cruikshank, 1837. 24mo. 2nd edition, with the 1836 date on the front cover and 1837 hiding in a background poster on the rear cover. Published as a paperback with black and white engraved covers and 24 hand-colored engraved plates on a single sheet folded accordion style. This example was rebound in full brown leather… Read more about this item

London: George Cruikshank,, 1836. Cruikshank teaches the alphabet First edition, first issue (reissued coloured in 1837, and again without a date by Tilt and Bogue). A scarce and charming Cruikshank publication, produced to aid children in learning the alphabet, illustrated in Cruikshank's instantly recognisable style. Sextodecimo. Original boards, rebacked with original spine laid down, printed decorative title to front… Read more about this item

Arts Council GB. Paperback. Very Good. in x in x in. Arts Council GB undated edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover.

Arts Council of Great Britain. Printed carstock wrappers. Light edgewear. Very Good. Approx. 3.75 x 5.5". Facsimile of the 1836 edition. Tan wrappers house an accordion-folded abecedary, one color illustration per letter.

Arts Council of Great Britain. Used - Good. Good condition. Reprint. Folded accordion style. (drawing, caricatures, cartoons, alphabet) [ISBN 0728700131] A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

London, U.K: National Touring Exhibitions (Hayward Gallery), 1999. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by George Cruikshank. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Softback.

[London]: Arts Council of Great Britain. Soft cover. Near Fine. 3.75" x 5.5" Reprint, n.d., [ca. 1970 or later per presence of an ISBN number]. Soft cover. Unpaged, accordion folds. [24] unnumbered coloured engravings. Light bumping to edges, else fine. 0.

Leporello. Hardcover. Box. . Fine. N.d., but an early 20th century restrike of the 1836 original, with bright hand-coloring. Other than the freshness of the paper pastedown on the boards and the outer box which clearly was not the sort issued with a book in the early 19th century, this copy could pass for… Read more about this item

UK: The Arts Council of Great Britain. Reprint of 1836 Edition. Brown soft card covers with black titles and illustrations Creases to cover edges. Sticker mark to front cover. . Colour illustrations. Interior very good and clean. . Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by The Author. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.