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Published by published by Jemima M. Mason, New York., 1840
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. George Cruikshank, (illustrator). 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODJ ISSUED, 1840, JULY - DECEMBER, 1ST U. S. EDITION, NF-/VG-, AS-IS,NOJACKET, Issues bound together from July through December 1840. Very Good- with Light rub & Wear, Fox, Bound with the original leather binding, spine Replaced in GREEN cloth with the original titles in leather and gilt. 9x6 inches, With a marbled page block. 643 pages. CHIPS & TEARS HARCOVER EDGES, Outer pgs edges marblelized , 9x6 inches, Interior Light wear , wrinkling some pgsFox, profusely illustrated with 13 full page B/W prints by George Cruikshank, who also was illustrating Charles Dickens first edition in the 1840s. And 12 other listed wood engravings, Beautiful Marblelized Endpapers, B/W Illustrations & Woodcuts by Cruikshank, Crowquill, Leech etc, and The Transylvanian Anatomie, by R.B. Peake, first appearance of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Wreck of the Hesperus, profusely illustrated with 13 full page B/W prints by George Cruikshank, who also was illustrating Charles Dickens first edition in the 1840s. And 12 other listed wood engravings, Beautiful Marblelized Endpapers, B/W Illustrations & Woodcuts by Cruikshank, Crowquill, Leech etc , & The Transylvanian Anatomie, a Tale by R.B. Peake, a very early Horror piece on vampires and necromancers & 1st edition first appearance of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Wreck of the Hesperus, a Ballad. THIS IS A REMARKABLE ITEM. Featuring not one, but two incredible Horror pieces. This incredible bound volume also features many other collectable works. Includes Jolly Miller a fragment, Mr. Crocodile, Cobbler Physician by R.B. Peake, Stealing of the Treasure,Black Mousuetaire, Legend of France by Thomas Ingoldsby, DIALOGUE BETWEEN 2 China Jars by Hal Willis, Mr. Chimpanzee disappointed Traveller, Last of the Pigtails, Mr. Hyena Smirke, Duck, Fragment from the AutobiographyVoices of the Night by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ETC.